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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14208 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14208-design-vanguard-2009-min-day Squeezed onto a small plot of land adjacent to Lake Okoboji, this vacation house maximizes vistas of the lake at every turn while blocking views of neighboring houses. The idea was to create “a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore,” say the architects. On the ground floor, the kitchen and living room flow into a large communal space that expands toward the lake on the other side of a large glazed wall. Above the kitchen, a dramatic skylight ringed with opaque polycarbonate transom panels brings daylight into the heart of the two-story house. While the architects used a mostly white color palette for public spaces, they drenched bedrooms and bathrooms, the most private spaces in the house, in color. Photo © Paul Crosby Squeezed onto a small plot of land adjacent to Lake Okoboji, this vacation house maximizes vistas of the lake at every turn while blocking views of neighboring houses. The idea was to create “a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore,” say the architects. On the ground floor, the kitchen and living room flow into a large communal space that expands toward the lake on the other side of a large glazed wall. Above the kitchen, a dramatic skylight ringed with opaque polycarbonate transom panels brings daylight into the heart of the two-story house. While the architects used a mostly white color palette for public spaces, they drenched bedrooms and bathrooms, the most private spaces in the house, in color. Photo © Paul Crosby Squeezed onto a small plot of land adjacent to Lake Okoboji, this vacation house maximizes vistas of the lake at every turn while blocking views of neighboring houses. The idea was to create “a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore,” say the architects. On the ground floor, the kitchen and living room flow into a large communal space that expands toward the lake on the other side of a large glazed wall. Above the kitchen, a dramatic skylight ringed with opaque polycarbonate transom panels brings daylight into the heart of the two-story house. While the architects used a mostly white color palette for public spaces, they drenched bedrooms and bathrooms, the most private spaces in the house, in color. Photo © Paul Crosby Squeezed onto a small plot of land adjacent to Lake Okoboji, this vacation house maximizes vistas of the lake at every turn while blocking views of neighboring houses. The idea was to create “a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore,” say the architects. On the ground floor, the kitchen and living room flow into a large communal space that expands toward the lake on the other side of a large glazed wall. Above the kitchen, a dramatic skylight ringed with opaque polycarbonate transom panels brings daylight into the heart of the two-story house. While the architects used a mostly white color palette for public spaces, they drenched bedrooms and bathrooms, the most private spaces in the house, in color. Photo © Paul Crosby Squeezed onto a small plot of land adjacent to Lake Okoboji, this vacation house maximizes vistas of the lake at every turn while blocking views of neighboring houses. The idea was to create “a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore,” say the architects. On the ground floor, the kitchen and living room flow into a large communal space that expands toward the lake on the other side of a large glazed wall. Above the kitchen, a dramatic skylight ringed with opaque polycarbonate transom panels brings daylight into the heart of the two-story house. While the architects used a mostly white color palette for public spaces, they drenched bedrooms and bathrooms, the most private spaces in the house, in color. Photo © Paul Crosby For an organization founded in 1981 by artists, Min | Day did not want to create a static container for art, but rather a transmutable landscape within which art occurs. Their plan for the Bemis Center — designed in collaboration with FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) — stems from the ideology of contemporary art practice, which increasingly repudiates objecthood and fixed reference in favor of art that is open to many meanings and experiences. In addition to the landscape-driven master plan, Min | Day proposed a design for the Okada Ceramics & Sculpture Facility, which will contain a studio space with kilns, a ceramics archive, and a large performance space. Image courtesy Min | Day For an organization founded in 1981 by artists, Min | Day did not want to create a static container for art, but rather a transmutable landscape within which art occurs. