{"id":3616,"date":"2024-08-07T15:05:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T14:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2024-08-07T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T14:05:55","slug":"futuro-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=3616","title":{"rendered":"Futuro House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Futuro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Futuro House<\/a>, designed by Matti Suuronen, is an icon of pop culture. It reflects the 1960s faith in technology, linked to space exploration, and the post-War experience of increasing leisure and constant economic groth. This particular house was used 1968-1986 as a restaurant on the esplanade of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_D%C3%A9fense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La D\u00e8fense<\/a>, the most futuristic part of Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future implied by the Futuro House marked a particular strong belief in progress and utopia &#8211; a past future we have trouble relating to, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/image-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/image-768x355.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, according to Wikipedia, a Futuro House was recently found to be biodegrading due to\u00a0cyanobacteria\u00a0and\u00a0archaea. So today, the building no longer evokes a bright future but is gradually fading away and presents challenges of conservation&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it was no coincidence that we came across this particular Futuro House in March\u00e9 Dauphine located in Saint-Ouen, the largest assemblage of antiques and flea markets in Paris? It seemed to fit in there rather well&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240803_125608-2048x945.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Futuro House, designed by Matti Suuronen, is an icon of pop culture. 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