Crazy Colorful LOST Mansion by Barragán [Menil House, Houston, TX]

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In 1984, the Menil Museum in Houston, Texas commissioned the Mexican architect Luis Barragan to build a 3000 sf guest house to be located across the street from the famous Rothko Chapel. The architect came back with a design for a dazzling purple, pink, and orange 8000 sf mansion that looked to be more at home in Mexico City than a Houston residential suburban lot. So, due to the ensuing conflict between client and architect, the house would never get built, only displayed as an exhibition within the Menil’s galleries. This video explores this palatial display of vibrant colors and complex interconnected spaces with a virtual walkthrough and a history lesson. Explore what it would have been like if this lost design by the Pritzker Prize winning architect had been built and learn more about this house and its architect .
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@rong-jiechew1565 2 жыл бұрын

Man really decided to design a 3d platformer when the client needed a house. Absolutely love it.

@btw_bp3541 2 жыл бұрын

Barragán is my hero! Anyone who has the chance to visit his buildings, especially his house, should ABSOLUTELY do it! Mexico City has great architectural landmarks, don't sleep on them 👀

@lestermatos2989 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS WONDERFUL!! do more of Barragan

@claudiaRena1 2 жыл бұрын

the day you walk in a Barragan work, your brain will explode ... thanks for the video, but the other 50% are the furniture and the use of wood. and the colors almost never used the first ones he proposed, his studio was always on site. THANK YOU.

@johnyarbrough502 2 жыл бұрын

I only know Barragan from photographs. My first reaction to modelling was everything's right angles can't have been too difficult. Then you showed us the section!

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah, the drawings were very confusing.

@a.s.f.g.8345 2 жыл бұрын

Im from the city of Guadalajara where Luis Barragán was originaly and where he started his career and there are a lot of his houses just abandoned and most people don't knew who he is or how important, luckily there are still a lot of well preserved of his houses that by most people are less known but where You can easily see the inspirations Taken from the book the enchanted gardens aswell as traditional architecture from his rural town. Ando he is right no Mather how beautiful the pictures look You have to experience the light in Barragán buildings, if You ever get the chance go to the chale of Las Capuchinas, is the most religious experience i've had without being religious.

@jovancamolina9922 2 жыл бұрын

Barragán is great. I would love to live in one of those houses. Light, Water, Colour, Nature

@strangeweather8827 2 жыл бұрын

As a lazy admirer not engaged in formal study of this discipline, this building is fascinating. High walls, sun bringing the colors to life - still cannot quite imagine what mingling would look like, though. Also straddles a line between warm and austere, something about the scale and relative lack of windows. Great video!

@picodrift 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like minecraft

@carlomagnoaborde8167 2 жыл бұрын

I am a fresh graduate of Architecture in the Philippines, aside from all the theories that I've learned from the university where I finish my Architecture degree. Your channel brings other ideas, knowledge, and learnings to me.

@Miaow610 2 жыл бұрын

I was trying to read more about this on ArchDaily thinking "wow these descriptions sound familiar" then realised YOU are the author of that article!

@kavilwagh 2 жыл бұрын

The giant glass and the wall in pond seems to be his signature style....loving your hard work for the intro 🎉🎉🎉

@estradaric 2 жыл бұрын

My English is very Bad, but: his signature is spiritual, not only a combination of walls and glass. His buildings have no contact with the exterior. In his private house there are not windows to the street, only one in the visit's room. That is because for him a house should be a place to go inside: inside the place and inside yourself, a refuge from the exterior material life, from the distractions, the agresion, and grow in your inner life. And, the way to grow in your interior is being in contact with three things: god, nature, and the mind (represented in it's result: the material, the things humans create with the inteligence). The Windows un his arquitecture almost always let you see three things that remind you those three elements: a wall (the mind and it's work), the sky (god), and plants or trees (nature). That is why in the roof he build high walls: to feel free in the magnificent of the divine (the sky), but at the same time, protected and in contact with the interior of yourself. Barragán was a spiritual man, his arquitecture is profund. If you visit his buildings you can feel a lot of peace. Beautiful places, I've been in three.

