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for Kundig’s avowed obsession with gadgetry and technology, yet it is still deferential to its prominent plot overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Shadowboxx features a facade of shuttered windows and sliding doors, allowing the living areas to be totally open to the outside world. Th row in the tilting roof of the bathhouse, a technical tour-de-force that turns alfresco bathing into an architectural performance, and you have a house that revels in the paradox of technology being used to enhance its relationship with nature. Th e Shadowboxx also contains a key piece of Kundig subversion, a direct riff from the outsider artists and hot-rodders he so admired in his youth. Push a button, and a cheeky sliver of decking pops out to extend beyond the designated building line – a means of frustrating a neighbour’s insistence on strictly following local codes. A similarly subversive idea underpins the Rolling Huts in Mazama, Washington, a group of six Corten steel and wooden wheeled structures that roam the client’s meadows. Offi cially classifi ed as recreational vehicles in order to skirt a prohibition on further development on the plot, they serve as vacation rentals, guest beds and extended living space. Over the past decade, Kundig and his team have spread out from Washington State to new environments, building in such far-fl ung locations as Hawaii, California and Spain. Th e latter project, in Sitges, was commissioned by a Norwegian living in Paris PRIVATDESIGN who was put on to the fi rm by a South African friend, testament to the internet’s ability to bring like-minded people together. Kundig says that his clients come from all walks of life, but there is a noticeable emphasis on art and artists, with his houses often serving as a bold backdrop to a lifetime’s collecting. Despite Olson Kundig’s size, the architect will stay focused on small projects. ‘I’ll be doing houses for the rest of my life. I meet all these interesting clients with all these diff erent histories. And then all these diff erent landscapes around the country and hopefully around the world,’ says Kundig. Like his architecture, the fi rm’s approach is pragmatic and low-key. ‘Our offi ce happens the way it happens,’ he says, ‘we “ski the trees”. You’ve got your skills, your talents and your equipment, and you don’t know where you’re going to wind up. You’re just following the space between the trees. I don’t know where it’s going to go. It’s exciting.’ Forty-Eight Kundig is an architect of fi erce invention. Above left: Chicken Point Cabin’s window-wall opens the entire living space to the forest and lake. Above right: the main living space of the San Juan Islands’ Shadowboxx (2010) contains six rolling platforms that serve both as sofas and beds. Above: Washington State’s Rolling Huts, (2007) are classed as RVs to get round planning restrictions www.olsonkundigarchitects.com IMAGES©BENJAMINBENSCHNEIDERTIMBIES
For many years now, Baufritz have been using nature as a role model to build homes for healthy living. Because nature shows best of all how hi-tech should work in an ideal world and how we can construct intelligent buildings that are not only good for the people who live in them but for the environment as well. Working on this principle, our Research and Development team have already registered many award-winning patents. For example, Baufritz cork granule paper for better draught protection, fl ame-retardant and anti-fungal treatments made from natural ingredients, the ingenious HOIZ biological insulation made from wood chip, the almost maintenance-free Natural Silver facade, and earthquake-proof designs based on the technology of nature itself. See for yourself the innovative solutions that Baufritz can offer for healthy living. And be inspired by our sense of style. Visit www.baufritz-pa.com Der Ökohaus-Pionier seit 1896
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