Farmhouse in a hangar: NJ modern home creates a world within
When architect Adam Kalkin placed a huge airplane hangar over his 1880s New Jersey farmhouse, he hoped to gain space for his family while preserving the original clapboard cottage: “it’s kind of a ship in a bottle type of thing”. He also hoped to continue to reimagine our idea of home: his Push-Button Home is a pop-up house in a shipping container; and other Quik House is an affordable, rapidly-deployable shipping container home; Solar House is an A-frame of nothing but solar panels and shipping containers. With his “Bunny Lane” home, Kalkin assembled a conventional Butler aircraft hangar around the original small home, but that is only a part of the story. At one end of the 27-foot-high, 33-foot-wide space, Kalkin created a grid of nine rooms from concrete block. A kind of modern treehouse, this all-glass wall of rooms peers down on the original home and a small “piazza” or “town square”. “It’s got kind of an urban roofscape thing, I always like seeing roofs. You get that feeling like you get sometimes in New York… You know just because you’re in the country- I want to recall urban experiences- why can’t you recall urban experiences in a house in the country.” For Kalkin, the mix of materials and eras in one home is important. “I clearly have a respect for old things, but I want to incorporate them into a dialogue with present, future, past. I’m just saying, ‘what’s your idea of a utopia?’ This isn’t necessarily what is historically considered a utopian house… but how do you create something that you can actually live in that doesn’t make you sad about looking backward? How do you build a present in architecture, how do you build an eternal present? So this is a way of answering that question.” Adam's company Industrial Zombie (with a focus on shipping container architecture): www.inzombie.com Adam Kalkin: http://www.architectureandhygiene.com Original story: https://faircompanies.com/videos/farmhouse-in-a-hangar-nj-modern-home-creates-a-world-within/
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This is cool!!
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this is the most amazing thing ever. I would love a structure like that
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This is so cool. I really like the fact that the old house is inside the hangar. It really gives it a weird but cool feel
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How do you clean this place?
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more money then sence
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At the beginning of the video, I wasn't on-board with the idea. But as I watched more and more, I came around to really liking the concept! Well done!
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depressing and pointless
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Question. What is the potential cost for heating (or cooling) such a......facility?
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I feel like that old house is in a hostage situation
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Love this! I could live here!
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Probably not something I'd do myself but wow is it unique and cool.
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So basically its stupid as fuck unless you like to be shut in from nature.
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as a construction company owner I always say this...designer's and architect's are a little crazy...and not necessarily in a good way...and this folks is a typical example.
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Doesnt feel like a real house anymore...
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jknews brought me here
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I would totally do some vertical gardens and indoor orchards on the inside house roofs, it would look super nice and help with the air temperature and purifying
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This is literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Feels like someone took my personality and built a home. Seriously brought tears to my eyes. Amazing
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He literally smashed together city life and country living... I applaud.
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You know... I love your house
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