The studio on wheels is a true folly. I love all the railway memorabilia and even spotted the London Underground District Line moquette made into a cushion for the chair.
The studio on rails is definitely a gimmick, but it's a cool gimmick so I'll let them get away with it. The house as a whole looks way more pleasant and livable than many "architect-designed" homes and fits into its surroundings rather than stamping itself into them.
it's so lovely to see people who truly love doing their job and really has the space and resources to do so. Gives you a glimpse of the full potential of what creativity really can reach when it's unhindered by finances or other factors
It looks like he normally walks. That is like the reason he has a permanent step stool setup at the end of the tracks to step up into the building when it is out there.
I truly wanted to see the visual of office connected to bedroom and that effect, the lighting that would change through the then adjacent structure. I think it’s a real faux pas in the visionary “selling point” of attached vs. non-attached in this very unique concept. Gorgeous nonetheless, and quite stunning integration into the landscape.
Architecture is at its roots a series of problem solving moments. Some very basic, some with flair. I have 2 Kundig books and I’m always amazed at how he and his staff solve these problems often with uniqueness and creativity. Love this house.
I'm not usually a fan of these style of modernist homes, however, the exterior material used make it look like a shadow and the trees more dominant in view, much nicer.
I absolutely love this house! If you paid attention to the story you will realize that trains are very special to the owner where your place should accommodate your favorite things in the world. The proposal is absolutely selfish and that is the whole idea, it doesn’t have to be functional because it’s about a space that will inspire you to have crazy ideas while having fun. It’s a very personal space, not a staged house for everyone’s pleasure. Every detail and its simplicity have got a lot of thought into them.
It's cool with a modern museum feel. If the property was large enough and funds were endless, it would be fun to also have a small unique passenger train with a couple bridges.
I would like a toy train running around the whole studio. That’d be awesome! 😊😊😊 and a lounge chair whenever I feel like taking a nap. This would be heaven.😊
Always thought this would be a great idea for houses located along erosion prone oceanfront property. Provided there is enough property to retreat back on rails.
Definitely if you can you should why make a plain statement like that, why want to be like everyone else that's a boring existence. Anything is possible if you believe and if you can you should. These are people who don't just follow like sheep but are innovators whether people like it or not.
"modernism is a rational building style. how do you make a building efficient?" Apparently by putting a shed on rails so it can move 20 meters and you don't have to walk.
A gate with no fence. Rusty steel for the material. A piling foundation that is 'floating'. A basic rectangle for the house. Polished concrete floors. Cabinets in the kitchen and walls that aren't rusty steel are simply varnished plywood. A small building that moves on rails. A lot of thought went into creating a basic structure, made if basic materials with a party trick of a building on rails. This seems to be an example of the artists of architecture being so deep in their bubble that they can't see that the emperor has no clothes.
Wow. Just wow. Really beautifully done. Loved how the arquitect spoke and explained. One of the best videos i have seen in this channel. Really loved the house.
Maybe it's to allow for a greater separation between a working and living space, that can also be merged back into the living space. A bit of a logical extreme, I do think it's a fabulous piece of engineering.
@@rowantheboatadair \"I do think it's a fabulous piece of engineering."/ Wow, that is a stretch .... any handyman worth his salt could "engineer" that rail, but of course a competent handyman would have more sense than to build such a redundant type shed.
Well of course it is. But what it does is very interesting. it creates a bubble for the designer that works inside of his tower. thats what this is about. its a working space. and the designer loves trains so its just adjusted to the user u see. this is a private property, so it has a lot to say about its owner.
Exactly & that's how it was explained at the beginning of the video. It is beautiful when architecture, design, & engineering come together to bring a dream/idea into reality : )
Very Cool! thanks for sharing. I'm a born and raised Pacific Nor'westerner, huge fan of Olson Kundig, kinetic sculpture, trains, and currently live one of the previous (long abandoned) stops of the Great Northern Railway. yet another very inspiring construction by Olson Kundig. :)
I’d agree if I hadn’t actually just watched part of an unnecessarily long video on a woman in an ugly room rant about how she watched every single AD Celebrity tour video and created a spreadsheet analysis that supports her theory of them being fake. The level of meticulous detail in observations she made in nothing short of absolute insanity. I didn’t even make it a third of the way through.
