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Medium Projects - Orchid House
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@unknownuser said:
Inhabitants and visitors to the property can be entertained by the glass-sided badger set installed in the garden...
@unknownuser said:
...lumber is then clad with timber shingles with a camouflage pattern burnt into them.
Glass-sided badger sets and burnt in camouflage patterns. That's what my designs have been missing! I'm off to the land of big fat unearned commissions!
Fred
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Real or fake, that's one ugly house! Looks like an Easter egg with lepracy.
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I can't imagine someone being so foolish to actually spend 17 mill on a fart like that.
That's why I think the 'news value' of this article is a hoax....maybe just to promote the lousy architect in a not so decent way?Experimenting is to be applauded...I love to do it myself, but actually building this thing? Come on..!
There are way better examples of ecological building...and with a high architectural value.
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Yeah, the more you look at it, it just doesn't look at all like a Fred Bartels design.
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definitely dear Fred. I love your utopic schemes 
.By the way,
Any one seen the resemblance?
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@kwistenbiebel said:
I can't imagine someone being so foolish to actually spend 17 mill on a fart like that.
They aren't. The price is £7.2million, someone else has converted that to $14m, and you've pulled the figure of $17m out of the air.
@unknownuser said:
That's why I think the 'news value' of this article is a hoax....maybe just to promote the lousy architect in a not so decent way?
There are 22 houses in the project. Will Alsop is another of the architects involved in designing a house.
@unknownuser said:
Experimenting is to be applauded...I love to do it myself, but actually building this thing? Come on..!
I'm neither for or against this design, but I think it could still look really good when built.
@unknownuser said:
There are way better examples of ecological building...and with a high architectural value.
This has none.It obviously has some architectural value, seeing as you were claiming earlier in this thread that it cannot even be built.
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Personally i dont think its that bad, ive certainly seen a lot worse.
Wether its worth the cash tohugh, thats another question. Really for anything like this (a small housing project) i dont think it can be justified, theres jsut nothing there thats actually physically worth the money, its all down to perceived value (kind of like art) and how much people are willign to pay for it (or not if it does turn out to be a hoax
)p.s. is it the whole housing development thats being sold? if so this seems pretty reasonable really (i'll take two.)
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Oops...I should be more careful when ventilating my personal opinion.
Sorry if it came out a bit harsh. I'll formulate a bit more nuanced next time not to sound that cruel...And yeah, I should get my figures correct.
Maybe I shouldn't decide upon just a rendering.
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@remus said:
Personally i dont think its that bad, ive certainly seen a lot worse.
Wether its worth the cash tohugh, thats another question. Really for anything like this (a small housing project) i dont think it can be justified, theres jsut nothing there thats actually physically worth the money, its all down to perceived value (kind of like art) and how much people are willign to pay for it (or not if it does turn out to be a hoax
)p.s. is it the whole housing development thats being sold? if so this seems pretty reasonable really (i'll take two.)
It's just this house.
$14m for this house can easily be justified if you're someone like Roman Abramovich. He's just spent over $100m on paintings. He's spent hundreds of millions on yachts and Chelsea Football Club, so $14m for a house like this wouldn't mean much.
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@unknownuser said:
Any one seen the resemblance?
The one is a silly cartoon creation meant to make folk laugh, and the other is my Mr. Krabby.
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@solo said:
@unknownuser said:
Any one seen the resemblance?
The one is a silly cartoon creation meant to make folk laugh, and the other is my Mr. Krabby.
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@kwistenbiebel said:
Oops...I should be more careful when ventilating my personal opinion.
Sorry if it came out a bit harsh. I'll formulate a bit more nuanced next time not to sound that cruel...And yeah, I should get my figures correct.
Maybe I shouldn't decide upon just a rendering.
...and wait for the design being physically built?Frankly, I think you're right. This is a surprisingly ugly design. Mental exercise: picture this house, if you like, next to a Neutra. May put things into perspective.
I'm gonna build my own house in 4 - 5 years from now, and I swear, if my architect presents something like this to me, I'll fire him on the spot and set the dogs upon him. Not that I've got any dogs, but it's the thought that counts.
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@unknownuser said:
I'm gonna build my own house in 4 - 5 years from now, and I swear, if my architect presents something like this to me, I'll fire him on the spot and set the dogs upon him. Not that I've got any dogs, but it's the thought that counts.
Now thats why ,us architects, always carry around that piece of Rohypnol'ed meat
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Unfortunately it is designed by an architect. Her name is Sara Featherstone (if I remmeber correctly) She is kind of known in UK. Apparently she was inspired by the wild orchid found on site. Made me thinking ...doing one project near woodland conservation area. I should make the house in the shape of a squirrel.
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It's actually part of an extensive development at Lower Mill Estate just outside Somerford Keynes in Gloucestershire UK.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/22/designer-eco-reserve-in-the-cotswolds-england/You can get an idea of the extent of the project here.
If I had that much money to spend, I wouldn't spend it on something that looks like a leftover set from Middle Earth. An orchid looks like an orchid because it does what an orchid does. The same ought to be true of any building outside of a Theme Park or jokey hamburger stand.
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I think you guys are piling on a bit here and being just a tad harsh. The house is a perfectly valid design within a certain genre of organic architecture. At least the architect is experimenting with a new approach. God knows, the world does not need yet another Miesian box. If the house were taken on it's own, without the ridiculous price skewing our reactions, I think we would all be more open to the design ideas she is exploring.
Fred
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Fred,
Mmmm...I have nothing against organics. When done within a concept, driven by what the direct surroundings, history or any other valable reference has to tell. Even metaphores could be used in architecture...but this is just plain animism, a coincidence of finding a flower in the field.
What if she would have found a nice fresh tart in the field? Should she be shaping horse shit then?Sorry, but there are much better examples of organic architecture, even with a metaphorical base idea involved (e.g Renzo Piano did a nice one).
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