Comments on: House in Buzen by Suppose Design Office

By: L.W.

L.W. — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:13:35 +0000

No question it’s very nice….but…could see it working just as nicely (possibly better) with a few judiciously located connecting canopies…the glass just doesn’t come off either as functionally necessary or essential to the thing. On the contrary, it comes with multiple liabilities and invites more problems than it solves. As many comments have pointed out, the glass roof seems to violate the rule of ‘commodity’ as Vitruvius would say. Might have been more rewarding to acknowledge weather as a design consideration rather than fighting it (you know who will win). The glass roof kind of detours around some meaningful alternative opportunities to incorporate pools, scuppers, planting and water management as design components. Not to mention the advanced ideas regarding heating and cooling this approach would have demanded.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:27:54 +0000

The bathroom could use some curtains, shutters, or shades on the windows for privacy.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:37:59 +0000

Re. frames 7, 9 and 13: I see that one is not allowed to hang pictures on the walls.

By: karl

karl — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:28:12 +0000

So much concrete and glass coupled with, I can guarantee no insulation, even in the room parts would make this house an icebox in winter. It probably wouldn’t snow in this part of Japan, but as it is in Fukuoka it would be also ridiculously hot in summer. Looks really cool though

By: d

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:42:33 +0000

Architecture from Japan. What used to be exciting ten years ago has now turned into the most conventional and generic strategy. This would be an interesting project if it was a group of several houses under the same roof, instead of a single house. It’d be a communal space that brings something forward. Instead, it is just the application of the same old solution: a collection of discrete spaces under a single roof. Enough of that!