Comments on: Villa in the Woods by Zecc Architects http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rondav http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-296769 rondav Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:17:59 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-296769 at first blush- this is a really nice house... very modern with a sensual touch (texture.) building composition is beautiful and fairly rigorous... however, what is everyone's take on the stone (obviously in a 'stacked' method) and clearly hanging out over nothing- unsupported... folly or flaw? conversely, i love the texture comprising this modern composition, but the fact that this stackable material is unsupported is not making me smile (like i get some inside joke)- it makes me wonder what questioning | editing the designers went thru to determine this material?! am i making more out of this (otherwise) really nice home? at first blush- this is a really nice house… very modern with a sensual touch (texture.)

building composition is beautiful and fairly rigorous…

however, what is everyone’s take on the stone (obviously in a ’stacked’ method) and clearly hanging out over nothing- unsupported… folly or flaw?

conversely, i love the texture comprising this modern composition, but the fact that this stackable material is unsupported is not making me smile (like i get some inside joke)- it makes me wonder what questioning | editing the designers went thru to determine this material?!

am i making more out of this (otherwise) really nice home?

]]> By: colleen http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-296726 colleen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:46 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-296726 I love it. I think it needed more glass and less stone but otherwise it's beautiful!!! I love it. I think it needed more glass and less stone but otherwise it’s beautiful!!!

]]> By: chip http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-282296 chip Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:48:26 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-282296 Rudy: I'm just not a fan of the result they have. I don't really have a philosophy towards synthetic or real materials, and if a material is used to it's strength organically or contrasted, I just don't think it looks good here. The size and layout of the stone is something I'm familiar seeing on fireplaces or in showers, or behind foundation plantings in new tract mansions in america. I think if it was a complementary element it would look fine, but the overbearing use of it is just too much (especially in the "thin areas" like overhangs), even if that is what makes it remarkable. Rudy:

I’m just not a fan of the result they have.

I don’t really have a philosophy towards synthetic or real materials, and if a material is used to it’s strength organically or contrasted, I just don’t think it looks good here.

The size and layout of the stone is something I’m familiar seeing on fireplaces or in showers, or behind foundation plantings in new tract mansions in america.

I think if it was a complementary element it would look fine, but the overbearing use of it is just too much (especially in the “thin areas” like overhangs), even if that is what makes it remarkable.

]]> By: Adam Crain http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-280737 Adam Crain Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:58:08 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-280737 They are most likely HDR photos. They are most likely HDR photos.

]]> By: v.shirazawa http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-280386 v.shirazawa Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:16:55 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-280386 i hope it doesn't rain much at that site... looks like a small pond could form in the garage & living room... Personally, I find the grey stone & light timber to unexpectedly compliment the other via complete contrast. Though I probably would've chosen a "whiter" wood. i hope it doesn’t rain much at that site… looks like a small pond could form in the garage & living room… Personally, I find the grey stone & light timber to unexpectedly compliment the other via complete contrast. Though I probably would’ve chosen a “whiter” wood.

]]> By: Rudy http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-280145 Rudy Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:37:18 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-280145 chip, hold on, I don't get it. You say, the stone looks like some artificial stone veneer that tries to emulate real stone. Do you keep up this philosophy when you see real wood and compare it to printed veneer? Or should every pattern that has been emulated avoided, when using the real thing? chip, hold on, I don’t get it.
You say, the stone looks like some artificial stone veneer that tries to emulate real stone.
Do you keep up this philosophy when you see real wood and compare it to printed veneer?
Or should every pattern that has been emulated avoided, when using the real thing?

]]> By: Callum http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-280110 Callum Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:54:41 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-280110 I think covering the entire building in stacked stone is far too overpowering, and the contrast between the dark stone and brown timber just doesnt work. Maybe if a much lighter, beech coloured timber was used it would blend much better. I think covering the entire building in stacked stone is far too overpowering, and the contrast between the dark stone and brown timber just doesnt work. Maybe if a much lighter, beech coloured timber was used it would blend much better.

