The slit window in the kitchen @ 6:35 would feel much more intentional, calm, and mature if they added cabinets above the window. Otherwise with the way it is right now with the lights it feels kind of playful but also out-of-place and incomplete for the more refined design the rest of the kitchen is going for.
I like the content but why do architects always talk like they’re trying to say something clever at a gallery opening? Is learning how to talk like a blow hard part of the degree? I have a hard time believing anyone actually talks like this to their significant other. “One does this”, “this gives one”… we get it, your job involves rich people. It just sounds so unnatural. The effects are real and nuanced but it could all be communicated with less… “art talk”. At the end of the day, it’s a house in the woods or whatever. There are lots of good ideas and sentences here, more just a sociological comment.
Eric, this video has been helpful and inspiring. I am currently designing a small desert retreat and planning to incorporate several strategically located sliver windows. Thank you!
