Koolhaas House Life

I like looking at and into. I like noticing things that some people wouldn't notice. I like accidental things happening. I like how it can change everything.

The collision of the carefully choreographed view or space and the incidental, often transitory context is crucial to the way we receive what we are looking at. 

Sometimes the foreground of the window display can be easily turned into a background. 
What was designed to get our attention and sell the product seems insignificant while the act of window cleaning turned almost into a performance.

Ttriptych: The Man in a Pink Shirt © Agnieszka Swietlik

Looking at the picture above it's almost impossible not to think about social context. About all those nameless people who come, do they work, and go away. 
People who suppose to be invisible. But they aren't. They change the way we look at things.

I recently watched an amazing film showing one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. Koolhaas Houselife portrays Maison Bordeaux designed by the architect. 
The film lets the viewer enter into the house’s daily intimacy. Following and mapping daily chores of the housekeeper and other people who look after the house. 
It's fascinating, intriguing and funny but most of all it changes the way you look at this magnificent building. Shows the heart and should of this 'machine for leaving'.

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Rem Koolhaas Maison Bordeaux                                                            Koolhaas Houselife