Fun House

Every summer, the National Building Museum has its summer block party, as they call it, with some sort of fun structure inside their grand atrium. Past block parties have included The Maze, The Beach, Hive, and Icebergs. This year is Fun House, which was created by Snarkitecture, as a compilation of other creations of theirs. The Beach was one of their creations. Fun House is a house of sorts with a series of room and “yard” structures, each of which feature a different type setting and interactive pieces. I really don’t know how to describe it other than that. I have thus given the areas and rooms various descriptive names to try to describe the structure. So let me take you though Fun House.

In the front yard, are a series of cushion type benches that spell out “FUN HOUSE”.

Fun House itself looks like a house of sorts with a partial ceiling and partial wall. It is made out of lumber, I think, and the front is made out of, or covered in, a polymer-foam type material (similar to styrofoam).

The front entrance is more of a tunnel dug out of the foam structure.

From the front entrance, you can walk straight into the front hall, which has white sneaker-looking like pieces hanging from the ceiling.

From the front entrance, you can also turn into a cave-looking like area dug out of the foam building material.

The dig room leads to another room that connects to the entrance hall. This room is characterized by strips of fabric of various lengths hanging from the ceiling.

The fabric strip room then leads to living room, which features rather impractical furniture.

The living room then leads to an open room with examples of Snarkitecture’s work. This room then leads to the bathroom. The bathroom features a closet door that opens to a shower of sorts which has an air blower blowing tiny pieces of tissue into a sealed area.

The bathroom also features a tub of plastic balls, which is called the Beach Chair, as it features balls from The Beach. It also has clothes and towels that match the tile wall.

The bathroom then leads to a room featuring the largest marble chase structure I have ever seen.

The back porch is a bunch of square cushions, which children happily find new arrangements for, and a roof of giant air filled tubes.

Behind the house is a tunnel of sorts that plays with perspective by having the floor slope up and roof slope down.

Behind the tunnel like structure is the pool and small kids’ pool, which are small versions of The Beach.

The upper levels provides a better views of all the structures.