[MOC] Modern city house next to monorail line

[polarstein]

Hi all

Back with another MOC which started as a rather quick build just with leftover pieces from Scorpion House (https://flic.kr/s/aHskyFNxgR, http://www.eurobrick...scorpion +house) followed by one additional brick order with more windows, doors, tiles and greens.

This small modern house was set up in a populated urban area next to the monorail line. The garden is surprisingly quiet due to the large sound protection wall which was also defining the height of the house for the architect - the brick architect did it the other way round though . The building actually started with the stairways in grey as I wanted to use those grey technic bricks again as facing concrete in hole optic. From a brick mix bought on ebay I had just three black triangular plates which were great for my first diagonal wall set up.

There's a bathroom, bedroom and two balconies upstairs. The living room is diagonal to the rest of the house, kitchen area and a small winter garden are also situated ground floor. The interior is only partly finished (upstairs) as I ran out of tiles and didn't design the ground floor fully modular.

Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr

Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr

Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr

From the street the building is pretty much a bunker. There's no garage - why should there so close to the monorail. Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr

Didn't have enough pieces to build a longer train, just a short model for some pics.

Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr

I definitely need to buy a larger amount of tiles, these always go so quickly.

Comments and critique welcome.

[iammac]

Very 2060! I like the way those technic bricks are used to hold handrails, satellites, etc, but it must be awful on the electric bill.

The plants lend a necessary color to this build, but it may be more interesting if you mixed up the flowers a bit. (some red, pink and yellow all on the same stalk.)

Great work!

[Man with a hat]

Very good job. Looks even more futuristic than modern.

And a nice touch to have an "ugly" noise barrier next to the house.

[ER0L]

Another nice project from you! There should definitely be more modern houses built with Lego. Plus I guess this is the first Lego sound protection wall I've seen.

Btw. the word "monorail" made me think of something else (which is quite obvious), however, your monorail looks nice, too.

[polarstein]

Thanks all! This encourages me to do a few more modern builds, need to think what's next. Would like to do another one in difficult terrain as in California, but will need much more bricks.

... but it must be awful on the electric bill.

Haha, I guess you refer to heat losses due to all the holes in the wall. Yeah, sadly no basement in the building showing the heat pump.

Btw. the word "monorail" made me think of something else (which is quite obvious), however, your monorail looks nice, too.

The lego monorail is interesting indeed, however I have just 8 of those monorail pillars from an eBay lot and wanted to use them somehow. As I wasn't happy with garage layouts, I thought this should be an urban house with good public transport such that owners don't need a space for a car. Though one of your Shelby's would look nice for this.

[wout1988]

Nice build!