The Brain - olson kundig project

"The Brain is a 14,280 cubic-foot cinematic laboratory where the client, a filmmaker, can work out ideas. Physically, that neighborhood birthplace of invention, the garage, provides the conceptual model. The form is essentially a cast-in-place concrete box, intended to be a strong yet neutral background that provides complete flexibility to adapt the space at will. Inserted into the box along the north wall is a steel mezzanine. All interior structures are made using raw, hot-rolled steel sheets."









This bizarre, seemingly too-goo-to-be-true building has made me an immediate fan of Olson Kundig, who I'd never heard of until about 3 minutes ago. I fell in love with the enormous mullion windows, then the wall-climbing shelves of books, and finally the beautiful piano in the center of the sparsely furnished yet awe-inspiring room. There is no hope for me. I will never be satisfied until I, too, have something like this.