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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
The house itself is art but where is art in this house, the art of presence, the tiny details that make the personality of a home. I would not feel good in this place...but that is me, I like a crowded space as intimate as a womb where souvenirs and details furnish the place. There are beautiful pieces by Nakashima that would fit well in that house, a Zen link between human and the size of the house. |
The house is intended to be
free of distractions. Something I personally like.
To me, with the addition of my BL5-speakers, the couch in the living room, rather than in the bedroom as it is now I would be all set and feel like home. Well, and a
nicer table with
two or max four chairs...
The point is, some of us react to those "tiny details", not as personality, but rather as outright distractions. Crowded spaces, to us, are synonymous with clutter, the exact opposite of what we ask of home: Serenity, peace, space to think and so on.
It's funny you speak of a "vomb". Because the fact that it has no direct sunlight streaming in through the windows and pretty "solid" walls inside makes it like a womb to me. Glass houses which often have a bare interior as well lack what this house has entirely.
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Fallingwater has it. It is grand, it communicates with it's surroundings.
When I saw this house as an adolescent I decided to become an architect. I failed and became a cabinetmaker instead. This is why I prefer a well filled home, Wright understood this and he designed his own furniture.
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I can understand why you think Fallingwater communicates with its surroundings. It's a hanging house, so it's not a level playing field. But the Atelier speaks, or rather absorbs nature. You even have it framed.
I don't like the interior of the Fallingwater-house, I see it as cluttered, with detailing for the sake of detailing.
I'm a child of Wegner, Børge Mogensen, Arne Jacobsen, and the many other minimalist designers from Denmark, and to me, even a piece of furniture should be as simple (looking) as possible. Strip it of unnecessary detailing and you have an archetype.
I can see some of what is to be liked about Fallingwater, but what I take away from it, is a sense of "run-amok design" and in my world; a failure to understand functionality and the less-is-more "mantra", but also a feeling that the designer was building more into the house than necessary, just because he could.
Some smart guy once wrote a very long letter to his friend. The letter started:
"I'm sorry for the length of this letter. I'm in a hurry, so I have no time to write concisely"
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Slightly off-topic, but since you're a cabinet maker, take a look at this three-legged "valet chair" from the hands of Wegner (utter functionality and excellent "cabinet making"):
http://klassik.dk/PP-250-Jakkens-hvile
And a
Google picture search for the same
Yup
