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PATINA
Detail of the inside wing
Patina - to restore and save the embellishment of time
or bring back the original ? The English philosopher
David Hume, wrote, "Beauty in things exists in the mind
which contemplates them." So the question at hand is,
do the ravages of time create blemishes or beauty?
The house's gathering of moss, lichen, and cracks,
which took fifty-five years to develop, is undeniably
irreplaceable. Bob Anshen built the house from clear
heart redwood so that the house would not rot, rather
age as the forest around it aged. The idea was for the
house and the landscape to become one. The
varnished beams, jutting out like praying mantis legs,
present the owner with a maintenance problem, but exist
to bring the inside of the house to the outside. The
house, then, does more then blend into nature. The
house embellishes the forest by exposing the beauty
hidden within the tree and placing it alongside the bark
and leaves. What do you think?
or bring back the original ? The English philosopher
David Hume, wrote, "Beauty in things exists in the mind
which contemplates them." So the question at hand is,
do the ravages of time create blemishes or beauty?
The house's gathering of moss, lichen, and cracks,
which took fifty-five years to develop, is undeniably
irreplaceable. Bob Anshen built the house from clear
heart redwood so that the house would not rot, rather
age as the forest around it aged. The idea was for the
house and the landscape to become one. The
varnished beams, jutting out like praying mantis legs,
present the owner with a maintenance problem, but exist
to bring the inside of the house to the outside. The
house, then, does more then blend into nature. The
house embellishes the forest by exposing the beauty
hidden within the tree and placing it alongside the bark
and leaves. What do you think?
Washed of time, the old
solid redwood shines
through as it did in 1951.
In the end this won and
now the house glows
once again. The patina
will return if the wood is
left to the elements.
solid redwood shines
through as it did in 1951.
In the end this won and
now the house glows
once again. The patina
will return if the wood is
left to the elements.