variations on a circle

November 1, 2011 — 1 Comment

What do you call the negative space between three circles?  That’s what this very interesting house represents.

A collaborative effort by the Swiss firm HHF Architects and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, the house is located in Ancram, New York, about two hours north of Manhattan. The site plans show the house’s curving walls and its circular conceptual foundation.  A photo of the house, which was completed in 2011, gives a sense of its strikingly simple design.

The curved interior has round skylights -

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One response to variations on a circle

  1. Very interesting. Was looking at this house for sale just yesterday, which is based on some of these principles: http://www.nybolig.dk/maegler/pages/property-presentation/floorplan.action?caseno=24265&shopno=103458

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