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Shelter House by Franklin Azzi
A while back we wrote about Architect Franklin Azzi's Shelter House, "a sustainable design for a house in Normandy in Yport, where the structure is entirely made of wood, with water recuperation and solar panels for all domestic needs. The external skin will be made of a fabric, it's a convertible house.". The render is now built, here's what it looks like finished.
Well, I'm confused. It's a beautiful structure and I'd love to spend summers in it, but for a house "entirely made of wood," isn't there an overabundance of masonry? And the fabric skin...
True, the angle of the house in the rendering downplayed the brick structure. But apart from the truth-in-advertising issue, Azzi did a.o.k. Refurbishing near-derelict structures is a dicey proposition, and his fusion of that ruin with wood/glass allowed the new and old to coexist honestly and quite well.
Agreed, Evan. There's very little wood apparent.
Reminds me of the time I toured a model home in a new condo complex. "All copper plumbing!", they bragged. In the basement, PVC-to-copper joins were everywhere.
Yeah, where's the fabric skin?
the first thing that caught my eye was the wonderful shade from outside frames, but one shouldve been positioned at one corner of the house and one at the opposing corner so that there would be shade all day, one would have to move their lounge chair from one side to the other but you could have shade all day, the design might lose some symmetry but more practical
Parabéns.
Parafraseando o poeta: 'Eu quero uma casa, no campo..."
The caption mentioned solar panels? For power? None visible.
WOW. it's beautiful. Good luck
this house is guts out beautiful
As boring as this sounds, there's very little eaves gap on the roof of the timber section. Water is just going to run off of the timber roof and down the timber wall. Which in turn will stain in a really ugly fashion.
As much as I love the look of the building now, it sadly won't last. But then, the architect has the pretty photos for his portfolio and won't care how it ages.
And before you say anything, I'm an architecture student, not some engineer with a chip on his shoulder.
Other than that and the ugly ceiling in the kitchen, I agree, this building is beautiful...
i love this place! it is a perfect example on how things can be saved. i just hate seeing sweet little homes knocked down just because someone can't see the bones of the little run down home that could be lovely again. this happens way too often up here in Seattle!