...in New Orleans. An interesting post. I've been having some very good conversations with architects and designers recently. Chris wonders aloud about the form of the house:
my partner Lara remarked that it felt like a huge shell you'd find on the beach: startled by its size, perhaps, but familiar with its whorls. Indeed, there is something about the structure that appears accreted, then etched away over time, literally lived in. This is interesting given the fact that the house is not yet finished. But it goes to show how much thought has gone into the space: already lived in while yet uninhabited, as it were.
There is a kind of always-already about the house as an entity, as it were, maybe a hint of the dreaded withdrawal...
Chris goes on:
New Orleans shows off its erodedness. The J-House is like a re-mark of this common experience: it reminds you to take the time to see it.
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