This would be fantastic if you lived in a dynamic landscape, so that you could move and stop your office facing a forested area, then moving on further you'd be facing a lake, then a river etc. This just seems to move for the sake of moving, which is still very cool just gives less reason to it, which don't get me wrong the office moves is a brilliant rwason already.
7:30 If you want to impress your friends, "Bethlehem Steel" is pronounced Beth-LEM (two syllables). It's in the Central Pennsylvania / Amish / Pennsylvania Dutch accent.
You people complaining should be so lucky to have Olson Kundig design a house for you. Beautiful, effortless and thoughtful. And by the way, the implementation by the builder is flawless.
"Efficient", "Form follows function" builds the office on tracks... To be fair it is a great metaphor for Modernism. The point of modernism is meant to be function over form and completely failed and it's function was a lot worse than what came before. So it is a great metaphor for the failures of Modernism. The idea it's about function when the main element is unique and is totally inefficient.
Dream cat @ 4:30. Literally my ideal cat! But also, wondering how the rest of the family feels about being frugal on the house so the dad can have his gimmick office that he probably walks to most days. Still a beautiful, creative design though, and I love to see the Bethlehem Steel recycled tracks and overall passion the owner has.
You live in a beautiful forest and have no commute. So instead of having a short walk every morning breathing in the magnificent forest air, which is very healing and grounding, you use diesel to not have to move more than a few steps. Also looking at the whole blueprint, this isn't a small house, it's just very inefficiently constructed wasting lots of space.
The problem with these types of designs is, the other bedrooms tend to be tiny and the house feels cold. Most of the time, like this house they have a wall of windows, that don't open up to that view. I would want to make the most of that forest and that includes having that smell come through the house. It doesn't even have a verandah on that side so you can sit out there. The office doesn't have anything either. A wasted opportunity and money for really nothing. That office isn't impressive at all, other than it moves.
The American obsession with big bedrooms is kind of fascinating. What are they for? Sleeping. The rest of the house is for being together in the larger spaces.
Whenever weve had decorating and Ive ended up staying in a bedroom where the curtains are down for a night - it feels so unfinished and not cozy, these homes never look like theyve got curtains or blind, that would creep me out.
The docking would have been so much cooler to figure out. A module that seamlessly becomes interconnected and disconnected. Pretty great stuff nonetheless.
Architect: Architectural talk.
Owner: I really just love trains.
"What kind of music do you relax to in this lovely space?"
""CHOO CHOO!""
😂😂😂😂 facts
Wow!
a train nerd in his dream office. I love it.
A truly whimsical double wide trailer.
Read my mind. 😆
My mind wanted the tracks to keep going deeper into the woods & make a big scenic loop. :O)
to a lake.
a looped track sounds great. i would put the whole house on the track, lol
@@operator6471 Do we all thin alike 🤣
@@operator6471 To Narnia.
The studio on wheels is a true folly. I love all the railway memorabilia and even spotted the London Underground District Line moquette made into a cushion for the chair.
The studio on rails is definitely a gimmick, but it's a cool gimmick so I'll let them get away with it. The house as a whole looks way more pleasant and livable than many "architect-designed" homes and fits into its surroundings rather than stamping itself into them.
it's so lovely to see people who truly love doing their job and really has the space and resources to do so. Gives you a glimpse of the full potential of what creativity really can reach when it's unhindered by finances or other factors
I watched this whole video just to NOT be able to see how it looks when the tower is "attached" to the house...?! FOR REAL?!?!?!
but you got to see him shake hands with it
looks like it attaches to the deck outside at the frontdoor
That’s because it doesn’t actually attach to the house 😂 there is a gap between the two structures.
Very early you can see that the track stops just short.
thanks for the heads up. Getting out now
Sheldon Cooper would love this!
