{"id":4917,"date":"2024-05-12T03:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T03:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2024-05-12T03:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T03:48:29","slug":"architectural-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2024\/05\/architectural-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Architectural reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s incredible how bad kitchens are designed in homes most of the time. Islands with awkward bar stools and non-matching dining table next, and a breakfast nook somewhere. Too complicated. A kitchen island with dining table projecting in one direction like in <a href=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2024\/04\/hhh-on-the-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HHH<\/a>, is the best design IMO.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m a Horizontal Hoe but sometimes a bit of verticality is nice and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Fay_Jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E. Fay Jones<\/a> is a king of his own with this:<br \/><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/592f55642b1a8c18a043d95f5ce4dfd3.jpg\"><br \/><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/d03da6410431c6835a9c593308fa3346.jpg\"><br \/>The stacking and repetition are finely done and I enjoy it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/26368307?federated_search_id=f98880a6-aa40-4a46-a6c3-44f63dd87ae8&amp;guests=1&amp;adults=1&amp;source_impression_id=p3_1715478445_xjG6ThTy4GvyDN%2FC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoneflower is an AirBnB<\/a> by the way. I might.<\/li>\n<li>Japan continues to blow my mind with designs and ideas. For instance, this one called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suep.jp\/Kokage\/01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kokage by SUEP<\/a>. Its cooling system is <em>\u201cchef\u2019s kiss\u201d <\/em>They pump up cold water from the underground which then circulates into <em>off-the-shelf underfloor heating panels<\/em> fixed on walls! This means soft, radiant cooling, which is in terms of health, just the best. Affordable. And sustainable. Brilliant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/9feef01d6d6b7e19a4cffb49128bf7c6.png\"><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The wall shape is optimized for cooling, looking cool and kind of like a tree. They otherwise optimized sunlight by moving walls accordingly, giving space for pretty skylights:<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/b879e4805a2bc42b4188e08629f1b72f.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/04d655321fdcd9ca38bec94f824f0367.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/0616dd5f29139f59bcb52aff4d7aa1df.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Using every single source of possibility, from the land to technology. SUEP\u2019s approach is intensely holistic and I\u2019m in love with that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The earth itself is a magnificent regulator of temperature: a mere 80cm\/2.6 feet down and it is already significantly cooler. Why don\u2019t we use this natural advantage for construction? Because the A\/C business wouldn\u2019t be worth $24B (US only) like it is today. Only Florida would run A\/Cs and that would be great. We\u2019re a league of morons.<\/li>\n<li>On the furniture side (which I kind of consider as \u201cproximity architecture\u201d), no doubt Eames and Knoll are just timeless. Thinking about having a couple of these in HHH:<br \/><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/d1bb7f5dcf9ac9e8d6efa5c3bd253725.jpg\"><br \/>They\u2019re just so comfortable to chop it up with a friend while listening to some music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s incredible how bad kitchens are designed in homes most of the time. Islands with awkward bar stools and non-matching dining table next, and a breakfast nook somewhere. Too complicated. A kitchen island with dining table projecting in one direction like in HHH, is the best design IMO. I\u2019m a Horizontal Hoe but sometimes a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}