Forget the houses you drew as a child, the ones with the sloping roof, a nice little window and even a chimney from which beautiful whitish smoke came out. Houses are no longer what they used to be, and the latest project signed by Russian architect Sergey Kuznetsov proves it.
“Russian Quintessential”, this is the name of the small house that the Moscow architect has created for the Archstoyanie festival in Nikola Lenivets park. 

Every year in Russia, the Archstoyanie festival calls together architects, artists and designers who create site-specific installations following a common theme. This year’s theme is “Personal” and for this reason Sergey Kuznetsov thought of a studio apartment, where to live alone, to find the relationship with oneself and with nature. 

The peculiarity of the structure is that the dwelling was built inside a huge metal tube 12 meters long and with a diameter of 3 and a half meters. This tube, moreover, has been positioned over a small rise in the ground, so only half of the structure is resting on the ground, while the other part is literally suspended in the void.
This solution was possible thanks to a complicated frame that manages to support the weight of the cabin and also thanks to the adaptation of shipbuilding methods. 

Despite the uniqueness of the house, inside you can find all the comforts and services of a normal home, so much so that the architect has given the availability to rent the “Russian Quintessential” to allow anyone to spend a few days there.