ARCHITECTURE >>> Villa Metamorphosis par Ben Ryuki Miyagi
Placée prés du site mondialement connu de Woodstock, à peu près à 150 kilomètres au nord de New York.
La rénovation spectaculaire de la maison de 1960 par Ben Ryuki Miyagi emploie ce que l’architecte décrit comme » le Paysage de Mythologie Géométrique « et a été « conçu comme si une série d’objets mystérieux d’une planète inconnue a atterri sur ce paysage paisible avec une histoire à dire ».
Located near the world famous site of Woodstock, 100 miles north of New York City, Ben Ryuki Miyagi’s dramatic renovation of a 1960s home employs what the architect describes as ‘The Landscape of Geometric Mythology’ and was “designed as if a series of mysterious objects from (an) unknown planet have landed on this peaceful landscape with a story to tell”. There’s certainly unique architectural symbolism on show here, with more than a little Asian influence from the Japanese architect, and with additional structures surrounding the villa such as the ‘House of Solitude’, ‘Sky Mirror’, and ‘Tower Gate’, it’s clear that the landscape of the site as a whole is as important to the designer as the home itself. Challenging, unique and, well, frankly more than a little frightening, Villa Metamorphosis is a true one-off – and if you stumbled across this property on a pilgrimage to the famous site of Woodstock, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that acid is responsible for what you see before you….
