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Ramp It Up

By Christa Terry

From the outside, the Ramp House, conceived of by Acrhivirus Architecture and Design, looks like a regular three-story home.

skate house

But this home’s pedestrian facade hides an uber cool secret, tucked away in a roof addition.

skateboarder house

Architect Athanasia Psaraki was tasked with creating a skatable habitat, and the result is nothing short of amazing. While I’d wager that many of us if given the same task would create beautiful structures featuring ramps and other skateboarder-friendly features, Psaraki integrated common skate park features directly into the design of the Ramp House.

skateboarding

What you end up with is a structure that is almost fully skatable, with enough curves, ramps, and lips to please almost any board fanatic. Psaraki told Environmental Graffiti that “The ramp transitions were made on site by skater friends who had experience skating mini ramps while construction details were drawn after extensive research via the internet and people who might know!”

skate or die

Very sleek, and indeed very skatable. I wonder if you could ride a BMX in there…

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