Comments on: Still by Apollo Architects & Associates http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/ architecture and design magazine Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Hope http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/comment-page-1/#comment-1125767 Hope Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:53:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=297048#comment-1125767 That building is so ugly! I have a fair understanding of artistic principles, especially about balance, so I can see that from that perspective, the building is balanced (in terms of size relationships between the rectangles) but that does not automatically translate to beauty and ease on the eyes, which I think is very important to create a warm environment. I think architects need a better understanding of biophilic design, design after nature, rather than just abstract principles of art, which may work on the canvas but are not comforting to live among. That building is so ugly! I have a fair understanding of artistic principles, especially about balance, so I can see that from that perspective, the building is balanced (in terms of size relationships between the rectangles) but that does not automatically translate to beauty and ease on the eyes, which I think is very important to create a warm environment. I think architects need a better understanding of biophilic design, design after nature, rather than just abstract principles of art, which may work on the canvas but are not comforting to live among.

]]> By: Mcintyre http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/comment-page-1/#comment-1119701 Mcintyre Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:14:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=297048#comment-1119701 Even with all the full-height windows, it looks like a series of cold surgical theatres. Would never guess this was a home to three children. However, it is pleasing to the eye. Even with all the full-height windows, it looks like a series of cold surgical theatres. Would never guess this was a home to three children. However, it is pleasing to the eye.

]]> By: Samwise http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/comment-page-1/#comment-1118999 Samwise Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:06:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=297048#comment-1118999 So you can discount anything that has exposed polished concrete as being brutalist despite the fact that many brutalist architects were pushing the boundaries of what could be achieved with concrete? What a blinkered point of view. From the images, it seems that the only the interior has been polished. So you can discount anything that has exposed polished concrete as being brutalist despite the fact that many brutalist architects were pushing the boundaries of what could be achieved with concrete? What a blinkered point of view.

From the images, it seems that the only the interior has been polished.

]]> By: Paul http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/comment-page-1/#comment-1118959 Paul Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:44:26 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=297048#comment-1118959 Floor plans would be great. Floor plans would be great.

]]> By: rob http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/08/still-japanese-courtyard-house-apollo-architects-associates/comment-page-1/#comment-1118672 rob Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:07:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=297048#comment-1118672 Applying exposed concrete is not equal to brutalism. Even less so if it has been polished, which is probably the case here. Applying exposed concrete is not equal to brutalism. Even less so if it has been polished, which is probably the case here.

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