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James Whitaker from Whitaker Studio published his first design project at university 15 years ago and he explained that the idea for the hut was based on a piece of climbing equipment that can be lodged into cracks in the rock face to arrest a climber's fall. The hut consists of a Cor-ten steel cage with oak cladding infill and a smooth, curved plywood interior. Once the hut has been lowered into the cliff face and has wedged itself into place the floor joists can be inserted to ensure a level surface. 

The lower area is for storage of equipment while the upper area is for sleeping and cooking. I revisited the project as an excuse to experiment with particle systems in 3DS Max. The snow capping on the foreground was produced by raining over half a million particles down on the model and then turning them into a mesh.

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