Comments on: The house that flows http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:11:09 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joel Linn http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 Joel Linn Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:32:44 +0000 http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/#comment-1832 House in the TREES! Great blend of lines and CONTOURS! Material of choice is my favorite... WOOD. This house is well dressed in radiused timber beams and randomly spaced shingle siding. This place puts you right up inside one of Portland, Oregon's best features -- its lush tree canopy! From the page: "Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house. A lover of music, the client wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also addressed the flow of music. This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the exterior. One must actually stroll through the house to grasp its complexities and its connection to the exterior. One example is a natural wood ceiling, floating on curved laminated wood beams, passing through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main living room. House in the TREES! Great blend of lines and CONTOURS! Material of choice is my favorite… WOOD. This house is well dressed in radiused timber beams and randomly spaced shingle siding. This place puts you right up inside one of Portland, Oregon’s best features — its lush tree canopy! From the page: “Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house. A lover of music, the client wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also addressed the flow of music. This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the exterior. One must actually stroll through the house to grasp its complexities and its connection to the exterior. One example is a natural wood ceiling, floating on curved laminated wood beams, passing through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main living room.

]]> By: Lee http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Lee Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:42:08 +0000 http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/#comment-1411 AJ, the answer to your question can be summed up in two words; Individual Expression. I would argue that Residential Architecture (especially Interior) is the closest Architecture gets to the level of Individual Expression found with our Fine Arts cousins (sculpture, painting, etc.). The difference is, it’s our challenge and expectation to morph our own Individual Expression with those of our clients. This collaborative individual expression (I’m aware of the oxymoron) doesn’t often translate into a wide spread love of the end result. It’s success should be primarily judged upon how well the end result relates to the clients individual expression. I can assure you that in the case of this home (the house that flows), success was achieved. I can remember Oshatz saying that one of the greatest compliments he receives is when a client says that the house he designed for them is exactly what they would’ve designed if they were an Architect. AJ, the answer to your question can be summed up in two words; Individual Expression. I would argue that Residential Architecture (especially Interior) is the closest Architecture gets to the level of Individual Expression found with our Fine Arts cousins (sculpture, painting, etc.). The difference is, it’s our challenge and expectation to morph our own Individual Expression with those of our clients. This collaborative individual expression (I’m aware of the oxymoron) doesn’t often translate into a wide spread love of the end result. It’s success should be primarily judged upon how well the end result relates to the clients individual expression. I can assure you that in the case of this home (the house that flows), success was achieved. I can remember Oshatz saying that one of the greatest compliments he receives is when a client says that the house he designed for them is exactly what they would’ve designed if they were an Architect.

]]> By: AJ http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 AJ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:40:04 +0000 http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/#comment-1283 Hey all and most of all to you Lee! I am proud to say I have come a great length since my initial post as I have been studying this whole time for my interior design program I am about to graduate from. Nonetheless I still feel much the same even if I can't put the right words to it. The curves are very inspiring and artistically pleasing in a good way you can still live with day in and day out. But I just can't get over the geometrical clash and drowning hues of the 70s. So you tell us, with such amazing architecture why such retro interior?? Hey all and most of all to you Lee! I am proud to say I have come a great length since my initial post as I have been studying this whole time for my interior design program I am about to graduate from. Nonetheless I still feel much the same even if I can’t put the right words to it. The curves are very inspiring and artistically pleasing in a good way you can still live with day in and day out. But I just can’t get over the geometrical clash and drowning hues of the 70s. So you tell us, with such amazing architecture why such retro interior??

]]> By: admin http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 admin Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:04:38 +0000 http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/#comment-1265 Wow, Lee - it is truly an honor! I'm so glad you took the time to clarify your point of view to our readers. The Oshatz home did generate a lot of comments, some positive and some not so positive ...but, hey, as long as they spell the name right :-) Wow, Lee – it is truly an honor! I’m so glad you took the time to clarify your point of view to our readers.

The Oshatz home did generate a lot of comments, some positive and some not so positive …but, hey, as long as they spell the name right :-)

]]> By: Lee http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Lee Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:32:35 +0000 http://www.busyboo.com/2008/07/30/modern-architecture-oshatz/#comment-1264 I worked on this house for two years. I split time working w/ Oshatz on the working drawings and in the field managing the project and being a carpenter (including 6 months doing all the cedar shingling on the exterior and interior). A friend referred me to this blog when he recognized the house and I found it very entertaining to read all the comments. While everyone is entitled to their opinion on how they'd finish and furnish a home like this (which is no small task), you cannot deny the quality of it's space, the beauty of its form, the intricacy of its detailing, the marriage to its environment and the rigor of its construction and craftsmanship (mostly done by a crew of us in our early to mid 20's). This type of home can only be fully appreciated by experiencing it in person. Robert Oshatz is an extremely gifted sculptor and his Architecture IS Art. I learned more about Art, Architecture and Construction while working on this house than I ever could in some stuffy corporate architecture firm, conforming to the AIA's and NCARB's idea of what a young Architect needs to know. I'm now in Seattle designing and building homes and while I haven't had the opportunity to design or build a home with this level of organic freedom, this house and Robert Oshatz continues to inspire me and drive me to treat each part of a home as an opportunity to create something unique and wonderful. And as far as this being only for the rich....you'd be surprised. It's not in any movies I know of, but has been on HGTV. And it's not early 90's, it's early 2000's :) (although how you propose to stylistically or chronologically define a house like this is beyond me). I've checked the box to be 'notified of followup comments' and would love to answer specific questions about this house. I'm very proud to have been part of such an awesome project. I worked on this house for two years. I split time working w/ Oshatz on the working drawings and in the field managing the project and being a carpenter (including 6 months doing all the cedar shingling on the exterior and interior). A friend referred me to this blog when he recognized the house and I found it very entertaining to read all the comments. While everyone is entitled to their opinion on how they’d finish and furnish a home like this (which is no small task), you cannot deny the quality of it’s space, the beauty of its form, the intricacy of its detailing, the marriage to its environment and the rigor of its construction and craftsmanship (mostly done by a crew of us in our early to mid 20’s). This type of home can only be fully appreciated by experiencing it in person. Robert Oshatz is an extremely gifted sculptor and his Architecture IS Art. I learned more about Art, Architecture and Construction while working on this house than I ever could in some stuffy corporate architecture firm, conforming to the AIA’s and NCARB’s idea of what a young Architect needs to know. I’m now in Seattle designing and building homes and while I haven’t had the opportunity to design or build a home with this level of organic freedom, this house and Robert Oshatz continues to inspire me and drive me to treat each part of a home as an opportunity to create something unique and wonderful.
And as far as this being only for the rich….you’d be surprised. It’s not in any movies I know of, but has been on HGTV. And it’s not early 90’s, it’s early 2000’s :) (although how you propose to stylistically or chronologically define a house like this is beyond me).
I’ve checked the box to be ‘notified of followup comments’ and would love to answer specific questions about this house. I’m very proud to have been part of such an awesome project.

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