Comments on: Float House by Morphosis for Make it Right

By: thomaschan

thomaschan — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:58:45 +0000

i have no comment in this work.. they comment it already.. what a taste! it is so nice.. the mystery behind the doors are surprising…

By: uae1996

uae1996 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:40:46 +0000

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

By: scarpasez

scarpasez — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:55:48 +0000

…yeah folks, the real problem in New Orleans is the storm surge, not the wind damage. And sure, it would be nice for the levees not to break, but archies ain’t engineers, nor do they make policy. People are going to live there. They might as well have a house that can take the highest risk source of damage.

To those who don’t like the look, or find it passe, that’s your taste. Whatever du jour is your fancy, well go ahead and enjoy your poncy affectations. The minimalist castle is your own emptiness. I think it’s funky, certainly more interesting than the shotgun claptrap you’d find there otherwise. And do you think those walls are going to stay white? That house is a canvas, and it’s asking for the personality of its inhabitants to take it on. It’s going to be cluttered, messy, and full of life. I find its rough and ready construction and dynamic form totally appropriate and cheerful. Bravo to all involved!

By: Andrew Liebchen

Andrew Liebchen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:32:20 +0000

…Or maybe those of you who say “it seems like it will just be blow away in the next storm” don’t really know what you’re talking about. Florida revised its building codes after Hurricane Andrew and significantly reduced the amount of storm damage sustained by conventional construction. Overhangs on roofs don’t necessarily mean they will be susceptible to excessive uplift from high winds.

Also, Katrina was a 100 year storm. Granted 100 year storms are increasing in their frequency, why should surviving a 100 year storm be the ONLY design factor? Maybe concerns that the house faces EVERY day (such as a need to shade its windows from the harsh Southern sun) trump those which may never even affect the house…

By: erj

erj — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:13:01 +0000

Maybe Brad Pitt, the City of New Orleans et. al. should have listened to Ila Berman & Filippe Correa when they rigorously mapped and made it clear that building below the flood line let a lone the tide line is ludicrous. Man cannot control nature.

By: onvn

onvn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:22:18 +0000

The language seem to not talk about ‘economy’.. when i think of economy i think of simplicity, as well as honesty, in material palette, no ornamentation, the ornamentation is the material’s own attributes, no fancy colour treatments.. and all this done elegantly.. This project, IMHO, does none of these.. It strikes me as being confused; deconstructed at places but ornamented unnecessarily in others.. I appreciate their attempt to blend in with the area’s vernaculars but again, quite conflicting in some of their design decisions..

maybe these guys need to have a look at some Australian architecture that does this kind of projects BEAUTIFULLY..

By: bodkin

bodkin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:17:13 +0000

‘made from bits of leftover stuff’ is my least favourite style of architecture and I also agree that it looks like storm force winds would make short work of this house before it ever got the chance to float. A for effort but an F for content.

By: sullka

sullka — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:06:49 +0000

- 5/5 for interior design (a little tiny on the living spaces, but it does have 2 full baths for 2 rooms only, which is a luxury in US housing)

-5/5 for technological solutinos/responses to the flooding problem.

-1/5 for exterior, the house is simple horrendous.

-1/5 for “cultural identity”, that’s not a “livable porch”, that’s just a huge ugly railing on a small deck, even the prototype next door (ugly as well) has a real porch.

Overall, regarding of the aesthetical solutions form most of the projects, this is a great inniciative, a sorth of ORDOS for the masses, I applaud everyone involved with it.

By: tricky p

tricky p — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:07:44 +0000

this might be the most disgusting piece of architecture i have ever seen. the whole development subjects a traditionally low income neighborhood with the poor taste of a celebrity want-a-be architect. give me a break. and if that wasn’t bad enough, it looks as if the chosen starchitects have unleased their interns on these houses.

By: John

John — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:08:31 +0000

Those toilets look like they’re 20 years old. That alone makes it hard to respect the integrity of the design.