Week 6
Thursday we went to the Erlanger House. It is an absolutely
incredible structure, quite incognito and businessy-mysterious from the
outside. I didn’t realize until after visiting the Erlanger House that our
modeling project is actually supposed to be inspired by this home. It gave me a
lot of valuable insight into the project, but it was also fun to see this week
how some of my classmates have come up with different ideas for the model
project that involve concepts extremely different from those seen in the
Erlanger House. I think I’d like to live in this house. I could not stop taking
pictures of it – such a unique, rare find is this building.
The entire thing is based on simplicity and openness. There
is really only one big room, with other rooms flanking it, yet they allow for
some openness and crossing among the rooms with ease. The continuum between the
inside and outside is interesting, including coarse gravel inside and a
pebble-filled cement floor. The boxy nature of everything in this house allows
the space to seem much larger than it is. Also, the space is utilized with
incredible efficiency. Every nook and cranny is a storage space. I really enjoy
the symmetry of this house, but my favorite part is probably how the loft is
constructed. There is a small bridge from the stairs into the bedroom, which is
actually like a dream. I love the potential for danger that appears to exist in
this construction. There is a gap between the glass courtyard wall and the lofted
bedroom, creating the illusion of a floating floor. I attached some photos of the most
interesting parts of the home.
The piano is the main focus of the open dance room area, including a huge glass wall for openness.
The exterior is quite mysterious - and boring!
The floating bridge-walkway, my favorite part.
The chiney has the only angles in the entire house. It's pretty cool how central it is to the construction.
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