Review: Carlson-Reges House, RoTo Architects
Review: Carlson-Reges House, RoTo Architects: 
Built between 1992-1996 in Los Angeles by RoTo Architects, Carlson-Reges House is an inimitable masterpiece.
Its architect Michael Rotondi describes the piece as if various parts piled on top each other as a child would want to construct his building piece by piece, one component supporting the other one, until the whole structure holds together. He also adds, in that building process of the child, the form of the piece is the end result of more important goal, the idea of having the structure stand up.
In the case of Carlson-Reges House, the resultant form is quite poetic. The architect, in my reading, while choreographing the construction, holds onto a series of ever changing concept of spatial relativities. Sometimes thought out before hand sometimes spontaneous intellectual and material strategies.
My first inclination to call the building is “story within a story.” A good way to describe the new components inserted within an old concrete shell. However, this is not a nes...
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Built between 1992-1996 in Los Angeles by RoTo Architects, Carlson-Reges House is an inimitable masterpiece.
Its architect Michael Rotondi describes the piece as if various parts piled on top each other as a child would want to construct his building piece by piece, one component supporting the other one, until the whole structure holds together. He also adds, in that building process of the child, the form of the piece is the end result of more important goal, the idea of having the structure stand up.
In the case of Carlson-Reges House, the resultant form is quite poetic. The architect, in my reading, while choreographing the construction, holds onto a series of ever changing concept of spatial relativities. Sometimes thought out before hand sometimes spontaneous intellectual and material strategies.
My first inclination to call the building is “story within a story.” A good way to describe the new components inserted within an old concrete shell. However, this is not a nes...
* please visit original post site *
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