Characteristically, Koolhaas—whose projects are always radical and frequently perverse—flouted received wisdom about architecture for the handicapped with his House in Bordeaux, which American building inspectors would deem a potential death trap.Een huis voor een gehandicapt persoon? Gewoon de werkelijkheid ontkennen en net doen of hij het niet is!
But Acedo is made of sterner stuff, and as she starts bustling through the house on her chores, accompanied by the exhilarating waltz-tempo aria Je veux vivre from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, she animates her chilly surroundings to perfection.Enkel de warmbloedige Spaanse huishoudster brengt menselijke warmte in de kilte van Koolhaas.
Several scenes expose the deplorable physical condition of the building, which is falling apart after little more than a decade. Leaks, which have plagued many houses by Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier because of inadequate detailing, are far from the only problems, not least of which is the rapid degradation of the internal concrete core that holds up the house and frees large portions of the exterior from load-bearing encumbrances.En na tien jaar staat het al op instorten.
Dat belooft wat voor de verticale stad in Rotterdam en de M in Den Haag.
Lees het hele artikel hier.
Gecensureerde foto's van het huis vind je hier.
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