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Toy Story: The House of Lego |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Smart Design
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 02 October 2009 |
Ever since my vintage 1962 Airstream mobile home was sucked up by a tornado in Oklahoma, I’ve been interested in the idea of alternative housing. As you know, I spend the bulk of my time in a series of undisclosed underground locations, thanks to various corporate assassins and Interpol warrants. But I occasionally like to take the Dyscern World HQ lab monkeys on vacation. They particularly enjoy Colonial Williamsburg, for some reason. I've found, however, that very few hotels are willing to accomodate 14 rhesus monkeys. So we often have to look for alternative rentals.
 In this regard, I came across an interesting item this week out of the UK. It
seems that James May, British TV personality and toy fanatic, built a
two-story house -- with working bathroom -- from Lego pieces. The
abode, erected in the middle of a vineyard, used bricks that were built
of smaller Lego pieces. To be precise, 272 Legos per brick. More than
three million (!) bricks were used. Do the math and that’s 816 million
Lego pieces.
You can check out images from construction of the house here. In the
event that you don’t want to be subsequently bummed out, stop reading
now. Because Mr. May was forced to demolish the home recently -- turns
out he didn’t have the proper building permits. LEGOland theme park
showed some interest in purchasing the house, but transportation costs
were prohibitive. Click here for images of the house’s deconstruction.
Once again, bureaucracy prevails over art. Another reason I’m planning
to establish my own offshore techno-art-commune in the spring. I’ll
keep you updated.
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