Inside a Modern Home With a Detachable Office on Wheels | Unique Spaces

Inside a Modern Home With a Detachable Office on Wheels | Unique Spaces | Architectural Digest

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23 күн бұрын

Today AD travels to the woodlands of the Pacific Northwest to tour Maxon House. Designed by Tom Kundig, owner of Olson Kundig Architects, Maxon House is a modern home revolutionizing the work commute. Work/life balance is given new meaning in Kundig’s design-a fully detachable home office on wheels journeys across a functional rail track into the forest creating an innovative work-from-home setup. With no shortage of ingenious features, Maxon House is a marriage of form and function and a prime example of modernist design.
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@maxzett 22 күн бұрын

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 21 күн бұрын

but you got to see him shake hands with it

@denlolify 21 күн бұрын

looks like it attaches to the deck outside at the frontdoor

@scottmulholland1329 21 күн бұрын

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

@wideeyedraven15 20 күн бұрын

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

@eliasbram3710 19 күн бұрын

thanks for the heads up. Getting out now

@elevenhorses 22 күн бұрын

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

@operator6471 21 күн бұрын

to a lake.

@krisstopher8259 21 күн бұрын

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

@sammy4651 17 күн бұрын

@@operator6471 Do we all thin alike 🤣

@jonicottle2874 20 күн бұрын

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

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 18 күн бұрын

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

@leftblank131 13 күн бұрын

Rewrites the "40 yards to the outhouse" poem for sure.

@benjamingoetz_art 21 күн бұрын

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 18 күн бұрын

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

@kittykatmeow8323 17 күн бұрын

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

@jxchamb 21 күн бұрын

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

@eauneau 3 күн бұрын

I say the same thing about excessively short shorts. 😳😖

@adamfelker3493 21 күн бұрын

What an extravagance

@gardgarland5293 13 күн бұрын

Architecture is at its roots a series of problem solving moments. Some very basic, some with flair. I have 2 Kundig books and I’m always amazed at how he and his staff solve these problems often with uniqueness and creativity. Love this house.

@arrowguy173 21 күн бұрын

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

@tgxleasing5769 15 күн бұрын

I love that he was able to secure an EMD control stand to operate the structure. Hats off to him. 👏

@mhogen 21 күн бұрын

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

@rowantheboatadair 21 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 21 күн бұрын

Exactly. Really stupid idea.

@MJSE-of7gs 21 күн бұрын

@@rowantheboatadair \"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 20 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 20 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 : )

@soffa93 22 күн бұрын

"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 21 күн бұрын

How could you not? I could.

@soffa93 20 күн бұрын

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

@julieuk5855 20 күн бұрын

@@soffa93 That's money for you!

@menaseven9093 20 күн бұрын

lol

@jessicajimenez986 20 күн бұрын

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

@ZacchaeusNifong 16 күн бұрын

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

@ashmaffick 15 күн бұрын

The picture of Mao holding a nike sneaker? Yeh, it says he has bad taste in art. This dude is certainly not a communist.

@danielabel3826 3 күн бұрын

Time stamp?

@ZacchaeusNifong 2 күн бұрын

@@danielabel3826 5:20

@snowballeffect7812 18 күн бұрын

5:55 love the K-On poster lol

@b3tres 21 күн бұрын

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.😊

@ursonate 21 күн бұрын

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.

@user-cn3mp7px7c 22 күн бұрын

Sheldon Cooper would be thrilled))

@krisstopher8259 21 күн бұрын

now i can see him smiling, lol

@patriciaromero5347 22 күн бұрын

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.

@SickofTired 12 күн бұрын

The title makes it seem like there is something worth watching

@user-yy5zy1uf4h 22 күн бұрын

Very cool!

@Davett53 17 күн бұрын

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

@arrowguy173 21 күн бұрын

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.

@IskandarSitdikov 22 күн бұрын

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

@vsznry 21 күн бұрын

AWESOME. Olson Kundig is freaking AMAZING.

@kodyjbosch1 19 күн бұрын

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. :)

@rodrigolucena1698 17 күн бұрын

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

@gregorygrice 21 күн бұрын

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

@jsupnorth1 21 күн бұрын

Best episode of NeverTooSmall ever

@willbird1 8 күн бұрын

Anyone else’s OCD start geeking when the W’s were just off by a hair?!

@gamooor1386 19 күн бұрын

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.

@_MS__ 5 күн бұрын

Loved it . Great train sets

@mikedonovan7947 5 күн бұрын

A truly whimsical double wide trailer.

@px7460 19 күн бұрын

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

@shubhamkakad100x 21 күн бұрын

I love this

@dorothyedwards7225 21 күн бұрын

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

@judithbreastsler 21 күн бұрын

one word: wow

@Thimon88 21 күн бұрын

This house is straight out of the Myst video games.

@JCintheBCC 21 күн бұрын

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

@kingmorghan 16 күн бұрын

MAXON HOUSE! Such a dream.

@Danielsaaaaaan 12 күн бұрын

How is hvac handled in the office, is it just a glorified shed?

@Sevoverkill 22 күн бұрын

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

@who2u333 21 күн бұрын

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 21 күн бұрын

thank you for this common sense

@naomiarram5187 21 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 20 күн бұрын

lol

@rebahensley5323 20 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 19 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

@dpmakestuff 21 күн бұрын

Clearly a Wes Anderson fan too!

@menaseven9093 20 күн бұрын

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

@jimmy3527 12 күн бұрын

This is an awesome vid

@michaeltouchette8156 21 күн бұрын

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

@Alex-cw3rz 22 күн бұрын

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.

@sunnydaysahead9108 18 күн бұрын

Yeeess Form meet function is the essence of modern Windows to merge with nature

@Eltoca21 22 күн бұрын

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

@omkardaivajna 22 күн бұрын

For sure i saw the whole video before commenting first

@xenduvall 22 күн бұрын

same!!

@jamesengland7461 19 күн бұрын

IMPOSSIBLE!

@hellowoodi 12 күн бұрын

Lovely ❤

@BenjamintheTortoise 21 күн бұрын

Interesting.

@delorean-mm6sk 6 күн бұрын

should have a railway turntable at the end. that way he can change the light exposure

@0M0S01A 21 күн бұрын

Rail tiny house...Genius! Thank You AD

@Jchapa23 9 күн бұрын

Love this

@flvxhed Күн бұрын

sheldon cooper would've loved this

@Lauren-Day 14 күн бұрын

Dream cat @ 4:30. Literally my ideal cat! But also, wondering how the rest of the family feels about being frugal on the house so the dad can have his gimmick office that he probably walks to most days. Still a beautiful, creative design though, and I love to see the Bethlehem Steel recycled tracks and overall passion the owner has.

@stevenb.o.2767 5 күн бұрын

Hope they got someone to calculate the load and temperature of the wire when it's coiled up and in use....

@johnwalsh990 21 күн бұрын

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

@r__and__r 14 күн бұрын

I'd like to see a follow-up on the technical aspects of this. It's a lovely design, but the honking great cable hanging out the back of it as it slides up and down the rails just seems janky to me.

@jakyungrhee2180 10 күн бұрын

Bears can come out as his neighbors. I cannot live in there although it is a very beautiful house.

@Suho1004 21 күн бұрын

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

@eauneau 3 күн бұрын

I’d agree if I hadn’t actually just watched part of an unnecessarily long video on a woman in an ugly room rant about how she watched every single AD Celebrity tour video and created a spreadsheet analysis that supports her theory of them being fake. The level of meticulous detail in observations she made in nothing short of absolute insanity. I didn’t even make it a third of the way through.

@okynawahx3130 21 күн бұрын

Nice K-ON poster

@butteredtoast4616 21 күн бұрын

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

@mollygiovanna1095 15 күн бұрын

How did they get the permits to do this?

@tjm5492 14 күн бұрын

A "shited axis". Oh, you mean it curves. I felt like Holden Caufield watching this..."what a bunch of phonies".

@joozimek9643 21 күн бұрын

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

@joozimek9643 21 күн бұрын

Minutes!

@monicarust2383 19 күн бұрын

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

@alexs36zero 21 күн бұрын

the perfect divorce house

@rebahensley5323 20 күн бұрын

Lol

@Lv-nq9qz 18 күн бұрын

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

@seb1121 21 күн бұрын

is the 3rd building a modernist outhouse?

@heshanfernando201 7 күн бұрын

This is what we need more of than generic celebrity houses

@RicardoGonzalez-fb9li 4 күн бұрын

I want one.

@jbirzer 17 күн бұрын

The Konosuba poster is peak.

@jinhyun1000 21 күн бұрын

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

@WisconsinCentralProductions 19 күн бұрын

my 2 favorite things combined! architecture and trains!

@gio.c4555 19 күн бұрын

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.

@katietatey 22 күн бұрын

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

@potatojoe370 15 күн бұрын

When getting away feom thw family in the office is not enough. Disconnecting and moving off. But not enough distance.

@bobnomura2068 21 күн бұрын

That moving office - I really liked it !

@curtiswood8010 19 күн бұрын

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

@cromulentparty 20 күн бұрын

Very cool.

@Mikiszub 21 күн бұрын

Lol at rhat Konosuba poster

@lavidawithjoey 20 күн бұрын

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

@BradThePitts 21 күн бұрын

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.

@miriamzajfman4305 21 күн бұрын

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

@MrFlyingguy 14 күн бұрын

would simply need a structural glass box type interface and Bobs your uncle.... you are attached. but i think "remote" is part of the clients mandate on this project.

@j.pocket 12 күн бұрын

... and all of us sit here pretending _sorcery_ is normal when it's called _Architecture_ .

@NaveenkumarS-iv3je 22 күн бұрын

tom kundig is a goat in architecture

@pman2916 21 күн бұрын

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 19 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 19 күн бұрын

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

@user-zt5xz5fz4q 19 күн бұрын

Amen.❤.

@tomsawyer6285 17 күн бұрын

The guy loves trains

@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr 20 күн бұрын

Yep.

@shellaneemarie 19 күн бұрын

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

@lukedorny 18 күн бұрын

Trolley problem solved!

@maxprivate3805 17 күн бұрын

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.

@GeekFilter 9 күн бұрын

The beautiful world of people who apparently own virtually nothing but furniture! That kitchen wall with diplomas and pictures stuck on with magnets is about the only sense that real humans actually live here and it’s not just a concept house. I guess if you could afford a house like this you probably have a storage unit somewhere.

@BradThePitts 18 күн бұрын

🤓 + 🎨 + 💵 = 👍

@mellag 21 күн бұрын

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

@muronelkaz 20 күн бұрын

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.

@Alex-cw3rz 22 күн бұрын

"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.