Comments on: Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right

By: ATHOS

ATHOS — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:35:22 +0000

Noo! This is not I don’t like it or there is something wrong about the overall design, but in 2009 is this the best that can be designed by some of the most known architects?

I could easily say that all the designs I have seen for “Make It Right” look good or fine (and a little bit the same in a strange way), but I don’t know why I still wonder if they are also Right!(it’s more like “Make It Wrong” for me…):

By: Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:01:28 +0000

Really, this is a random decor, cheap swiss chatlet, with a car park underneath and a concrete stairway. The interior spaces are cold and dishuman. It really takes an Architect to love that.

By: KJS

KJS — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:07:10 +0000

Mel, the information given does say that it’s designed so that a family could have a “live-work unit.”

I agree with other comments that the furnishings shown in the renderings are a rather absurd given the context. However, I think over all it’s a good project & does an excellent job modernizing the local vernacular. The one thing I don’t like is the “patterned” exterior – just looks sloppy to me.

Regarding the “open basement,” having myself helped with relief efforts in New Orleans, I think leaving the basement open is probably the best idea. Taking care of flooded enclosed basements is very labor-intensive & quite expensive without volunteer help.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:36:15 +0000

One rendering shows four two-top tables… is that supposed to be where a family eats dinner? Not only is it trying to be a gallery like Eric mentioned, but apparently a restaurant too.

By: LOW

LOW — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:00:20 +0000

Mmmmh… Im actually more concerned with the
lower part of the house, it just looks like dead space to me.
Maybe the project could extend an informal use to the lower part
of the house instead of leaving it as an open basement.