While on the treadmill watching 'extreme homes' I came across this house on Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand designed by a structural engineer. The roof is supported by suspension cables anchored in a boulder above the house. The inch thick glass can move almost three inches with high wind loads. Really seems unique.
midlander
Dec 8, 21 9:34 am
i feel like i could have designed it better, but love it anyway. the facade detailing is clumsy, too corporate hq style. should have used thin profile steel mullions instead of a cable net. the ceiling beams are tragically bad.
still, admire whoever gets the projects like this. 8/10
oh rereading it's designed by a structure engineer and a bit disappointed - it's the structure that's clumsy! though audacious in concept the execution is mediocre.
good photographer.
randomised
Dec 8, 21 9:44 am
Don't think the structure is clumsy per se, it is just very present as you would expect from a structural engineer (safety first!). Likes to admire their (line of) work I guess, can't admire what the architect wants to disappear...
Chad Miller
Dec 8, 21 1:57 pm
I rather like it!
tduds
Dec 8, 21 2:19 pm
Looks like we're paying our structural engineers too much!
While on the treadmill watching 'extreme homes' I came across this house on Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand designed by a structural engineer. The roof is supported by suspension cables anchored in a boulder above the house. The inch thick glass can move almost three inches with high wind loads. Really seems unique.
i feel like i could have designed it better, but love it anyway. the facade detailing is clumsy, too corporate hq style. should have used thin profile steel mullions instead of a cable net. the ceiling beams are tragically bad.
still, admire whoever gets the projects like this. 8/10
oh rereading it's designed by a structure engineer and a bit disappointed - it's the structure that's clumsy! though audacious in concept the execution is mediocre.
good photographer.
Don't think the structure is clumsy per se, it is just very present as you would expect from a structural engineer (safety first!). Likes to admire their (line of) work I guess, can't admire what the architect wants to disappear...
I rather like it!
Looks like we're paying our structural engineers too much!