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?!?!?!

@fightsfortheuser

6 күн бұрын

but you got to see him shake hands with it

@denlolify

5 күн бұрын

looks like it attaches to the deck outside at the frontdoor

@scottmulholland1329

5 күн бұрын

That’s because it doesn’t actually attach to the house 😂 there is a gap between the two structures.

@wideeyedraven15

4 күн бұрын

Very early you can see that the track stops just short.

@eliasbram3710

3 күн бұрын

thanks for the heads up. Getting out now

My mind wanted the tracks to keep going deeper into the woods & make a big scenic loop. :O)

@operator6471

6 күн бұрын

to a lake.

@krisstopher8259

6 күн бұрын

a looped track sounds great. i would put the whole house on the track, lol

@sammy4651

Күн бұрын

@@operator6471 Do we all thin alike 🤣

How often do you reckon he just walks out the door cus it’s faster

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808

2 күн бұрын

and he doesn't want to sweep all the forest debris off the tracks lest the tiny wheels get stuck

Perfect example of why you don't design form over function. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

"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.

@julieuk5855

5 күн бұрын

How could you not? I could.

@soffa93

4 күн бұрын

@@julieuk5855 oh, it's cool, but completely frivolous

@julieuk5855

4 күн бұрын

@@soffa93 That's money for you!

@menaseven9093

4 күн бұрын

lol

@jessicajimenez986

4 күн бұрын

Though modern, it is still a small house. I think this is more passion for something & success rather than just money.

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.

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808

2 күн бұрын

i didn't think it was integrated into the landscape at all, especially all those huge, uninterrupted horrizontal slabs of rusty metal

Moving part of a house? Feels like a novelty thing rather than functionality.

@rowanadair4616

5 күн бұрын

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.

@jxchamb

5 күн бұрын

Exactly. Really stupid idea.

@MJSE-of7gs

5 күн бұрын

@@rowanadair4616 \"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.

@JCAMason

4 күн бұрын

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.

@jessicajimenez986

4 күн бұрын

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 : )

What an extravagance

The picture of Mao hanging in his living room says more than any architect ever will.

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.

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.😊

Love the classic train collection. The track idea is perfect way to blend a train enthusiast with a functional secluded office. Just cool.

a train nerd in his dream office. I love it.

Sheldon Cooper would be thrilled))

@krisstopher8259

6 күн бұрын

now i can see him smiling, lol

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.

@leonardonetagamer

5 күн бұрын

thank you for this common sense

@naomiarram5187

5 күн бұрын

He says that the gate is "a counterpoint to the beauty of the forest". I guess he means that it's gawdawful ugly.

@menaseven9093

4 күн бұрын

lol

@rebahensley5323

4 күн бұрын

I wouldn't go so far as to say that. But I respect your opinion. Just three wealthy nerds having fun. Lol.

@user-zt5xz5fz4q

3 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

MAXON HOUSE! Such a dream.

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.

@thatgirlinnewyork

4 күн бұрын

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.

@InsaneFame

4 күн бұрын

@@thatgirlinnewyork your anti-American obsession is fascinating, the point was about lack of outdoor space.

@user-zt5xz5fz4q

3 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

Beautiful presentation. The background music was so relaxing. The studio on tracks, that could move, was so novel. I watched this one twice.

Very cool!

Beyond its amazing structure and function, it looks like a giant chess tower! Incredible

5:55 love the K-On poster lol

Clearly a Wes Anderson fan too!

Best episode of NeverTooSmall ever

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

One of the coolest videos about architecture I've seen casually drops Tuesday afternoon 😅

one word: wow

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

I love this

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.

AWESOME. Olson Kundig is freaking AMAZING.

as an Architect/ fabricator.................. mind blown.

For sure i saw the whole video before commenting first

@xenduvall

6 күн бұрын

same!!

@jamesengland7461

3 күн бұрын

IMPOSSIBLE!

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. :)

As a railroader and an avid rail enthusiast, this is AWESOME!

Interesting.

That's what I call Imagination and Innovation!!!! Love IT!!!!

Isambard kingdom brunel's dream realised! A broad gauge house!

Railroads built this country and did so sometimes with phenomenal engineering. This is a fantastic tribute to all that made our towns and cities possible especially in remote regions.

Nice modern house, I like Tom Kundig black house with two pools in L A

The Konosuba poster is peak.

You want functional you could continue using the tracks but have a pop-out style folding section of your house and when not in use you can fold the entire thing inwards.