LOL!!!! The adult Sheldon or young Sheldon??? 🤔
What an extravagance
How often do you reckon he just walks out the door cus it’s faster
and he doesn't want to sweep all the forest debris off the tracks lest the tiny wheels get stuck
Rewrites the "40 yards to the outhouse" poem for sure.
It looks like he normally walks. That is like the reason he has a permanent step stool setup at the end of the tracks to step up into the building when it is out there.
He could set it on a timer so he's out by a certain time
never he’s gotta beat it while watching the office move
I truly wanted to see the visual of office connected to bedroom and that effect, the lighting that would change through the then adjacent structure. I think it’s a real faux pas in the visionary “selling point” of attached vs. non-attached in this very unique concept. Gorgeous nonetheless, and quite stunning integration into the landscape.
i didn't think it was integrated into the landscape at all, especially all those huge, uninterrupted horrizontal slabs of rusty metal
Sammmmme
Architecture is at its roots a series of problem solving moments. Some very basic, some with flair. I have 2 Kundig books and I’m always amazed at how he and his staff solve these problems often with uniqueness and creativity. Love this house.
I love that he was able to secure an EMD control stand to operate the structure. Hats off to him. 👏
Magnificent. I love the dialogue between materials, proportions, solutions and surroundings so much.
AWESOME. Olson Kundig is freaking AMAZING.
I'm not usually a fan of these style of modernist homes, however, the exterior material used make it look like a shadow and the trees more dominant in view, much nicer.
Thankyou for being a model for what is possible🙏🏿
As a railroader and an avid rail enthusiast, this is AWESOME!
Tom almost made me cry watching this, he was so passionate about every aspect of the house!
I absolutely love this house! If you paid attention to the story you will realize that trains are very special to the owner where your place should accommodate your favorite things in the world. The proposal is absolutely selfish and that is the whole idea, it doesn’t have to be functional because it’s about a space that will inspire you to have crazy ideas while having fun. It’s a very personal space, not a staged house for everyone’s pleasure. Every detail and its simplicity have got a lot of thought into them.
Dearest Brother in Architecture this is such a great building brother. I have no words here to describe .timeless.
5:55 love the K-On poster lol
It's cool with a modern museum feel.
If the property was large enough and funds were endless, it would be fun to also have a small unique passenger train with a couple bridges.
That certainly makes a very unique studio and office on wheels!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I would like a toy train running around the whole studio. That’d be awesome! 😊😊😊 and a lounge chair whenever I feel like taking a nap. This would be heaven.😊
Always thought this would be a great idea for houses located along erosion prone oceanfront property. Provided there is enough property to retreat back on rails.
Sheldon Cooper would be thrilled))
now i can see him smiling, lol
my 2 favorite things combined! architecture and trains!
very, very cool project.
lovely touches throughout .. relations of forms .. setting .. railbed/light .. light .. materials
Perfect example of why you don't design form over function.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
I say the same thing about excessively short shorts. 😳😖
Definitely if you can you should why make a plain statement like that, why want to be like everyone else that's a boring existence. Anything is possible if you believe and if you can you should. These are people who don't just follow like sheep but are innovators whether people like it or not.
One of the coolest videos about architecture I've seen casually drops Tuesday afternoon 😅
Beautiful presentation. The background music was so relaxing. The studio on tracks, that could move, was so novel. I watched this one twice.
Damm, I forgot my glasses, now I need to move back the office. Oh, wait... I can WALK back!
"modernism is a rational building style. how do you make a building efficient?" Apparently by putting a shed on rails so it can move 20 meters and you don't have to walk.
How could you not? I could.
@@julieuk5855 oh, it's cool, but completely frivolous
@@soffa93 That's money for you!
lol
Though modern, it is still a small house. I think this is more passion for something & success rather than just money.
