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May 10
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ngoc: I was in LA for three days and the sun came out at 5 o’clock my last day there, just in time for me to get a couple of shots in before heading out to the airport to catch the red-eye flight back to New York. I absolutely love the Schindler House, built in 1922 by Viennese born architect Rudolf Schindler for him and his wife to share with the engineer Clyde Burgess Chace and his wife. “The space was divided into 7 sections, four of which were assigned specifically to each of the four residents… this division was an expression of the independent but common goals of each of the individuals in the house.” Each person had a work/studio space that opens onto an outdoor space. I love that idea. There are also open-air sleeping lofts on the roof, which I also love. What I appreciate also about this house is its human scale. So much of contemporary architecture is about being impressive, starchitects doing show places for rich clients. The Schindler House feels absolutely real. I love this idea of a commune/community of people: I’ve always loved this idea of sharing a big house with friends and their kids, or buying connected houses and tearing down our backyard fences and living/easting/working/playing together. Nelson and Melissa are kind of doing it in Gowanus now: it’s such a human way to live. I’m a hippy, I know. Don’t hate me, I can’t help it. 

ngoc:

I was in LA for three days and the sun came out at 5 o’clock my last day there, just in time for me to get a couple of shots in before heading out to the airport to catch the red-eye flight back to New York. I absolutely love the Schindler House, built in 1922 by Viennese born architect Rudolf Schindler for him and his wife to share with the engineer Clyde Burgess Chace and his wife. “The space was divided into 7 sections, four of which were assigned specifically to each of the four residents… this division was an expression of the independent but common goals of each of the individuals in the house.” Each person had a work/studio space that opens onto an outdoor space. I love that idea. There are also open-air sleeping lofts on the roof, which I also love. What I appreciate also about this house is its human scale. So much of contemporary architecture is about being impressive, starchitects doing show places for rich clients. The Schindler House feels absolutely real.

I love this idea of a commune/community of people: I’ve always loved this idea of sharing a big house with friends and their kids, or buying connected houses and tearing down our backyard fences and living/easting/working/playing together. Nelson and Melissa are kind of doing it in Gowanus now: it’s such a human way to live. I’m a hippy, I know. Don’t hate me, I can’t help it.