Comments on: Villa Grow / Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

How to Get Six Pack Fast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:19:35 +0000

The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other blogs?

By: Ponzie

Ponzie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:12:38 +0000

It’s a good point, Patrick. The project does not seem to consider lot size or shape – the form of the units are “dynamic” but I don’t think that accomplishes anything in the proposal. I’d like to see more of an effort to embed certain qualities into the design of the units so that they presuppose some sort of site condition and don’t need to rely on the typical top-down method of the master plan. It would be a pretty compelling project if this were considered or if there was the possibility of multi-story density so this could also work in an urban setting. Right now it’s very limited.

By: Partick Bateman

Partick Bateman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:40:47 +0000

it’s a nice concept but utterly unworkable. how does each plot of land work? do you recieve a plot of land big enough to expand?… what if you dont expand? then all this becomes is a low density suburb. Or alternatively, everyone expands and it becomes impossible to access all the properties. Therefore this would only work if the masterplan was designed on the largest housing configuration possible, and in terms of plot size is not customizable at all.

By: Match

Match — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:46:19 +0000

kinda cool, but it has sprawl written all over it… and the animation is somewhat reminiscent of a spreading disease, yikes.

By: belly

belly — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:09:11 +0000

all the form give the same idea?

By: Keomi

Keomi — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:43:54 +0000

Difficult to add on an extra module when you’re in the middle of the labyrinth!

By: Miguel Ângelo

Miguel Ângelo — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:30:42 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/cc649f Architecture for Everyone! #architecture #arquitectura

By: dgman

dgman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:38:29 +0000

I did like the presentation, however the theme of adding pieces is nothing new in architecture. And has anybody ever thought of circulation in this project? The resulting structure looks nice graphicly but if I live in the middle of it,I would have to find my way out through a labyrinth of private gardens terraces…well but then again I guess only young,open-minded, hipsters woul live there, and they wouldnt mind, right?

By: Ponzie

Ponzie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:31:58 +0000

It’s like Ikea for buildings! The video is cheesy but at least it’s targeted for real people. It might be a “dumb” project but I think that’s what I like about it, it’s not so self-important like most of the slop on this website.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:58 +0000

The most annoying architecture film I’ve seen this year.

By: Claude René

Claude René — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:24:00 +0000

Oh how smart! A villa you actually can extend? Must be the first time in history. Dumb project that tries to look smart

By: odris

odris — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:43:15 +0000

i love the presentation too

By: Pao

Pao — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:07:46 +0000

I like the presentation and the idea, expecially the fact that they deal with a plurality of situation which are ultimately acknowledged as one. Very clever.

By: Vladimir Konovalov

Vladimir Konovalov — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:53:52 +0000

I liked the presentation much and the project