@harperwelch5147 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Barragan doesn’t get much press and he deserves it. Putting a joyful spin on Modernism.

@Dagomonteiro 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video Stewart! Did not know about this house. Funny to imagine that a mexican architect would design a house too big for Texas, the state of big things hahaha I would've added a mention to the mexican painter Chucho Reyes who personally inspired Barragan's colorful designs

@milootje007 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic feeling for color and light!

@Dhrakhan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to college I managed to visit almost all his works in Mexico city, which are amazing, his views and ideas of how to design create really interesting buildings

@mjesusfernandezagudin6737 2 жыл бұрын

I love walking through the houses in the 3D models, thank you so much!

@jpgv8090 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Mexico ... Luis Barragan is awesome ... also I recommend works of Ricardo Legorreta, Teodoro Gonzales de Leon, Carlos Mijares ... Mexican arquitectura is great !!!

@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 2 жыл бұрын

Barragan was an amazing architect! I understand why the museum rejected his design. Its lack of contextual sensitivity and excessive square footage doomed the project. But the play of light and color and the spatial complexity of the interior (including the courtyards) are practically Baroque in their virtuosity. This would have made Francesco Borromini proud!

@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 2 жыл бұрын

As a "person of age", I can relate to that.

@user-ts2dd1he5u 3 ай бұрын

Maybe because he focused and the project as a whole? he studied engineering

@rbenjamin1429 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite architects, ever! Light, color, water, simplicity… Thank you for this!

@c0ttage 2 жыл бұрын

i love this channel so much, it reminds me that there are other nerdy architects out there, obsessed with classic design

@c0ttage 2 жыл бұрын

absolute quality work, i appreciate the effort that went into this project

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@urielalbertosanchezm 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning, even completely empty never gets boring!

@Enscape3D 2 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful lesson in architectural history, topped with a tour through a fascinating building. Thank you so much for this great series, Stewart!

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@miguelangeldelcastillosanc568 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed your video! It's incredibly well made! One of the things that I admire from Barragán's work is that there is always a promenade. The space changes as you walk through it and it's also very quiet and peaceful. There are many aspects from Arab, Spanish and Mexican architecture in his works. His ideas go beyond colour and form. One thing that amazes me is the fact that he was able to achieve amazing designs with mostly basic materials, at least for what is commonly found in Mexico. I'd like to encourage everyone to visit his buildings. Greetings from Mexico City!

@michaelburgess9707 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel. In Spanish Jalisco is pronounced like "H" alisco, no J sound. Also, lived across the street from the Menil collection for 10 years and recently moved away, gentrification, rent quadrupled,great area.T he Gray paint is called Menil Gray. Thankfully this was not built. Looks like the Legorreta's in San Antonio and Dallas

@fritzg2475 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Legorreta's work looks like Barragan. Lagorreta worked for Barragan

@urbancolab 2 жыл бұрын

Good one Stewart this is a beautiful example of barragans work. He had so much influence on some of my west coast professors and la based architects. His work is great to teach students on blueing the distinction if what a wall floor roof etc is. Breaking away from the traditional shapes they are familiar with. ✌🏼

@bonzomio 2 жыл бұрын

One of my old mentors told me once "The client is always right." Makes sense from a business point of view, but not necessarily from an artistic view point. I guess that's why Barragan gave up designing for clients and went into speculative development, he wanted total and complete artistic freedom. I had to smile at that.

@MicaRayan 2 жыл бұрын

How did you find this? A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. 👏 I find it interesting that it spectacularly timeless and extremely contemporary.

@alarm35m 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite architects.

@cozymode70 2 жыл бұрын

The outside spaces of the upper floors have a very unique feel to them, very interesting! Oh, and thank you for this virtual tour!

@verakartal664 2 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video, thank you!

@guillermoleija3734 2 жыл бұрын

It´s really great that the museum gave you access to the original plans. Also, Im pretty sure Barragan's ashes (4:25) are located in Jalisco, in the *Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres*.

@montielwm 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome Stewart, Latin America have a couple of architects that are worth to study. I'll recommend Eladio Dieste´s work in particular, he is always overlooked. Greetings from Argentina.

@masing1 2 жыл бұрын

Top tier architecture content. Keep it up!

@jonasskotnes2746 2 жыл бұрын

your videos got me into architecture school in oslo, i am forever grateful. thank you.

@mouadelbaz3777 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for amazing content!

@GaiusAugustus Жыл бұрын

I noticed a lot of elements that look like they would be useful when designing homes for hotter climates (shade structures, bounced light, wind follow through, etc). I'm now super interested in whether he made these kinds of choices due to the climate in Mexico. I live close to the Mexican border and have been looking into desert architecture for several years to try to wrap my head around how differently houses could be designed if we thought more about the local climate.

@jenicek22 2 жыл бұрын

Very well made video. Thank you

@tbm_mx Жыл бұрын

Great video!!!! What a great archirect Barragan was!!! As many other mexican architects, they use color, light, internal patios, and natural materials 👏 A good archirect designs unique spaces not copy paste. I will leave here names of other great mexican architects: Ricardo Legorreta Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon Tatiana Bilbao Alberto Kalach Juan Sordo Madaleno Enrique Norten Pedro Ramirez Vazquez Fernando Romero Andres Casillas Fernanda Canales Frida Escobedo 👏👏👏👏👏 Mario Pani

@KyleWongCO Жыл бұрын

How fascinating! I’m sure if he were still around, he would walk you through his intention with each of those spaces. They are all so unique and I’m curious what they all would have been for

@aes53 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stewart, I was only passingly familiar with the architect, something that has now been rectified. I love the geometry and the planes of color.

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

He's a pretty great architect. I wasn't quite so aware of how controversial he is as evidenced by this discussion seciton.

@mikeewin7544 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Stewart, for a great series. Thanks also for opening my eyes to what could have been a real mistake of design planted in an otherwise wonderful and carefully realized jeweled collection of art museums in Houston. Well worth a trip, if nothing more than to just see the museums in Houston.

@MerlinAlain 2 жыл бұрын

Great work

@kedarshinde2636 2 жыл бұрын

This LOST series is amazing 🙌platform for architecture students like me to get useful insights from the past, I would like to suggest you to make one video about Louis I. Kahn's unbuilt structure - Hurva Synagogue 💯which was supposed to be built during 1964-74 in Jerusalem, Israel but never saw the face of Earth😿 because of wars leading to financial crises... Thank you,😍 I hope you make one on this, 👍and do continue with your awesome work, and to inspire us....🤗🤗🤗

@jamiewilloughby1410 2 жыл бұрын

This was great. Could you do a video about the Institut du Monde Arab?

@juancarloshernandez4749 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice work¡¡¡

@AlvaroVallesV1991 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por este aporte!

@GhostedStories 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't seen anything like this before.

@carajo658 2 жыл бұрын

wow, thanks!

@davidbriceno9695 2 жыл бұрын

Muy buen trabajo

@jpmendez4238 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from Guadalajara and Luis Barragán buildings are kind of lost in the city, his most important work was in Mexico City and maybe that why the houses he build in Guadalajara are forgotten, although the ITESO clavijero house formerly the Efraín Gonzales Luna house is an amazing building that the ITESO university has been keeping alive the last years, an all yellow house with some green details. This is the only house where Barragán used green in a building, he prefer to let the nature use that color.

@Xavyer13 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely

@computationdesign 2 жыл бұрын

thank you again my teacher

@DinerLingo 2 жыл бұрын

I've been to Casa Studio Luis Barragán, his home & studio in Mexico City that's now a UNESCO World Heritage site. It's tucked at the end of a tiny street right in the middle of the city. You'd never know it was there if you didn't know to look for it--it's almost warehouse-looking from the street (like a lot of homes in Mexico City). Like this one, everything is inward & meant to remove you from the city around you--the rooftop has high walls around it, all the huge windows face its lush backyard, only small bunker-esque windows face the street allowing for light, & all the pink, orange & yellow walls are only visible once inside the home. If you're a lover of architecture visiting MC, I highly recommend it. You do have to make a reservation in advance, but the tour itself doesn't take long & the people who work there are very knowledgeable. (EDIT: Ugh, for whatever reason KZfaq is refusing to let me spell "studio" in Spanish, it keeps changing it to Studio every time.)

@UltravioletNomad 2 жыл бұрын

I don't like the colors when looking from the outside, but I love it from the inside. If it were painted like the other buildings in the neighborhood, I imagine that the burst of color when looking from the inner courtyards would be like a wonderful surprise, a view that can only be seen from the confines of the structure. The tower like structure gives me wonderfully mixed feelings, its outdoor seclusion is remarkable, but knowing those walls are the highest in the structure makes me feel like it should go somewhere vertically. Once again, its a perspective that's outdoors but can still only be perceived from inside the structure. Looking at if from the front, you'd have every reason to believe it was another floor to some penthouse or special attic. I wonder if it could have played even more with this concept of deceptive facade, but maybe its already there and I'm just missing it. As you stated, the structure looks bigger than it actually is from the outside, but it also feels more compact from the inside. It feels like its never showing you its hand, and I guess I just feel like not making the exterior grey was a missed opportunity.

@peterf.4268 2 жыл бұрын

This house/building is cool/interesting, but some of those rooftop "courtyards" would be exceedingly hot. Giving sunlight "access" to the space, but prohibiting the access to any breeze would make those places cook. I've done commercial construction & worked on rooftops with taller parapet walls that create the same effect. In can easily 20° hotter in a space like that than the ambient outside temp actually is. In Houston that would be killer. Beautiful building tho.

@MarcoZamora Жыл бұрын

I'm a Mexico City native from Coyoacán, not far from El Pedregal, the subdivision that Barragán developed. I grew up surrounded by his architecture, visiting friends living in houses he built, going to buildings with designs heavily influenced by his work. Your computer model of Menil House feels like it was ripped out of El Pedregal and plunked onto a Houston street. I would've loved to see it built just for the anatopism.

@parparparmesan6368 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of some homes around South Asia, especially the court yard and towers. In a way, this home does look a bit like a fortress. Whether that is intential or not, it looks secure and doesnt use any lawn ornaments and uses just colours itself to convey a message or design language that north american suburbia would move towards if you want to maximize space or use colours instead of relying on dark or bland colours. But where the building would of been would pop out (the gray suburbia), would work to an extent, but I can see it getting lost in an area with other buildings of a similar box-like design if the area changes to more of a condo based area development. But that is just me. Love your vids as always :)

@zuam7645 2 жыл бұрын

*JUST MEXICAN STYLE*

@boboneill6554 2 жыл бұрын

I like his work, though I have only seen pictures. I have been to the de Menil museum. Hard to imagine the guest house there. Perhaps Los Angeles.

@ddmddmd 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a fucking masterpiece. I love it

@danny.joshy2 2 жыл бұрын

Loving your videos! Please make one about Richard Leplastriers work!!!

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@ironkayaker5682 2 жыл бұрын

Dude you need to visit barragan house in Mexico City 👌

@justinbetz6060 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent use of Rhino sir!

@jacksheffield8463 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing project! Where did you access those perspectival drawings Barragan made? I would love to get a closer look at those. And thanks for all the awesome content, your channel has quickly become one of my favorites

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

They were provided by the Menil Museum. Thanks for the kind words!

@stever4899 2 жыл бұрын

I see all these concrete outdoor spaces and wonder if Barragán had ever actually been to Houston during their oppressively humid summer.

@fuzzylon Жыл бұрын

Please can you do a visit to a Barragan house that is currently in use. I really appreciate the work that went in to this (and all the other) visualisations of buildings - but this house I just can't quite get my head around.

@faustosoto7584 2 жыл бұрын

I admire Barragán’s work very much. Though I’m intrigued by the history of this project of which I knew nothing about. Specially because I would like to know more about what made him have such a disregard (apparently) for the context. It would have been very interesting to have such a house in this particular plot. Most definitely it would have stood out way too much which could’ve been a commentary on the nature of the American suburbs. Of course, it’s almost certain that the neighbors would’ve hated it which could’ve created a very interesting narrative. This house looks awesome but I find more appealing to know more about the contextual situation. If you could do a follow up video you should definitely go this route. Great work!!!

@fritzg2475 2 жыл бұрын

One woud never hire an architect like Barragan to design a contextual house in a neigborhood of one story bungalows. The museum building disregards the context too. The fact that all the sorrunding houses are painted deMenil grey is postfacto.

@WestUCoog Жыл бұрын

@@fritzg2475 You're 100% wrong, the scale of the Menil museum is sympathetic to its surrounding neighbors. You've obviously never visited it. You should, its Houston's best piece of architecture, maybe even Texas.

@Jero-lr8jt 2 жыл бұрын

It’s Luis like not Louie, btw love your content

@luisarana7290 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, first congratulations on the video of the barragan house! This incredible thanks for the contribution. I wanted to ask you if you could pass me the name of the instrumental from minute 7:21 please, thank you very much !!!

@agbeyenumadison6048 2 жыл бұрын

I like it here

@ltlbuddha 2 жыл бұрын

I think the design works incredibly well for what it is, a guest house for the museum. Although, I think it could easily be slightly altered to make a proper residence. I like the general feel. One small thing: Sorry, it is pronounced Halisco. The J in Spanish is pronounced like an H in English

@Josh-yr7gd Жыл бұрын

I haven't quite seen light used in this way in a house. It's very indirect. I love having light, but I also like to see outside. Of course privacy is important, but that's what curtains are for. The walkthrough gave me the feeling of a small outdoor high-walled exercise room with a metal grate for a ceiling, that I once saw on a max security prison documentary. There's something very unsettling about this design. Also, what good is a rooftop space without being able to see the surrounding neighborhood? Btw...my assessment is based on what I felt from watching this, regardless of the name behind it.

@jamesslate1026 2 жыл бұрын

I'm catching up on some of your previous videos. I came across this one, which piqued my interest since I am currently living in Houston. I will say that The Menil Collection is truly one of Houston's treasures, due to the the patronage of the Menils, Dominique and John, who came to Houston from their native Paris. They both worked for Schlumberger. I wasn't familiar with this proposed guest house designed by Luis Barragan, but given its intended location, it would have stood out strongly in contrast to its neighbouring buildings. As you describe, the Menils owned the small bungalows that border the museum campus, and they are used for a variety of functions, including administrative offices, a cafe, and a bookshop. They are all painted a uniform green-grey. For the Menil's own house, they commissioned Philip Johnson, who designed a modernist flat-roofed structure that occupies a lot in River Oaks, one of the city's affluent neighbourhoods. Their house could easily be the topic of another video.

@egomiser 2 жыл бұрын

So hard to modeling but harder to simulate the lights correctly, that is the magic of Barragán, i have visited casa Barragán and casa guilardy in México city, is pure magic, there is no photo or video that capture that. (Sorry about my english)

@chandansaini7059 2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@gusamamon 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Mexico, many people complain about how square the houses are, like if they were shoe boxes. So, maybe Barragan said “let's make them fancy”. :v

@thesparks00 2 жыл бұрын

"Hulking" **chuckles**

@WestUCoog Жыл бұрын

Here's an architect that didn't give a shit about the site or program of the site. Even the great Renzo Piano designed within the context of the residential neighborhood for the main museum. But this guy was so full of himself that he went polar opposite of the site and client request. Glad they didn't built it. Good call Mrs. Menil.

@vvMathematicalvv 2 жыл бұрын

You've put so much excellent work into all of these 3d renders. It's a shame that I can't seem to find any videos of just a thorough walkthrough. The provided link (on 3 different browsers and 2 different systems) takes me to a page where the render refuses to load so I haven't been able to explore any of these and I've been dying to do so. Plus, it wouldn't hurt your channel to have a secondary and complimentary video of a peaceful walkthrough of these works. More videos, more views. i will watch them all. 20+ min each please.

@vvMathematicalvv 2 жыл бұрын

Another solution, but one that will yield less ad revenue, is just show more of a walkthrough in these videos. These videos are excellent, but way too short and I always leave wondering how these buildings actually felt. Please, show more walkthrough without cutting around so that I can keep my own perspective of where I am in the structure. I hope you'll see this because I genuinely look forward to exploring these projects and can't right now.

@vvMathematicalvv 2 жыл бұрын

I'm dying to get a more thorough walk-through of the Lincoln Otis house and the John Hejduk One Half house that you did. I'm sure I'll feel that way about all of the others I have yet to watch from your channel.

@crg233 2 жыл бұрын

Any thoughts from anyone on how this building would have co-existed with the ADA? By appearances it seems intentionally exclusive of anyone with even slight mobility issues, let alone those who are non-ambulatory. I would also note that the stairways without railings are an acrophobe's nightmare. Thanks for the well-done presentation!

@robertallen3628 2 жыл бұрын

Buenas tardes Stewart......my family almost moved to Mexico City in the 1960 when my father was offered "brain-drain job"....we would have lived in

@robertallen3628 2 жыл бұрын

El Pedregal and I would have attended the embassy school and then studied architecture at the Universidad de Mexico. Barragan had a big ego like his European contemporaries so the house for Texas would have been so out of place and foreign to a Texas mind set. His designs are alluring until one lives in them ....and then you find the magic vanishes with furniture and scale and the constant visits by the pool boys!

@Koopastomper 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish I could see how it was intended to be furnished...

@someguy6075 2 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest, the owner of the lot that would have wrapped around was probably pissed when they saw the proposal and relieved when it was scrapped.

@chestnystarik1 2 жыл бұрын

Totally bedazzled

@yootoob7048 2 жыл бұрын

Question, do you geolocate the 3D model so the sun renders correctly on the building and land?

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@evanschwartz3030 2 жыл бұрын

As a longtime admirer of Luis Barragan's work I was pleasantly surprised to see this unbuilt work. As I recall there was absolutely no mention of this unbuilt project in the Barragan MOMA show several years ago. Having personally visited the De Menil Museum in Houston I think its certainly understandable that the family decided not to build this house across from the Rothko Chapel (sorry Philip but no great work of architecture). What I do find very fascinating about this unbuilt work is the obvious inward looking character (ie. open exterior terraces) of the overall design approach. Having visited Barragan's house in Mexico City a few years ago I'm not the least bit surprised by the overall design or his use of color. The street facade is interesting as are the building sections and indoor/outdoor pool. Perhaps it might have been interesting to see it built but frankly not a huge loss to the history of modern architecture.

@mikeewin7544 2 жыл бұрын

It truly is not a Phillip Johnson building. Initially yes, but conflicts between him and Rothko soon left Johnson off the project. Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubrey realy should get the credit for an unstated building which allows you to focus on the artwork within and without.

@zengalileo 2 жыл бұрын

Digitally RE-construct this house? I thought you said it was never built in the first place. So was it built or was it never built?

@mangosgottatango3573 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry guys, I was the 70th person to like the video

@89josemagana89 11 ай бұрын

How much would it cost to build a home like that? Specifically a model of his home in Mexico City

@radomirminjarik6618 2 жыл бұрын

Great work! Ever considered to model and tour the house FLW designed for Marilyn Monroe?

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion!

@genkirs 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing fucking channel

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@CUBETechie 2 жыл бұрын

0:30 tenritenri should reconstruct this house

@midcenturymoldy 8 ай бұрын

I see quite a few commenters have complained about your pronunciation of “Luis,” but none (that I saw, at least) have actually explained how to pronounce it. It’s pronounced loo-eese (“s” as in geese), with the second syllable stressed.

@mikeewin7544 2 жыл бұрын

OK. To all those ecstatic admirers of Barragan, I'm going to throw a little shade (pun intended) I was an architect in Houston in the 70's and 80's. I lived and worked in Montrose and know the neighborhood and climate intimately. I attended the initial presentation by Renzo Piano at Rice University for the Menil Collection museum. The neighborhood is covered by oak trees which give the mercifully needed protection from the blaring sun, oppressive humidity and frequent torrential downpours. Shelter is a primary tenent of architecture. Barragan's interior courts are deep wells with "hulking pink walls" with little relief. Relief comes from dark, mostly windowless spaces within with only reflected light. Exposed is how I would describe his inner courtyards. Possibly even sweltering with little breeze. Vistas are another aspect of architecture missing here. The sky in Houston can be glorious with its thunderheads and soft sunsets. Barragan has us looking straight into the sun. Look to Stephen Holl's Kinder Building at the HFAM for a better appreciation of how to use light in a museum. We learned early on with the Noguchi Scuplure Garden that intimacy does not happen automatically. Even with Noguchi's delightful play of surfaces, it was ten or so years before the newly planted trees and greenery would develop to allow that sense of intimacy and protection. There was even a drab parking lot next door for years after. The ability to intimately explore the works of art was a requirement of the deMenils. They also bent over backwards to be good neighbors and not to wreck the scale of the area. Barragan ignored this. Adjacent to the Menil campus is Phillip Johnson's University of St. Thomas campus. Even the egomaniac Johnson knew to respect the scale. Thank you to the deMenils for standing up to such a popular architect. I do appreciate his work generally, but in context. There may well have been a reason he was his own client.

@curtklebaum Жыл бұрын

0:48 The Rothko Chapel was designed by Phillip Johnson.

@midcenturymoldy 8 ай бұрын

Along with Howard Barnstone, Eugene Aubry, and… Mark Rothko.

@zuam7645 2 жыл бұрын

*MEXICAN's ARQUITECTURE IS BASE IN LIFE AND LIFE IS ALWAYS "COLORFUL"*

@sonicgoo1121 2 жыл бұрын

If it's open to the air, is it still a room?

@stewarthicks 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa.

@A0A4ful 2 жыл бұрын

It is. The sky IS the roof. "Huh (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof." Pharrell Williams in 'Happy'

@nocontextwhatever Жыл бұрын

The colours remind me of the inside of the Simpsons house.

@Jero-lr8jt 2 жыл бұрын

6:40 what are those pens called?

@Jero-lr8jt 2 жыл бұрын

Nvm I found them

@manuel3hernandez 2 жыл бұрын

What would happen if you just built it

@CP-od4wn 2 жыл бұрын

[in-he-NYE-ros] In Spanish the letter 'G' makes an 'H' sound when in front of an 'E'. Aside from that good video.

@daviddodds30 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video (and model) to allow us see how far this design was from what de Menil wanted and what Houston needed. Houston’s Menil Collection was a wonderful response to Fort Worth’s Kimball, though I’d love to have seen Kahn’s design for the Menil if de Menil and Kahn had lived so long. Specifically regarding this architect’s design, I’m happy to see that, for once, a Texas institution was able to resist the wiles of a Pritzker Prize winning architect’s proposal if it was THAT far out of context and missed the program by that much. Good for Houston for saying no.

@mikeewin7544 2 жыл бұрын

My feelings exactly.