Best episode of NeverTooSmall ever
I love Tom Kundig is thinking is suchhhh a great inspiration
A gate with no fence. Rusty steel for the material. A piling foundation that is 'floating'. A basic rectangle for the house. Polished concrete floors. Cabinets in the kitchen and walls that aren't rusty steel are simply varnished plywood. A small building that moves on rails. A lot of thought went into creating a basic structure, made if basic materials with a party trick of a building on rails. This seems to be an example of the artists of architecture being so deep in their bubble that they can't see that the emperor has no clothes.
thank you for this common sense
He says that the gate is "a counterpoint to the beauty of the forest". I guess he means that it's gawdawful ugly.
lol
I wouldn't go so far as to say that. But I respect your opinion. Just three wealthy nerds having fun. Lol.
Amen.❤.
Wow. Just wow. Really beautifully done. Loved how the arquitect spoke and explained. One of the best videos i have seen in this channel. Really loved the house.
Beautiful and ingenious.
I see that Konosuba poster. 2:27
❤😮 so stunningly beautiful . Amazing 😊
How do you get power to that building? And how does it looks docked?
Beyond its amazing structure and function, it looks like a giant chess tower! Incredible
Moving part of a house? Feels like a novelty thing rather than functionality.
Maybe it's to allow for a greater separation between a working and living space, that can also be merged back into the living space. A bit of a logical extreme, I do think it's a fabulous piece of engineering.
Exactly. Really stupid idea.
@@rowantheboatadair \"I do think it's a fabulous piece of engineering."/ Wow, that is a stretch .... any handyman worth his salt could "engineer" that rail, but of course a competent handyman would have more sense than to build such a redundant type shed.
Well of course it is. But what it does is very interesting. it creates a bubble for the designer that works inside of his tower. thats what this is about. its a working space. and the designer loves trains so its just adjusted to the user u see. this is a private property, so it has a lot to say about its owner.
Exactly & that's how it was explained at the beginning of the video. It is beautiful when architecture, design, & engineering come together to bring a dream/idea into reality : )
I'd been wanting to hear the sound of it moving ever since I first heard about this. wish there was less music though so I could *really* hear it.
The picture of Mao hanging in his living room says more than any architect ever will.
The picture of Mao holding a nike sneaker? Yeh, it says he has bad taste in art. This dude is certainly not a communist.
Time stamp?
@@danielabel3826 5:20
@@danielabel3826 5:25
@@danielabel3826 5:23. Note that it's probably not Mao, and that whoever the pix is of, he's holding a Nike shoe.
Very Cool! thanks for sharing. I'm a born and raised Pacific Nor'westerner, huge fan of Olson Kundig, kinetic sculpture, trains, and currently live one of the previous (long abandoned) stops of the Great Northern Railway. yet another very inspiring construction by Olson Kundig. :)
Being both a designer and train buff, I like the exercise... another idea would be to have the train car travel to a "station" studio
Clearly a Wes Anderson fan too!
one word: wow
as an Architect/ fabricator.................. mind blown.
That's what I call Imagination and Innovation!!!! Love IT!!!!
I love many aspects of the building and its setting. Is it a metaphor for family dynamics?
Rail tiny house...Genius! Thank You AD
I love this so cool ❤
MAXON HOUSE! Such a dream.
Loved it . Great train sets
Your content ideas are awesome
Definitely the most fascinating pointless thing I've seen this week.
I’d agree if I hadn’t actually just watched part of an unnecessarily long video on a woman in an ugly room rant about how she watched every single AD Celebrity tour video and created a spreadsheet analysis that supports her theory of them being fake. The level of meticulous detail in observations she made in nothing short of absolute insanity. I didn’t even make it a third of the way through.
Lmao so true
Very cool!
This house is straight out of the Myst video games.
Yes! And the same week the Riven remaster came out!
For sure i saw the whole video before commenting first
same!!
IMPOSSIBLE!
I have a mighty need. I need a house like this. I agree with other commenters he needs a loop of track.
This would be fantastic if you lived in a dynamic landscape, so that you could move and stop your office facing a forested area, then moving on further you'd be facing a lake, then a river etc. This just seems to move for the sake of moving, which is still very cool just gives less reason to it, which don't get me wrong the office moves is a brilliant rwason already.
