‘been going down the rabbit hole of Shigeru Ban’s architecture this year.
The wall are those wood shelves (plywood) and they structurally support the house. Brilliant.
Terrace with giant curtains. Deceptively simple, bold, again brilliant.
Ideally, architecture should serve us like this house custom-made for a photograph. The glass shutters rolling up and down like industrial doors, the subtle play with interior, exterior, reflective, matte, textured (green walls) or smooth, it’s impressively molded around photographic and image concepts.
I applaud his dedication to finding new use for 100% sustainable architecture, simultaneously indulging wealthy clients and helping to make the world a better place. Not many do that.
He also made this thing in Paris (I also used to pass by this dead island leaving work), I’ll have to go check it out next time I’m there.