Comments on: Architectural hotbed — report from the Swiss trenches

By: Nik Dobrev MFA

Nik Dobrev MFA — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:07:26 +0000

THANK YOU 4 THIS ARTICLE & IMAGES…
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE RATIONAL, STREAMLINED, GREEN, CARBON-ZERO SWISS ARCHITECTURE.
AN IMPRESSIVE UN-OSTENTATIOUS 21ST CENTURY INTERPRETATION OF THE NATION’S CULTURAL HERITAGE.
GREAT

By: libby

libby — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:55:12 +0000

Thanks for that information, Ties. (Somehow, the time order got bollixed up on these last two comments, but I’m sure everyone can figure out what came first, the question or the answer!)

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:44:08 +0000

Hi – Try as I might, I cannot find any info on Hans Muller beyond this post. Does he have a web site? Is there any more info on this house? Any leads will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

By: Ties

Ties — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:24:23 +0000

The House that is sunken in the ground is not designed by Hans Muller, but by Bjarne Mastenbroek (www.search.nl) and Christian Müller.

By: max mulhern

max mulhern — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000

The photo “Brancusi?” has returned to my thoughts on several occasions since my return from Vals. The chopping block is redolant of Brancusi pedestals and chopped wood. But post-”Babe” (the film) one can’t help but think of slaughtered animals as well. Were you to poise the slab of granite on its edge you would have a sculpture closely resembling Brancusi’s “Fish”. Was Brancusi engaged in a sort of animal resurrection/ressussitation ritual?
When I think of Brancusi wielding his ax to chop and incise wood I also think of the farmer/woodsman chopping necks and heads. B’s fish and birds rise from the slaughter that has been laying their kind flat on blocks forever. In the place of death (and dinner) there is life momentarily regained . .