Comments on: Two houses in Tokyo by Cheungvogl

By: marie

marie — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:17:42 +0000

if you read through Tadao Ando’s essays and thoughts about the coherence of public and private life through the past several years, this must be one of the most radical as genious steps of design of the development of private life in a public exposed environment.deeply impressing and moving design. i would like to see more deep design like this, in these days, where surfaces and curves matter most, to catch the eye.
beautiful design and thoughts.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:37:41 +0000

rough materials embracing the mind’s state gently – great design!

By: G. Meier

G. Meier — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:47:35 +0000

so beautiful!

By: Noriega

Noriega — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:02:30 +0000

this is just stunning – very much reduced to the essence, this architecture is much rather quiet against the common trend of producing gestures only for the sake of gestures. looking at the images, i would feel very comfortable from the outside as from the inside.
certainly, this design isn’t meant to flood cities in mass produced designs, but it breaks up the pattern of average, to give your eye/mind rest, peace and freedom to reflect. it is the opposite to barcelona pavilion or johnson house in expression/execution, but the offered openess to the mind speaks the same language. i don’t know any example in recent architectural history, but peter zumthor’s work, which touches senses in the way this design does – i am deeply impressed!

By: 鏡子

鏡子 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:02 +0000

ので、純粋な – 非常にまっすぐ進む. 私は大好き！

By: tomo

tomo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:42:41 +0000

Growing up in Tokyo and teaching architecture – these types of projects are always of interest to those who do not understand the urban fabric of our city. The introversion nature of the dwelling in response to the surrounding density. However – this project is far from being provacative, outside of it duplicating itself – which is a questionable move. All one needs to do it get into one of our high-rises and look out at the surrounding residential communities. These dwelling types fill our city on marginalized sites. If this design is not student work, I am confident it is only a conceptual design by an architect who was seduced like a student – who really does not know our city.

By: daily spread

daily spread — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:38:19 +0000

‘concrete’ design. love it.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:59 +0000

i m in my 3rd year, studing architecture in Tokyo and i came across cheungvogl in lectures and in chats in the corridors all the time… their design (including works in Chicago or in Tokyo Station) is by far the best i came acorss in my young career! this design is so amazing, as it brings the notion of reflection onto your own life into the center of ‘living’ by any meaning.

i love this project!

By: Jean D Arc

Jean D Arc — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:49:04 +0000

This is simply stunning:
the spaces are so open and pure, awaiting to be filled with the experiences, memories and reflections during a lifetime…. very sensational!

By: Mo_Tokyo

Mo_Tokyo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:05:54 +0000

An amazing piece of work ! Very beautiful.

This is so cool.