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As a PNWer, I’m a huge fan of Olson Kundig’s projects. They’ve been a huge inspiration on my own home. Great to see The Local Project showcase one of their projects!
Absolutely love this style of presentation. Clearly explained design process, material and purpose without sounding academic. The presenter established great comfort with the audience, no pride, no pretentiousness, just a conduit for information and allowed the design to speak for itself. A stark contrast to a lot of videos that reads like a thesis, by the end no one knows what the layout actually looks like. Very nice!
@@ryanhouser8156 Corten steel has a different makeup than hot or cooled rolled steel. It’s meant to rust and the rust protects it from decaying further. So it should be fine in Seattle.
I do not have the words to express how much I love this concept of appreciating the many different moving parts/materials/history/minds that goes into creating/building anything. Thank you for this!
@@tranzco1173 considering you’ve made 11 pessimistic or creepy (“wine moms are AWESOME”) comments on this channel, it’s obvious this style caters to… different people. To the thinkers and makers. The curious people who question “what if”, “how to”, and “has it”. It’s just odd you have repeatedly subjected yourself to things you don’t like 🤷🏻. But hey, do you.
Beautiful project. If only all projects included such an open minded client and equally open wallet. And I love how the architect leaves room for the Craftsman's creativity. That unselfishness, if practiced more in the world by that field, would only produce better results. Subscribed.
5:12 FINALLY ! a contemporary house with comfortable chairs. In my home, I want to enjoy sitting at the table with family and friends, and these wood chairs with padded seats look super comfy. So many times, people throw in chairs or backless sofas that look cool, but are very uncomfortable. Function and form are two critical elements together.
Mission Accomplished... a living design for client to live, work, and play within. Love use of Corten Steel that rusts so beautifully. I am from desert, moved to Seattle and became a Landscape Architect. Have retired and moved back to desert, but miss Seattle dearly.
When he stated that leave enough room for other creative's hands to touch the project and put some of their own minor twists on it that really resonated with me. The goal of an architect shouldn't be to express just their direct vision but rather to express the best vision possible for that project/client. I wish more firms practiced this way, It would make for much more interesting houses like this one.
What an absolutely wonderful aesthetic for an architecture firm to give creative scope to their private contractors. Also, that is a special kind of being lives in that house.
The most perfect word to describe this house is “Honest.” Anyone with an engineering background appreciates the how of things, but knows they are too often covered by facades. Integrating the mechanicals into the service surface is a fantastic feat of design, and honoring the craftspeople who put it together is the kind of tribute I would love to see more of. Bravo!
It's a true shame houses are such a luxury for so many, and that fine, fine houses such as this one are even more of a dream. Well done visualizing and communicating the vision, and really well done carrying it all the way to completion. I'd love to live there.
My first thought for the owner of this property was 'crackpot". My second thought for the owner of this property was that they would get a good laugh out of the first line. Fantastic work by everyone involved. Great space, and a great home for someone so passionate about how things work.
His comment on creating something that is composable and permits addition of more layers is something I find really intriguing whenever it's implemented in a design work.
Love your design, and also allowing the other craftsmen to impute their own philosophy, ideas, materials which adds additional & unexpected layers to this delicious cake.
Topically not my style, but this house is perfect! Every detail it's so unique, it's custom but not in a pretentious way. The materials, surroundings, the design and personal touches are simple beautiful!
I love the idea behind this home since it is more than a home because it is also a place to experiment and create. There are beautiful features which allow air to enter the home through creatively designed windows. It's a.m very thoughtful home.
I love this channel so much, it is really a jewel to find. Ive always loved decor and arquiteture, ever since i was a 10 year old child, i remmember drawing house plans, for my home, grandma, uncles houses, to improve their enviroment. To be able to see this places so carfully thought out and done so beautifully is really a honor for me, so thank you for doing this awesome work thats brings so many of us pleasure and confort.
1:33 Gotta love the standing water on the roof that will cause a leak. You can spend all the money in the world on a custom build and still hire a contractor that doesn't know you need to slope flat surfaces to keep rain from pooling.
@@jamesbizs looking at it further it appears to have white slotted caps that could be drains. However they are going to get clogged and the water will have to rise higher and higher to drain properly. As you said in Seattle it’s a very poor design choice.
The number 1 rule they teach u in the science fields is don’t experiment where u have food and drink and this guy was like screw that rule kitchen/lab hybrid!
What if the science experiment is the food? Cooking is a science and you're always trying to get the best reaction to mixing, heating, cooling and then 'tasting your results'.
Wow, so lovely to see a house that is about the creation and creating and co-creating!! and continued play throughout its life. I love the robustness so U dont have to be too precious while living in it. Though this is not really my aesthetic, I love what you've done
I’ve been going to the Seattle area for decades. It’s a beautiful area. The summers are gorgeous. The sun stays out past 10:30PM in the summer. Too bad the city is turning into a hell scape. This is a great “guy’s house”. I am an engineer. I get it.
i like this industrial, raw style, but i cannot help but to think that olson-kundigs designs still lack that "something", that design language thats well thought out and makes sense, most of their designs kinda look all over the place to me
Really love this house. It may be the best example to illustrate the quote "A house is a machine for living." I would love to know how you executed a number of your details. That garage door is so cool. The steel column / fireplace is crazy amazing. (just do name a couple.) If you would be willing to share some of your details, I'd be really appreciative. Ron Conder
There is so much to love about the intentions of the homeowner/architects and contractors that executed the project. The only thing I take issue with is that the elevated the foundation of the home several feet higher than the neighboring home and set up a deck on that side so the neighbor has no visual privacy into their home or their yard, and the fact that the new home is so much taller/broader than the home it replaced, also likely changed the amount of direct light that neighboring property has now. I know everyone can purchase a home with multiple acres but I wish more consideration was given to scale/light, etc. of surrounding homes - and offset the damage with landscaping that provides a buffer or something, at least.. I have a friend that owned a single-story home - on a block of single-story homes - the lot next door was sold, and the home was torn down and replaced with a 2.5 story single family home. Not only did she lose all privacy in her yard, the lack of sunlight in her yard post-construction actually killed her plants and required a new landscaping plan for a yard she no longer enjoyed using. The worse part - the new homeowners got in over their heads financially on the build and never lived in it.
