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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 24, 2007, 5:03 pm
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I like thwe openness but would prefer some more, what's the term,
"massing"?, or maybe "level changes"? The basic glass box is not
something that would hold my interest for very long - I'd get bored with it
too fast.
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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on September 24, 2007, 8:09 pm
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> I like thwe openness but would prefer some more, what's the term,
> "massing"?, or maybe "level changes"? The basic glass box is not
> something that would hold my interest for very long - I'd get bored with
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> too fast.
Remember, "Less is a bore"?
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Posted by ++ on September 24, 2007, 8:38 pm
Michael Bulatovich wrote:
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>>I like thwe openness but would prefer some more, what's the term,
>>"massing"?, or maybe "level changes"? The basic glass box is not
>>something that would hold my interest for very long - I'd get bored with
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>>too fast.
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>Remember, "Less is a bore"?
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Or mine,
You don't want your life designed to look out of place.
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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 25, 2007, 2:57 pm
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>> I like thwe openness but would prefer some more, what's the term,
>> "massing"?, or maybe "level changes"? The basic glass box is not
>> something that would hold my interest for very long - I'd get bored
>> with it
>> too fast.
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> Remember, "Less is a bore"?
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Heh ;)
OTOH, it all always depends upon the individual. I've known some poeple
who live dso much in their minds, not fantasies but rather,
reading/thinking/math and the like, that they paid little attention to
their living space, aside fromwanting it to be orderly. Saw *much* of the
opposite while house-hunting over the years - patterend wallpaper and
patterned drapes and patterned furniture and so on and so oforth - some of
it literally gave me vertigo and turned my stomach because of the visual
strain. Interesting that very few wallpapered places I saw ever had art on
the walls. WHen I get art, I like to get originals when possible, and one
advantage of a blank off-white/cream/vanilla/whatever wall is that it
really puts the focus onto the artwork. Same goes for clean lines
elsewhere - puts the focus onto one's valued items/artwork.
At any rate, I admire and understand/appreciate the Mies house, and simialr
structures, in several ways, and am glad that they exist - just that I
personally think I'd get tired of the space if I had to live in it ;) .
Sometimes, less *is* more; other times, it's a good inspiration ;)
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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 25, 2007, 2:47 pm
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>> I like thwe openness but would prefer some more, what's the term,
>> "massing"?, or maybe "level changes"? The basic glass box is not
>> something that would hold my interest for very long - I'd get bored
>> with it
>> too fast.
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> Depends on whats going on outside around it I suppose.
No, it's just my personality - I tend to get tired of what I suppose
could be called "monolithic spaces". I like (need) to have as much
natural light as possilbe, but I also like to have the space itself to be
less monolithic and more rhythmic, also with some material/textural
changes.
I understand the concept of the Farnsworth house, and admire it - just
that I personalyl would probably nto like living in it ;)
> I'm disappointed in the size of the windows on our house cause there's
> always animals doing stuff that I find interesting but the windows are
> only 3' wide.
Yeha, the "ol' stnadard". THe one thing I like here is that at least
there are 3 windows which are only, oh, I guess about 10" (maybe 8"?)
apart, so it's a bit closer to a picture-window effect. That's also true
for the 2nd story (the room is 2 storys, i.e. about 18' in height). SO
that works out OK, too.
But most houses IMO have way too few windows. I assume that's because
it's just cheaper to do it that way - no need for added framing, no need
to bother putting in energy-efficient windows, no need to fuss with all
that troublesome fitting and insulating and caulking =>:-p
> Down in FL our house was 58' wide and we had 32' of glass along the
> back wall, but there wasn't much wildlife to see.
> Now we have wildelife but now glass.
> jeez, you just can't win......
I saw the pic you'd had online of th eplace in Florida - there were a lot
fo very nioce features, and I recall seeing the windows in the back :)
We didn't have any wildlife here, since it's a new development, but,
being "freaks" <L!>, what we did, unlike the vast majority of people, was
decide how much we wanted to pay in total
- which was about half of what the bleeping real estate agents were
trying to pressure us into paying =:-o !! -
for the house *after* creating a budget for the pool and at least the
start of the yard. So I was able to install quite a few trees and shrubs
- one 15' tree, a few 10'-12' trees, and a load of smaller shrubs. THe
point being that critters are always attracted to plantings. So, we're
getting more birds, dragonflies, butterflies, and so on.
OK, no deer, or other large critters, but at least an increasing number
of smaller ones, which do bring activity into the yard.
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> That glass house, with woods all around it, could present some
> interesting wild animal watching.
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To be sure... Are larger windows something you can add yourself? Or is
that something that you'd need to contract to have done?
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