Comments on: The house behind the wall / Peter Gabrijelcic http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hery http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-33337 hery Tue, 26 May 2009 04:19:30 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-33337 that is 3d or a real photo? that is 3d or a real photo?

]]> By: francis http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30684 francis Wed, 13 May 2009 13:17:22 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30684 Great view to look out to. The sun is still low, I could hear “Stuck in the middle” playing from the Tivoli. I pan round to the house. A. Speer is in his wheelchair outside his protected “patio” soaking in the rays but seems distracted. A nurse in her pristine whites and eye-patch is in the kitchen seemingly chopping up meat for a pack of ever-alert Dobermans. Outside amongst the pollutant, a black sedan, dust still settling behind screech to a halt at the electric gate and fenced compound. There was a low groan coming from the boot of the sedan. A. Speer steer his wheelchair to head indoors while the nurse continue without any sign of alarm, the Dobermans just turned their heads in unison to the main entrance. A. Speer fiddled behind a concealed pad in the living wall: with a slight creak, the long hallway floor lowered, transforming itself into a ramp to a subterranean bunker. The sedan is now behind the roller shutter of the garage, quickly out of sight. To investigate, I swoop towards the ramp via the kitchen. A fatal mistake, my flight path was clocked by the nurse. In a split second with a whoosh and a zing, I noticed the blade she had been using on the meat is now embedding in the kitchen wall nearest to me. It was almost the last thing I noticed, for the swiftness and purposeful action of the nurse have separated my head from my body. I was in free-fall, my world turned dark and wet as I heard the jaws of the Doberman snap shut. Great view to look out to. The sun is still low, I could hear “Stuck in the middle” playing from the Tivoli. I pan round to the house. A. Speer is in his wheelchair outside his protected “patio” soaking in the rays but seems distracted. A nurse in her pristine whites and eye-patch is in the kitchen seemingly chopping up meat for a pack of ever-alert Dobermans. Outside amongst the pollutant, a black sedan, dust still settling behind screech to a halt at the electric gate and fenced compound. There was a low groan coming from the boot of the sedan. A. Speer steer his wheelchair to head indoors while the nurse continue without any sign of alarm, the Dobermans just turned their heads in unison to the main entrance. A. Speer fiddled behind a concealed pad in the living wall: with a slight creak, the long hallway floor lowered, transforming itself into a ramp to a subterranean bunker. The sedan is now behind the roller shutter of the garage, quickly out of sight. To investigate, I swoop towards the ramp via the kitchen. A fatal mistake, my flight path was clocked by the nurse. In a split second with a whoosh and a zing, I noticed the blade she had been using on the meat is now embedding in the kitchen wall nearest to me. It was almost the last thing I noticed, for the swiftness and purposeful action of the nurse have separated my head from my body. I was in free-fall, my world turned dark and wet as I heard the jaws of the Doberman snap shut.

]]> By: Bo Lucky http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30540 Bo Lucky Tue, 12 May 2009 14:51:59 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30540 It's just bad cold house... It’s just bad cold house…

]]> By: Marcus http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30443 Marcus Tue, 12 May 2009 05:32:17 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30443 The only thing that's OK about this house is the living room and the sky-light hallway. The only thing that’s OK about this house is the living room and the sky-light hallway.

]]> By: dustin http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30418 dustin Tue, 12 May 2009 03:04:10 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30418 Did they run out of money for furniture? the manhole is a a black eye as well. Did they run out of money for furniture? the manhole is a a black eye as well.

]]> By: Terry Glenn Phipps http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30368 Terry Glenn Phipps Mon, 11 May 2009 20:34:37 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30368 It seems to me that the purported problem with the entry has more to do with the photography than with the architecture. Had the photograph been taken from a different angle it would have been clear that the entrance is identified and enhanced by the skylight in the canopy. It, also, fits in the axial line of circulation that is one of the defining characteristics of the plan. Photography makes an awful lot of difference in the presentation of a project as most of the opinion here seems to confirm. The program makes a great deal of sense, especially given the amount of visual pollution that is in the immediate vicinity of the site. Likewise the clarity of the plan is a benefit not a liability as some commentary has suggested. I guess that some people have come to believe that anything that in order to be called architecture whatever building needs to look like an overcooked splat of bowtie pasta. The commentary about the view strikes me as particularly banal. What one Earth would one prefer to look at, a blank brick wall, beds of geraniums, or perhaps the charming vernacular architecture of the neighborhood? This house has carved out space for living in an otherwise beautiful but compromised site. The excessive spleen venting seems way out of proportion to the actual project, which is rather good. Terry Glenn Phipps It seems to me that the purported problem with the entry has more to do with the photography than with the architecture. Had the photograph been taken from a different angle it would have been clear that the entrance is identified and enhanced by the skylight in the canopy. It, also, fits in the axial line of circulation that is one of the defining characteristics of the plan.

Photography makes an awful lot of difference in the presentation of a project as most of the opinion here seems to confirm.

The program makes a great deal of sense, especially given the amount of visual pollution that is in the immediate vicinity of the site. Likewise the clarity of the plan is a benefit not a liability as some commentary has suggested. I guess that some people have come to believe that anything that in order to be called architecture whatever building needs to look like an overcooked splat of bowtie pasta.

The commentary about the view strikes me as particularly banal. What one Earth would one prefer to look at, a blank brick wall, beds of geraniums, or perhaps the charming vernacular architecture of the neighborhood? This house has carved out space for living in an otherwise beautiful but compromised site. The excessive spleen venting seems way out of proportion to the actual project, which is rather good.

Terry Glenn Phipps

]]> By: Strasbourg http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30362 Strasbourg Mon, 11 May 2009 19:46:27 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30362 Some details are really odd/failed. But I like the general conception. Some details are really odd/failed.
But I like the general conception.

]]> By: Andy Smith http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30333 Andy Smith Mon, 11 May 2009 17:18:56 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30333 Nice views in the distance, but why design a house looking out onto what is essentially a windswept bowling green. It appears unpleasant and useless space, unless perhaps they're planning to rear cattle. With the garden seemingly an integral part of the house's layout, perhaps they should actually have one. Nice views in the distance, but why design a house looking out onto what is essentially a windswept bowling green. It appears unpleasant and useless space, unless perhaps they’re planning to rear cattle. With the garden seemingly an integral part of the house’s layout, perhaps they should actually have one.

]]> By: Carlo http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30321 Carlo Mon, 11 May 2009 16:29:28 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30321 oh, and by the way, the home cinema doesn' t work. too much light. oh, and by the way, the home cinema doesn’ t work. too much light.

]]> By: Carlo http://www.archdaily.com/21466/the-house-behind-the-wall-peter-gabrijelcic/#comment-30320 Carlo Mon, 11 May 2009 16:27:30 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21466#comment-30320 in my opinion the the plan is Incredibly trivial. The attempt of symmetry in the whole gesture and in the functional laout reflect lack of imagination. Wanna see a horrible detail? check out the angle to angle situation between carport and service block at the entrance... in my opinion the the plan is Incredibly trivial. The attempt of symmetry in the whole gesture and in the functional laout reflect lack of imagination.
Wanna see a horrible detail? check out the angle to angle situation between carport and service block at the entrance…

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