Part Usonian, Part Japanese - I like it
Re: Part Usonian, Part Japanese - I like it
Remarkable. Possibly more millwork per square foot than any comparable residential structure ? The site-assembled laminated trusses from sheet material(s) are notable. Less obvious at first take is the spiral circulation that takes the occupant clockwise from the entry, through the master suite and ending at the elevated sanctum---all of it open to the "overhead."
Let's hope this one gets built !
S
Let's hope this one gets built !
S
Re: Part Usonian, Part Japanese - I like it
Ken Dahlin is very talented and creative. He's done some beautiful work.
David
David
Re: Part Usonian, Part Japanese - I like it
Having heard Ken Dahlin's definition of "organic architecture," I find it as convincing and useful as any other I've heard. He points to a repetition of form and detail, at all scales from the large to the small, bringing a sense of unity to the whole and a "resonance" that the observer apprehends as beautiful. He specifically mentions another use of the term, the familiar one which references natural materials or a sympathy with site, and appears to set it aside it in favor of the definition given here.
He defines the house presented as one providing a sense of shelter with its single over-arching roof with deep eaves, and cites the plywood trusses with their cutouts evoking tree branches. That suggests to me that he is not against the use of natural elements as ingredients in the composing of architectural form.
S
He defines the house presented as one providing a sense of shelter with its single over-arching roof with deep eaves, and cites the plywood trusses with their cutouts evoking tree branches. That suggests to me that he is not against the use of natural elements as ingredients in the composing of architectural form.
S