By now you are all well aware of the Douglas fir timber building designed by Gehry for the Serpentine Gallery.
Iwan Baan recently photograph another building made out of the a similar type of timber in Japan, a house by Sou Fujimoto. Conclusions about the way the material is used are for you to make... To close the circle, Fujimoto will be speaking at the Serpentine Gallery this week.
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those japanese kids just caused the death of several old grown mature trees so they can browse the goddam internet and post in their stupid blog from their stupid ass bulding block toy
That seems a little harsh.
Also, reminds me of Jenga.
As someone with a lot of experiance with Doug Fir timber and who respects it's incredible strenght and lightness - thats a horrific use of material. Timber lends itself to spans and strength - the gross overuse of material to acheive simple connections is an example of form for forms sake. wheres the elegance?
harsh but not hushed.
jenga is a nice toy. this is murder for visual five minutes of minor fame. sorry to offend you nam that is not my agenda. we have to set standads for differentiation regarding environmental sustainability and egocentric escapades. we can't have it both ways. otherwise it is just a vicious trend. i'd prefer tose trees alive in lieu of an expensive treehouse. it may have some reverse educational value though. ie; what not to do with several beautiful trees recently seen alive.
what neither of those projects understand is the nature of the material - they both say fir - timber - clunky when in fact timber is usualy thin and spans can be trianguilated into massive airy trusses. Both these designers have no idea how to use materials. Frank has one neet zinc lap panels trick to his career - as seen by french roofers - beyond that its schlock
that IS a waste of a lot of lumber.
it almost seems to be ABOUT a waste of lumber because surely the material could have done something cool in a much more efficient way.
I understand that it doesn't seem the best use of some wonderfully old lumber, however.
I thought wood was one of the most eco materials to use because it is a carbon neutral material, and it is something that is renewable. Other than that what if the wood had been grown and processed locally? Like what they do for Japanese Shinto temples?
Wpould it still be considered an eco-abortion?
Additionally, a quote from the page..
"waste material is re-used as stairs and slipping fields to direct views."
most of gehry's looks to be lumber, not timber.
I prefer the jenga toy to the serpentine. I actually thought it was kind of cool. I could see it as an art installation, but not as an actual house. I don't know how those kids could live in there.
Gehry's "lumber" is actualy wrapping concealed steel - so its a double abortion: fake use of materials and completely unessessary
I'm a big fan of the name, "the next generation house."
Is this meant as a satirical joust at the ecological irresponsibility of the younger generation, or are the architects really conceited/disillusioned enough to think that this is the residential architecture of the future? Either way, it's rich.
What is the problem of using massive pieces of wood? Ok, it doesn't suit the static capabilities of the material, but then?
The phenomenological aspect of using massive pieces is something you can't say is no use.
And for the sustainability aspect, as it seems the wood is realy raw, in ten years, when you get tired of your house, you can saw all the planks you need for the next house...
And lots of people would pay for ten year dried wood!
yeah right. it is a very flexable planning idea. does it come with a coupon?
"phenomenological" is this even a word?
where are these descriptions of the project?
timber vs. lumber, methinks these be timber, maties ... best research before you qualify timber as "thin"
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=125439&page=19
from the same source above, this is even more appropriate for this project:
-"Here in Australia, Lumber is a medical term that refers to the lower back region. Even my dictionary says so."
-"That's lumbar not lumber."
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