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House Ö - a Modern Castle
If you want to live in a beautiful ancient castle with big stones as walls, but also enjoy the modern look with huge windows and massive amount of light, you often find yourself in a bid of a fix.
In most cases, modern buildings also use modern materials - namely concrete, steel and aluminum. While ancient castles often use - well - ancient materials, like stones and wood. Mixing the two is difficult.
But, the architects at Erginoglu & Calislar has done just that - and what a stunning result.
(via materialicious)
Comments
Daniel Aleksandersen - Sep. 11, 2007
Definitely not an energy efficient house. Would be a pain to pay for heat and cooling.
Tim Rosenblatt - Sep. 11, 2007
@Daniel,
Actually, that might be something they've got going for them. All the concrete & rock might be like a thermal buffer, absorbing heat during the day and releasing it at night.
But I'm not a thermodyanmologist, so I could be wrong.
(Also, I just noticed the wooden stairs in the background of the last shot, those are pretty neat)
Kurtis - Sep. 11, 2007
I would love to own this house -- or just rent it on holiday.
@Daniel -- the folks at materialicio.us mention that the house is in "one of Bodrum's popular holiday districts, Yal?kavak". Bodrum is on the south coast of Turkey, so I don't reckon heating will be a problem.
Cooling, on the other hand ... that's why they included a pool, right? (It would also explain why the whole wall is open in the last photo.)
KK
PS: You misspelled the name of the architecture firm -- but I don't know if your comment form allows Unicode characters.
Thomas Baekdal - Sep. 12, 2007
Tim, I think you are right about the insulation of the stones - and Kurtis is right about the location making it rather triviel.
The real issue is the windows - and the insulative "power" of those relies solely on the what type they are. Some of the the best thermo windows actually insulate better than a brick wall (but they are also quite expensive).
Hugh O'Connor - Jun. 16, 2008
I like the look but agree that is's most impractical - possibly wins a design award but crucifies any resident on cost, heating, cooling, sound - and what a waste of internal space with those high elevations! And the sharp rectangular shape! Phugh!
Is it modular, or traditional build with poured walls, floors etc? I would love to incorporate the look into my ARK house, which is round, modular, constructed of concrete and plastic panels which simply slot together, it floats, it survives earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and bushfires, it needs no utility connections - see http://www.omnipotentia.com/ark/ for details. And I'm dam sure that ARK @ 400+ sq m will sell for much, much less that House Ö!
J. Ischy - Aug. 17, 2008
Wonderfully imaginative home making use of that hillside with a view. Should last as long as those castles....or longer! Great job!
Published: Sep. 11, 2007 in Architecture
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Tim Rosenblatt - Sep. 11, 2007
The house looks great, and they've got a nice location. But looking at the interior shots, it looks like stone floors, poured concrete ceilings, and stone/glass walls. Those rooms have got to have awful echoes. I bet if someone threw a party for 20+ people, no one would be able to hear a thing.
Didn't castles put tapestries or rugs on the walls? That would help absorb sound.