Comments on: The sophistication of under-design: ODOS Architects http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/ A discussion of modern design from the Northwest Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kelly http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2884 kelly Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:50:17 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2884 All I want to know is how do they find the clients??? Clients like these are an illusive bunch. All I want to know is how do they find the clients??? Clients like these are an illusive bunch.

]]> By: Mitch http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Mitch Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:53:22 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2493 This is a great post, and something I've been thinking a lot about lately. You mention the word 'timeless' which is always a hard one to pin down especially with current work. I think there's another important quality (which I might just be making up) of 'permanence'. How will each of these buildings be inhabited, used, change over time. A year, five years, ten years, fifty years? Either way ODOS is an office to keep an eye on. I really appreciate the simplicity of their forms and the sensitive use of materials. It's not easy to make it so simple. This is a great post, and something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. You mention the word ‘timeless’ which is always a hard one to pin down especially with current work. I think there’s another important quality (which I might just be making up) of ‘permanence’. How will each of these buildings be inhabited, used, change over time. A year, five years, ten years, fifty years?

Either way ODOS is an office to keep an eye on. I really appreciate the simplicity of their forms and the sensitive use of materials. It’s not easy to make it so simple.

]]> By: eric http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 eric Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:54:16 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2487 "The thrill is the mystery"... architects like to dream and love to design their own answers. It's one of those catch 22's - like driving past a project you don't know anything about and watching it come out of the ground. You design the answer over a dozen times as you watch for months like a voyeristic observer. "There’s a beauty in not knowing the answers – maybe it’s best we not find out." “The thrill is the mystery”… architects like to dream and love to design their own answers.

It’s one of those catch 22′s – like driving past a project you don’t know anything about and watching it come out of the ground. You design the answer over a dozen times as you watch for months like a voyeristic observer.

“There’s a beauty in not knowing the answers – maybe it’s best we not find out.”

]]> By: Matthew Daby http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Matthew Daby Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:41:32 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2485 Beautiful work. Your comments on buildings relationship to nature bring to mind a Neutra philosophy. From R. Neutra's "Architecture and Landscape": "We know children were not brought by stork. Buildings stand on waterproofed foundations poured in concrete from details dimensioned according to engineering computation and contained in a set of blueprints stamped by the building department. Any pretense that buildings are rooted, or draw nourishing chemicals or moisture from soil into their circulation of sap...is poetic metaphor at best and misleading at worst." Beautiful work. Your comments on buildings relationship to nature bring to mind a Neutra philosophy.
From R. Neutra’s “Architecture and Landscape”:
“We know children were not brought by stork. Buildings stand on waterproofed foundations poured in concrete from details dimensioned according to engineering computation and contained in a set of blueprints stamped by the building department. Any pretense that buildings are rooted, or draw nourishing chemicals or moisture from soil into their circulation of sap…is poetic metaphor at best and misleading at worst.”

]]> By: mike http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 mike Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:19:14 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2483 the grangegormon house looks really interesting, the view up the street (see website) shows it having a nice scale. plus i'm a big proponent of vent panels, like those used @ crown hall http://www.lynnbecker.com/repeat/mies/vent.jpg kahn @ esherick house http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2451534005_2b380b9fe9.jpg?v=0 and buenzli + courvoisier @ primarschule niederhasli http://www.detail.de/Kaufen/En/BarrierReef0603/images/foto.jpg the grangegormon house looks really interesting, the view up the street (see website) shows it having a nice scale.

plus i’m a big proponent of vent panels, like those used @ crown hall
http://www.lynnbecker.com/repeat/mies/vent.jpg

kahn @ esherick house
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2451534005_2b380b9fe9.jpg?v=0

and buenzli + courvoisier @ primarschule niederhasli
http://www.detail.de/Kaufen/En/BarrierReef0603/images/foto.jpg

]]> By: Juliet http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Juliet Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:49:00 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2481 Thanks for sharing this guys. Love it. Clean geometry and material use. Except... the picture of the living room and "fireplace"--ack! Such a sad little fire. Looks like someone swept the floor and set the dustbunnies ablaze. They should Photoshop that out. Thanks for sharing this guys. Love it. Clean geometry and material use. Except… the picture of the living room and “fireplace”–ack! Such a sad little fire. Looks like someone swept the floor and set the dustbunnies ablaze. They should Photoshop that out.

]]> By: Gus http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Gus Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:37:34 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2480 "What do these homes look like now that the camera is gone and they’re being lived in?" - that would make a great post, photos of hot modern houses after a bit of habitat reality. “What do these homes look like now that the camera is gone and they’re being lived in?” – that would make a great post, photos of hot modern houses after a bit of habitat reality.

]]> By: Richter http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/02/the-sophistication-of-under-design-odos-architects-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Richter Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:35:16 +0000 http://blog.buildllc.com/?p=6099#comment-2479 Nice post gents. The work is a bit sterile for me but I always enjoy that you share your thought process rather than just leave it at pretty pictures. Nice post gents. The work is a bit sterile for me but I always enjoy that you share your thought process rather than just leave it at pretty pictures.

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