]]> By: Eamonn http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279845 Eamonn Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:52:20 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279845 I love it. I've seen use of slate and stone like this in rural places in Ireland and it really works. I love it I love it. I’ve seen use of slate and stone like this in rural places in Ireland and it really works. I love it

]]> By: stephanie http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279669 stephanie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:07:25 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279669 This is a beautiful design This is a beautiful design

]]> By: Carl http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279482 Carl Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:30 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279482 It's been said before on here, but many of the homes/buildings are photograghed soon after completion and have not had the opportunity to grow into it's environment... Villa in the Woods is another good example. It’s been said before on here, but many of the homes/buildings are photograghed soon after completion and have not had the opportunity to grow into it’s environment… Villa in the Woods is another good example.

]]> By: chip http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279473 chip Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:53:27 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279473 It is probably real, but the way they are using the stone really resembles the artificial stone veneers you see everywhere. Check out Coronado's ledgestones and it looks exactly the same. If it is real stone, I don't know you'd make such an effort to emulate something that would look so synthetic. It is probably real, but the way they are using the stone really resembles the artificial stone veneers you see everywhere. Check out Coronado’s ledgestones and it looks exactly the same.

If it is real stone, I don’t know you’d make such an effort to emulate something that would look so synthetic.

]]> By: rob http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279439 rob Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:02:07 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279439 the way this building meets the ground and embraces the space in the woods is a disgrace - crude and vulgar; wouldn't even bother to talk about the building itself the way this building meets the ground and embraces the space in the woods is a disgrace – crude and vulgar; wouldn’t even bother to talk about the building itself

]]> By: Coen http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279369 Coen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:49:41 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279369 I like it. It's a rock in the woods. Washed clean by the rain. Did you notice the ground level towards the basement? About the pictures I agree being to clean. I bet these pictures are taking right after the acceptance! Nobody is living there at this moment that is probably why it is to clean. I like it. It’s a rock in the woods. Washed clean by the rain.
Did you notice the ground level towards the basement?
About the pictures I agree being to clean. I bet these pictures are taking right after the acceptance! Nobody is living there at this moment that is probably why it is to clean.

]]> By: Rika http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279311 Rika Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:18:33 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279311 I agree Aiban. The stone is too much. It looks like they did not know where to stop and just continued to the roof... I agree Aiban. The stone is too much. It looks like they did not know where to stop and just continued to the roof…

]]> By: orhun http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279282 orhun Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:25:36 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279282 The client maybe owns the quarry.. Its a little too much stone really; it makes it hard to see beyond this aspect in the final product. The client maybe owns the quarry.. Its a little too much stone really; it makes it hard to see beyond this aspect in the final product.

]]> By: Aiban http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279255 Aiban Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:55:25 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279255 personally, i don't like to 'clad' stone on the first floor levels. Stone rises from the ground. personally, i don’t like to ‘clad’ stone on the first floor levels. Stone rises from the ground.

]]> By: Lance http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279228 Lance Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:39 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279228 Not feeling this one at all. The photography leaves much to be desired and I agree with AJ it looks "manipulated". The home does not meld with it's surroundings. It's dominates them and is quite aggressive, regardless if they're real. It definitely adds nothing to architecture or design... If it is real. The only placed it would really work is on a white sandy beach or high in the hills overlooking an ocean. Elsewhere... Not so much. Not feeling this one at all. The photography leaves much to be desired and I agree with AJ it looks “manipulated”. The home does not meld with it’s surroundings. It’s dominates them and is quite aggressive, regardless if they’re real. It definitely adds nothing to architecture or design… If it is real. The only placed it would really work is on a white sandy beach or high in the hills overlooking an ocean. Elsewhere… Not so much.

]]> By: Dave http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279211 Dave Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:17:24 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279211 These are real photos, not renderings. These are real photos, not renderings.

]]> By: F http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279190 F Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:14 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279190 me likey me likey

]]> By: AJ http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/21/villa-in-the-woods-by-zecc-architects/#comment-279177 AJ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:29:51 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=5978#comment-279177 Is it just me or does this look like a rendering? Is it just me or does this look like a rendering?

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