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treading lightly on the landscape, the building cantilevers out 27 meters to a point 18 meters above the terrain below.
franck bohbot traveled to richard neutra's VDL research house II and documented it, capturing two generations of architectural experimentation.
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the micro-hotel room is enclosed by a tiny topography of stepping terraces.
the architects say that the building, and the activity that takes place within it, is meant to transform the way in which buildings are designed, engineered, and built.
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more commentsThere was another black house in the area about 5 years ago- Rosamuerta- that has all kinds of texture, details and ideas that really makes something interesting with black. This is just a normal modern house painted black – a bad copy of Maltzan’s white one- it looks like a superficial pose- like a goth kid self-consciously hanging around the mall.
A lot of you are too conservative. I love it because of its black stealth look. Great contrast to the natural surroundings!
too bad i arrived at the comments too late… but for all the people who are speculating about the color making the house a giant heat sink… The roof is where the bulk of the sun’s energy is directed and absorbed…This house has a white roof (incidentally, in this location, one of the only houses to have such…) What the sun sees is a white roof.
Since the house is at approx 4000 ft elevation during the winter when the sun’s angle is lower, the building can absorb more heat.
Hey! Now this house is cool (possibly an oxymoron) It’s brave to say the least but looking at the photos it’s more a charcoal than jet black offering changes in hue according to light variations hence getting the straight black effect as well. So what if it’s black & stealthy! The contrasts it presents are awesome & besides with technology today, why not take advantage of what’s available with insulation techniques such as ceramic paints using dark colors but offering a cut of several degrees plus all other forms of insulation. As for fossil fuel consumption.. That’s what solar power is for! It’s out in the sticks so why wouldn’t the house be totally self sufficient. Good on you Marc, I think “Well Done!”