Comments on: Box House / Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato

By: fhs

fhs — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:01:30 +0000

how surpised at first image shown above. the house just like ignore everything arround. the white wall block the view images, kinda bad feeling about it. i rather like if the building comes up as an element that keep the balance between buliding and environment. too much contrast about the element, color, material. in my opinion the white box of concrete just barely move from the urban house, no reason and no history.
view from side really disturb me, thats all…
anyway good design…

By: Box House – Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato « my design fix

Box House – Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato « my design fix — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:16:40 +0000

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Box House by Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato « Pairsofchairs’s Weblog — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:37:00 +0000

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By: Ralf

Ralf — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:32:15 +0000

Nice project

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:15:09 +0000

I like this a lot. The original house, while completely charming, would be down instantly in a tremor. I lived in stone house that size in Greece for a winter and it’s easy to be nostalgic about it until you try it… I really like this project – it has a warm-climate, coastal feel. May not exactly be vernacular, but it feels open and fresh and functional. It looks to me as if many of the original stones were used, and it’s pretty close to the original footprint. The one thing that gives me pause is that the future inhabitant felt it looked like a cooler – though like the villagers where I lived, I bet he ultimately appreciated the improvements. The stairway inside is beautiful – that mix of simple planks and concrete, flanked by the stone walls, is fantastic.

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Box House « Abrentisart Blog — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:28:58 +0000

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By: maya

maya — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:06:30 +0000

it’s so nice communicating in distance.that’s a good job!

By: DeRossi - BRASIL

DeRossi - BRASIL — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Maravilhoso! Um casulo (cápsula) de morar!
Um dos projetos mais fantásticos que vi nos últimos tempos…

By: Arturo

Arturo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:21:41 +0000

Certainly “The new” just for the sake of it is not good, but also de old just because exists doesn’t make it better. but my main concern is on the last part of the description

“compared it with a can of sardines, a container as those he sees passing through the channel or even a cooler, like those used by beachgoers to carry beer.” so what the purpose of architecture that doesn’t serves the person, it certainly a beautiful design and a very clever use of the space but then… is the person’s opinion irrelevant?