Good stuff!
It adds something visually interesting to the mix. I still wish that the north side of the street was to be built like the south side (with the courtyards and all of that).urbanitas wrote:All three of these are a huge improvement over what's gone up so far, but are we sure this squashed box is even allowed?
It's the only one I've seen with anything other than 90° angles...
I’m not sure what this house will be clad in either. The architect’s website shows that they like to work with sculpted concrete, but this almost looks like metal. I guess we’ll find out soon. And, it doesn’t appear like this house has many windows on it compared to the other ones built. Overall though, based on the rendering, it’s my favorite design.
On a clearer rendering that I have, it looks like the facade material and texture is wood. Not sure if that’s the case. Maybe it ends up being a material that’s textured to look like woodsymphonicpoet wrote:I think they'll all be nice additions. I particularly like the exterior textures of the Cory Henry example.
Yes, the texture and material is key, because without that, it's just a box with some orthogonal holes. But it's really hard to tell what that material is from that rendering.symphonicpoet wrote: ↑May 14, 2021I think they'll all be nice additions. I particularly like the exterior textures of the Cory Henry example.
Wood would be great. But there are also metal panels available which are painted in a basic wood grain pattern, which would be less great.
And I just wanna say that Howeler+Yoon is a wonderful name for an architectural firm, well...for anything really.
Hope the details and materials are imaginative. Otherwise these under-fenestrated cuboids might look awkward and dated once the editorial novelty wears off.
Would be delighted to be proven wrong
Would be delighted to be proven wrong
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Given the profile and presumed price point I would hope these will be better materials than "textured to look like wood." Good wood siding would be quite nice.
Featured on Archinect: https://archinect.com/news/article/1502 ... n-st-louis
This whole development is gonna get tons of press.
BTW, the Cory Henry house reminds me a bit of the house from Ex Machina:
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BTW, the Cory Henry house reminds me a bit of the house from Ex Machina:
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^^Hey Chris, you got quoted in Archinect! Well done!
^Framer, yes, I can very much see your thinking. Also a great house.
^Framer, yes, I can very much see your thinking. Also a great house.
That's a perfect example of why the Cory Henry design falls short. Context is everything.framer wrote: ↑May 16, 2021This whole development is gonna get tons of press.
BTW, the Cory Henry house reminds me a bit of the house from Ex Machina:
Featured in The Architect's Newspaper (and more credits for Chris and CityScene STL):
"This St. Louis residential development will feature homes from Höweler + Yoon, Tatiana Bilbao, and more"
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/06/on-ol ... -and-more/
"This St. Louis residential development will feature homes from Höweler + Yoon, Tatiana Bilbao, and more"
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/06/on-ol ... -and-more/
Not much additional progress has been made from what I can tell.
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Custom Foodscaping is finishing up the central community garden - edible of course
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Interesting take on how the project relates to the rest of the neighborhood (from The Architect's Newspaper):
"On Olive wants to build community through design, but will it push out an existing St. Louis residents?"
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/08/on-ol ... how+public+
"On Olive wants to build community through design, but will it push out an existing St. Louis residents?"
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/08/on-ol ... how+public+
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There is email and contact through their IG:
https://instagram.com/customfoodscaping ... =copy_link
https://instagram.com/customfoodscaping ... =copy_link
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I have to say, there are some nice hot takes:
Asked if he reached out to local neighborhood associations and leaders, Trampe responded: "I’m not sure why we would have done that."
A missed opportunity, perhaps, but the time for debating the wisdom of air-dropping market-rate homes into an area with 26 percent of its land lying vacant is past.
"The new On Olive residential development in Grand Center offers residents a food forest"
https://www.stlmag.com/design/on-olive- ... 8564012083
https://www.stlmag.com/design/on-olive- ... 8564012083
Saw an ad in the Griffin which showed most of the houses have been purchased.
While I do think this is a good project architecturally, a lot of the promotional materials leave a bad taste in my mouth. Some quotes from their brochure:
"A resident doesn't enter their house by walking up from the street. Instead residents walk through a wonderful park-like landscape to their home."
"It's a model for urban living that innovates aspects of a suburban lifestyle brings that into the center of the city"
Looking at the site plan, it seems possible that the development will be gated off from Olive with only one or two entrances from the street. That's not the type of development I think we should have.
While I do think this is a good project architecturally, a lot of the promotional materials leave a bad taste in my mouth. Some quotes from their brochure:
"A resident doesn't enter their house by walking up from the street. Instead residents walk through a wonderful park-like landscape to their home."
"It's a model for urban living that innovates aspects of a suburban lifestyle brings that into the center of the city"
Looking at the site plan, it seems possible that the development will be gated off from Olive with only one or two entrances from the street. That's not the type of development I think we should have.
Yup, looks completely fenced off from Olive with no entrance from the individual houses. I mean it's under construction and will probably be interesting to walk around in, but I don't think we should be building gated communities anywhere, let alone the city.
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^I don't think I realized they were going to communicate entirely inward and completely turn away from Olive. The total lack of street activation is . . . stunning.
