Comments on: Passive Houses by Kjellgren Kaminsky

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:56:08 +0000

Wow dudes, that was amazing!

By: mimi

mimi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:28:39 +0000

hi you are vvvv.ggggggggggggg

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:07:28 +0000

Hmm, I personally see nothing wrong with the renderings @ all and find the comments about them rather whiny and sad. Fine, the “normally shaped” houses could have perhaps done with more 3D attention, but why does everyone need to see a building in 100% realism??? That’s just being plain closed minded not to mention visually and creatively lazy. The work that has been done more than effectively illustrates the purpose and functionality of the structures.

With that said, I absolutely love the circular house idea & wish Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture great success in their future endeavors.

To all the nay-sayers & nit-pickers. Go get a hobby.

-S

By: yrag

yrag — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:22:16 +0000

I really think the circular house has a lot going for it. Especially in areas subject to violent storms with high wind gusts. Though not brand new, the living roof is still a nice touch. Add some stairs and a railing you could have a nice private garden or private sunning deck. If the architect added a vented copula (for good house ventilation) tothe open center of his home, a family could have a weather independent private garden. Nice, compact and aesthetic (IMHO)— what’s wrong with that?

By: mathias

mathias — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:34:31 +0000

Just two things,

first of, the renderings might not be as photorealistic as some of you guys like them to be, but they are of great quality. They all have the same style and if you look closely, you can see that they are technicly okay. The shadows are soft and all textures are mapped correctly. To me this indicates that the person who made them was consiously going for this style. I can only guess, but i suspect the architects are not trying to sell these as how the house is going to look when build, but more as a way to illustrate there living concept, wich brings me to the second point:

On the concept level i agree with some that these buildings are not the biggest conceptual flagships ever designed, but please try and appreciate the effort the architects took to design a nice and livable (not ZAHA -style) home for people in an environment friendly way. It’s not al about building monumental museums and offices, architects also have their responsibility in the way people live in there own houses and how they experience them.
Just a thought…

By: Ruben Bernardos Dimas

Ruben Bernardos Dimas — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:58:54 +0000

actually… after reading the coments of Joaquim and federico i think they are very boring!!!!

Theu don’t have imagination for nothing!

Sorry but those houses are absolutely Ugly!!!

By: Ruben Bernardos Dimas

Ruben Bernardos Dimas — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:49:51 +0000

i would like to know what is the material of the roof in the first house?

i like it very much!

i would like an anwser please!

i say goodbye and hoping i ear from you again.

Sincerely

Rub@n=)

By: zuy

zuy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:48:29 +0000

Moma, NYC will exhibit 63 prefabricated houses…

By: zuy

zuy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:21:49 +0000

zero energy house is an other topic and the article is about both low energy and passive house…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_energy_building

By: zuy

zuy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:12:23 +0000

passive house is great topic for future-friendly…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house