I actually like that more than I expected to. The interior is quite nice. But somehow the rooms seem a little cramped. With the color scheme and furnishings, a shiny black grand piano would go nicely but there’s not a good spot of one.
The views are gorgeous and there are a lot of elements I like, but the spaces are fragmented and oddly shaped, and somehow it doesn't all hang together for me.
I wonder what Buckminster Fuller would have said....
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Posts: 38235 | Location: Somewhere in the middle | Registered: 19 January 2010
It seems like it was designed with being "interesting" as the primary goal, and in that regard, I would say it succeeds. But I think living spaces should always have flow, usability/functionality, and comfort, as the top priority.
My impression as I went through was that I would have been uncomfortable in the seating spaces due to the odd angles of the walls. But it sure had a lot of interesting architecture.
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Anyone familiar with Rudolf Steiner? He believed that right angles in living spaces inhibited creativity (or something). Also invented biodynamic farming and some other things. Still has followers.
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Posts: 13890 | Location: The outer burrows | Registered: 27 April 2005
Originally posted by piqué: yup. steiner schools were in vogue at one time.
Yes, current Walden schools …. Perhaps just a name change?
I have a friend whose disabled son grew up in a community in Connecticut founded on Steiner’s principles.
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Posts: 13890 | Location: The outer burrows | Registered: 27 April 2005
Originally posted by piqué: it looks like it would be fun to live in from the photos. but when i looked at the floor plan i didn't care for how inefficiently the space is used.
We looked at a house that had efficiency issues. Nice house, good location, great price, but oddly designed.
The bathrooms, for example, were large enough for roller skating but the family room was only large enough for a sofa and a table. The entrance hall was crazy big for the size of the house and there were odd little pass through rooms all over.
Living in that house would drive me crazy.
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