This house is straight out of the Myst video games.

@JCintheBCC

5 күн бұрын

Yes! And the same week the Riven remaster came out!

Ingenious and fantastic. Curious to know about the amenities, how they get their water, electricity etc?

Rail tiny house...Genius! Thank You AD

"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.

Nice K-ON poster

What's the cost of bringing the entirety of this project to fruition?

they're trying way too hard

@BwInNewJersey

6 күн бұрын

They didnt try. They did.

@vinyfiny

5 күн бұрын

@@BwInNewJersey I think OP means the architects were trying way too hard to elevate their design to "art". Residential architecture needs to serve it's inhabitants before it does anything else.

@ssing7113

3 күн бұрын

😂 🙌 🥇 🔥

OK but we need the opinion / reaction of that lovely British gentleman on Instagram / Tiktok that loves trains.

All I would add is an outhouse at the end of the line so you don't have to go all the way back to the main house to go to the bathroom.

Yep.

tom kundig is a goat in architecture

So if I wanted to get a mortgage would I need a 2nd RV loan for the train office?

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.

Amazing house and surroundings, but I need to live within 5-10 of the sea.,Coffee shop , food shops ,library,cinema 😊

@joozimek9643

6 күн бұрын

Minutes!

my 2 favorite things combined! architecture and trains!

Trolley problem solved!

If the definition of "white elephant" ever rolled on 30 meters of track in the suburbs. 😂

the perfect divorce house

@rebahensley5323

4 күн бұрын

Lol

@Lv-nq9qz

2 күн бұрын

"Honey, I'm leaving you... but I'm not going far."

strange seeing a Kososuba poster in a house like this 2:28

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.

🤓 + 🎨 + 💵 = 👍

Is this extension in reality gets even attached to the main house ⁉❓❓❓

why not just walk back it would be 10000000000000000000000000000000000 times faster

@Matches771

4 күн бұрын

Did you recognize the sign, when entering the office? Not everything has to be as quickly as possible imo.

@nicholasknowlton9487

3 күн бұрын

Because sometimes architecture is about fantasy and whimsy

Very cool.

I love this! What a beautiful representation of owner!!!❤❤

is the 3rd building a modernist outhouse?

Men will be Men! The office is Kinda a childhood dream😂

💚💚💚

That moving office - I really liked it !

Lol at rhat Konosuba poster

When you're getting a divorce and they say "I want half of everything"

Definitely the most fascinating pointless thing I've seen this week.

❤

Novel but ultimately impractical. If it somehow converted into a different space when attached to the house, then that would have been more interesting. Still: nice toy if you can afford it 😋

If you look real close, you can see a few train shaped objects in this video inside the big rusty rectangle, the tall one not the long one.

This is a fascinating personal project with space for a small family

The guy loves trains

Lovely, intriguing and relaxing, but pleeeeease clean your windows when AD comes to visit. Really beautiful otherwise.

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.

I think we all have thought of living in a train at some point

Medieval Siege Tower

@rebahensley5323

4 күн бұрын

Lol. I thought that too! History degree ruined me. Lol

I'm AN engineer

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Is it a modern cemetery to pets?

Lou, your house/office is truly inspiring. Love seeing people embracing their passions. Cool stuff.

What’s wrong with walking to the office! Tracks in the yard are a massive trip hazzard. .

Enjoyed this feature! We need more innovation that keeps the essence of history. Beautiful.

when a grown adult wishes they were a train conductor...

💖💥💖💥💖💥💖💥💖💥💖

The lengths men will go to in order to shirk responsibilities. I mean, does his wife get to use the escape hatch too? Or just him.

Lost me at the gate. Why have a gate at all?

To quote another viewer: "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?!?!?!" Was this AD's version of clickbait? I watched four commercials to see the end and...nothing!

Walking is healthier

when I win the lotto, ill buy a wee lake and build a track around it with a wee choose on rails and ill tell folks I was inspired by this video.

The woods are very Nordic with all those pine trees

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808

2 күн бұрын

no, they are very Pacific Northwest with all those fir trees

I'm not against the idea but the only thing that makes me not totally with , is the intolerable sound of railing , not only distress the family but also destry the whole forest's natural sound.

So the house is actually pretty (although not safe at all) and the designs are pretty, but that detachable part has to be the stup!dest thing I've watched this week.

@jamesengland7461

3 күн бұрын

How is it not safe?

When this fool sells I’m buying