Observer House for Next-Gene 20 by MVRDV
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 10. 8.08
20 architects designed houses for the Gene 20 Architecture International Project. MVRDV "designed a house which maintained gigantic window scene, within this window scene there consist various elements of spatial topics, each spatial topic, according to residential demand, is able to reformat, to reach the maximum desired living atmosphere."
huh?
It's big and it's silly but hey, it's the lovely and talented MVRDV, it's earth-sheltered and it has a green roof.
It is supposed to be built by stacking a pile of cubes in whatever form you want and then drape a shell over it.
"We can look down at a valley, observing mountains in both directions, and then is more able to communicate with the forest" There is an organic separation of spatial topics and subjects, not only allocation each dimension with various character, however at the same time absorbed in an architectural entity, from a layer of free surface skin, moulds the taste of nature."
-what happens when you translate Dutch to Chinese to English. Or you go to Architecture School.
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Is it just me, or does the DISGUSTING amount of windows on this building scream "Energy Efficiency Nightmare"? Srsly.
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That is a cool house. From a construction perspective, it would be cheap enough to create. The current style of home creation is really set into stone, and I think a lot of it is the panning and development boards. In most places in america, your chances of getting a non familiar structure approved are very slim, so there is really no allowance for change. It encourages conformity.
There are some things that have come a long way. even the internal combustion engine is finally being replaced by a more efficient electrical engine - when will we have real change in our home building methods?
It might not be so bad (as far as energy efficiency goes) if the glass-faced elevation was surrounded by deciduous trees and the windows were triple glazed low-e.
It might not be so bad (as far as energy efficiency goes) if the glass-faced elevation was surrounded by deciduous trees and the windows were triple glazed low-e.
this house is beautiful.
LOL
"-what happens when you translate Dutch to Chinese to English. Or you go to Architecture School."
after 4 or 5 years studying at architecture and design school you are basically unable to write anything that makes sense to a layperson. It is so hard to write about something you put your life blood into, without trying to jam in all the concepts that helped you come up with it - hence all the designer mumbo jumbo.
dont worry, half the time we dont know what it all really means either, we just like to put words together.