I am curious about why are homes designed so poorly? for example Ontario, Canada. Home designs will make you cry. Where do the construction companies get these "designers" and on top of it they pass them for mass building. I just don't get it.
I even searched home designers in Canada just to see if there are any modern normal Architectural studios that don't produce pure crap and came across this one. Look below image.They call this "beautiful dream" house. No B... this is a church that collided with a barn and landed on a graveyard.
TIQM
Feb 28, 16 12:18 pm
Regarding the house in the posted image: the quoins are there not because they are structurally necessary, but because they provide an allegory of structure. They tell a story about how the forces of gravity are transmitted to the ground. Mies van der Rohe, good classicist that he was, did the same thing by putting non-functional wide flange columns on the outside of the Seagram.
curtkram
Feb 28, 16 1:42 pm
they tell a story about the structure of a stick framed stucco house?
mies's use of steel told a story about steel.
TIQM
Feb 28, 16 1:54 pm
You don't really know how the walls of that house are made.
Stories can be literally true, or they can be fiction designed to convey a deeper message.
TIQM
Feb 28, 16 2:14 pm
They do tell a story about structure of a stick-framed house. Note that the corners othe house are solid, and are not de-materialized as you might find in a modernist house. The quoins are there to highlight that fact. They say, "observe how the forces of gravity are transmitted down to the ground, through these solid, pier-like corners.." They aren't literally there. They are linguistic devices. They reinforce an allegory of structure.
Miles Jaffe
Feb 28, 16 2:56 pm
You can apply whatever symbolism you want, but Styrofoam quoins are simply the illusion of masonry structure. The story - or more accurately the lie - is the appearance of expensive historical construction.
It's the recreation of a Disneyland fantasy world in Dryvit. It's aimed at a very particular market for which it is designed to scream BUY ME. That's the deeper message.
curtkram
Feb 28, 16 4:24 pm
i guess the message is 'fuck context' then?
Feb 28, 16 4:35 pm
Does it have to be such stark polarized point of view?
How about a balance of such point of views. If something is new built, can it be built using a language that fits into place? Material language for example.
Wood? Brick? Stone?
Can we employ them in a manner including also scale and to some extent some form based language that can make a place fit into in a manner of belonging?
Thayer-D
Feb 29, 16 9:08 am
Instead of asking "What is wrong with home designs today?" which is as simplistic as questions get, why not identify when "home designs where right" and analyze it from that perspective. I'm going to guess that the author of this question can't answer it as simply as he/she asked their question.
wurdan freo
Feb 29, 16 11:35 am
Here's the real question... would you design build the op's monstrosity if you could walk away with 200k....? Cause that's what's happening in Denver right now.
gual
Jul 28, 16 10:02 am
Doesn't it seems a little senseless to be bashing these homes without looking at their floorplans?
Non Sequitur
Jul 28, 16 10:53 am
^ Nope.
The floor plan is irrelevant.
awaiting_deletion
Jul 28, 16 9:39 pm
USA USA USA
awaiting_deletion
Jul 28, 16 9:52 pm
damn wrong thread...hahaha
Alexi889
Aug 3, 16 5:22 am
It's partly the fault of the realtors and partly the people. People want their homes to look magnificent large but don't have enough dough. The architects are only designing for the people's need.
debbie777
Aug 6, 16 4:21 pm
Hope it's ok to post this here - any suggestions/advice on how to bring (bog) standard residential design into the 21st century?
Looking to renovate this house and give it a contemporary face lift. Considering single top swung windows/fixed pane picture windows in dark grey throughout as well as replacing the slider with a more modern front door.
Any examples of houses which have been renovated/improved for inspiration or any suggestions on how this house could be improved?
I am curious about why are homes designed so poorly? for example Ontario, Canada. Home designs will make you cry. Where do the construction companies get these "designers" and on top of it they pass them for mass building. I just don't get it.
I even searched home designers in Canada just to see if there are any modern normal Architectural studios that don't produce pure crap and came across this one. Look below image.They call this "beautiful dream" house. No B... this is a church that collided with a barn and landed on a graveyard.
Regarding the house in the posted image: the quoins are there not because they are structurally necessary, but because they provide an allegory of structure. They tell a story about how the forces of gravity are transmitted to the ground. Mies van der Rohe, good classicist that he was, did the same thing by putting non-functional wide flange columns on the outside of the Seagram.
they tell a story about the structure of a stick framed stucco house?
mies's use of steel told a story about steel.
You don't really know how the walls of that house are made.
Stories can be literally true, or they can be fiction designed to convey a deeper message.
They do tell a story about structure of a stick-framed house. Note that the corners othe house are solid, and are not de-materialized as you might find in a modernist house. The quoins are there to highlight that fact. They say, "observe how the forces of gravity are transmitted down to the ground, through these solid, pier-like corners.." They aren't literally there. They are linguistic devices. They reinforce an allegory of structure.
You can apply whatever symbolism you want, but Styrofoam quoins are simply the illusion of masonry structure. The story - or more accurately the lie - is the appearance of expensive historical construction.
It's the recreation of a Disneyland fantasy world in Dryvit. It's aimed at a very particular market for which it is designed to scream BUY ME. That's the deeper message.
i guess the message is 'fuck context' then?
Does it have to be such stark polarized point of view?
How about a balance of such point of views. If something is new built, can it be built using a language that fits into place? Material language for example.
Wood? Brick? Stone?
Can we employ them in a manner including also scale and to some extent some form based language that can make a place fit into in a manner of belonging?
Instead of asking "What is wrong with home designs today?" which is as simplistic as questions get, why not identify when "home designs where right" and analyze it from that perspective. I'm going to guess that the author of this question can't answer it as simply as he/she asked their question.
Here's the real question... would you design build the op's monstrosity if you could walk away with 200k....? Cause that's what's happening in Denver right now.
Doesn't it seems a little senseless to be bashing these homes without looking at their floorplans?
^ Nope.
The floor plan is irrelevant.
USA USA USA
damn wrong thread...hahaha
It's partly the fault of the realtors and partly the people. People want their homes to look magnificent large but don't have enough dough. The architects are only designing for the people's need.
Hope it's ok to post this here - any suggestions/advice on how to bring (bog) standard residential design into the 21st century?
Looking to renovate this house and give it a contemporary face lift. Considering single top swung windows/fixed pane picture windows in dark grey throughout as well as replacing the slider with a more modern front door.
Any examples of houses which have been renovated/improved for inspiration or any suggestions on how this house could be improved?