Comments on: Six Ramsgate / Wallflower Architecture + Design

By: arch

arch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:14:49 +0000

the maid is a vampire…she does not like light……or she stays in the main house itself….nice building nice peaceful spaces…

By: joninberlin

joninberlin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:11:43 +0000

In defense of the architects with regards to the somewhat jail-cell’esque’ conditions of the maid’s quarters, I’m assuming that it was probably the client’s demand to allocate as little as possible of the budget on the maid’s quarters.

By: sullka

sullka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:23:12 +0000

@speedwing: You’re dead on, that’s the only comment I have aswell. Other than that I really like the house.

The service quarters in this house, as well as in others Iv’e seen, are treated almost as prisons cells, not even that, prison cells have openings. It’s not a lack of space, it seems more like the service/maids/drivers, etc aren’t human beings and are not included in the design process.

That room doesn’t have a window or opening, and if it does, it’s on the laundry closet. Heck!, even the laundry closet has natural light and air!

By: archaalto

archaalto — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:22:11 +0000

architecture is about creating place, and less about objects. this project succeeds very well in that respect.

the light filtering/capturing is beautiful to go along with the warm materials.

By: wartian

wartian — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:31:09 +0000

*’All the courtyards have differing material finishes and therefore differing heat gain and latency (water, grass, water, granite).’ *

-a bit too much for this statement, even chinese, japanese, european, america, balinese, siamese courtyards are using the same solution.

*’As long as there are temperature differences between courtyards, the living, dining, and pool house become conduits for breezes that move in between the courtyards,
very much like how land and sea breezes are generated’*

-climate in tropic countries are hot and wet!cloudy day with overcast sky has no problem. during hot day, water vaporizes and make the air wet, this is uncomfortable for hot climate country. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟(as the saying goes, can overturn it).water can make people feel comfortable but at the same time can make people feel uncomfortable.

*’…simply achieved by classical use of symmetry, with important areas axial to the center line of the house…’ VS ‘…it is the experiential serenity that unencumbered space, a gentle breeze, dappled sunlight and the hush of water rippling on a pond that is priceless in our dense and busy urbanscape…’*

-i like the gentle breeze,dappled sunight and hush of water rippling on the pond/pool (hopefully), but classical use of symmetry sound too serious for palace or monumental building…and all glazed at the ground floor looked like office!

By: david bers

david bers — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:59:24 +0000

joninberlin, i could not have said it better.

furthermore:
What is wrong with boring? Bad design in the name of “interesting architecture” is deadly to our art. Deadly.

By: End Game House · Waking Ideas

End Game House · Waking Ideas — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:28:01 +0000

[...] always maintained that eventually, I will end up designing my own house. This recent design by Wallflower Architecture + Design featured over at Archdaily is fantastic and a step closer to what I have imagined in my [...]

By: speedwing

speedwing — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:09:01 +0000

A maid’s room without any natural light and half the size of the master dressing room. This is good architecture in the 21st century?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:22:22 +0000

@HarDav

Palm Springs CA or Palm Springs FL?

Because I am pretty sure Palm Springs in Florida has all of those issues you mentioned.

By: HarDav

HarDav — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:18 +0000

Perfect house,…for Palm Spring!
This is Singapore.
What about; Monsoon rain, recessed wine cellar, flat roof, canopies, mosquitoes?
I like the styling and the natural cross ventilation between the “courtyards.”