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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.
The space is so beautiful! And I couldn’t work there. I just left a job solely because it had a no barriers floorplan. I felt like I was on display in an ant farm. Open spaces are great for doing collaborative physical labor, as in a factory shop; they’re just horrible for doing knowledge work (even if it’s collaborative) that requires deeper understanding and creativity. Perhaps that’s only the case for introverts like me, though, so I guess if you want a vacuous staff that lives solely on the shiny surface of things, you might want to consider an open office space. I understand architects at big firms and MBAs think they’re great, though.
As someone who just moved into one of these “no barriers” offices, you better believe it can be a nightmare. I keep wanting to shout “INDOOR VOICES” thereby of course adding to the din. And whenever someone retreats to one of the quiet rooms, everyone wonders if he/she is dying, getting a new job… a bill of goods has been sold under the rubric “collaboration” when it’s really all about real estate prices.
Nice comprehensive post and the space is beautiful. With cement floors and high ceilings it must get so noisy. And only 9 private offices? That’s a nightmare.