Yeeess
Form meet function is the essence of modern
Windows to merge with nature
Strangely interesting
How is hvac handled in the office, is it just a glorified shed?
I caught a glimpse of Mr. Rogers holding the Neighborhood Trolley (Funko POP version).
The gate is basically a Richard Serra artwork
7:30 If you want to impress your friends, "Bethlehem Steel" is pronounced Beth-LEM (two syllables). It's in the Central Pennsylvania / Amish / Pennsylvania Dutch accent.
I love this! What a beautiful representation of owner!!!❤❤
Ingenious and fantastic. Curious to know about the amenities, how they get their water, electricity etc?
Functional. Oh. I forgot to pee. Now I have to wait 20 minutes for the room to return to the house.
Ostentatious silliness.
This is a dream of mine. I mean I dreamt something similar once...
So, can you design an escape pod that shoots into Outerspace?
What's the cost of bringing the entirety of this project to fruition?
You people complaining should be so lucky to have Olson Kundig design a house for you. Beautiful, effortless and thoughtful. And by the way, the implementation by the builder is flawless.
Sheldon Cooper would love this house 😭
"Efficient", "Form follows function" builds the office on tracks...
To be fair it is a great metaphor for Modernism. The point of modernism is meant to be function over form and completely failed and it's function was a lot worse than what came before. So it is a great metaphor for the failures of Modernism. The idea it's about function when the main element is unique and is totally inefficient.
the perfect divorce house
Lol
"Honey, I'm leaving you... but I'm not going far."
Husband: Ok..at least let me keep my room and the dog 🐕....
Wife: Nope.. I get the dog 🐕
Husband proceeds to roll away with the bedroom ...😂😂😂
Dream cat @ 4:30. Literally my ideal cat! But also, wondering how the rest of the family feels about being frugal on the house so the dad can have his gimmick office that he probably walks to most days. Still a beautiful, creative design though, and I love to see the Bethlehem Steel recycled tracks and overall passion the owner has.
You live in a beautiful forest and have no commute. So instead of having a short walk every morning breathing in the magnificent forest air, which is very healing and grounding, you use diesel to not have to move more than a few steps. Also looking at the whole blueprint, this isn't a small house, it's just very inefficiently constructed wasting lots of space.
should have a railway turntable at the end. that way he can change the light exposure
Hope they got someone to calculate the load and temperature of the wire when it's coiled up and in use....
I love this
The PacNW is no stranger to earthquakes. I wish this had been acknowledged and addressed in the video.
Isambard kingdom brunel's dream realised! A broad gauge house!
Lou, your house/office is truly inspiring. Love seeing people embracing their passions. Cool stuff.
Nice K-ON poster
The title makes it seem like there is something worth watching
Lovely ❤
The problem with these types of designs is, the other bedrooms tend to be tiny and the house feels cold. Most of the time, like this house they have a wall of windows, that don't open up to that view. I would want to make the most of that forest and that includes having that smell come through the house. It doesn't even have a verandah on that side so you can sit out there. The office doesn't have anything either. A wasted opportunity and money for really nothing. That office isn't impressive at all, other than it moves.
The American obsession with big bedrooms is kind of fascinating. What are they for? Sleeping. The rest of the house is for being together in the larger spaces.
@@thatgirlinnewyork your anti-American obsession is fascinating, the point was about lack of outdoor space.
Amen.❤.
Whenever weve had decorating and Ive ended up staying in a bedroom where the curtains are down for a night - it feels so unfinished and not cozy, these homes never look like theyve got curtains or blind, that would creep me out.
The docking would have been so much cooler to figure out. A module that seamlessly becomes interconnected and disconnected. Pretty great stuff nonetheless.
This is an awesome vid
How is it powered? Anyone know?
Nice modern house, I like Tom Kundig black house with two pools in L A
Enjoyed this feature! We need more innovation that keeps the essence of history. Beautiful.
Love this
awesome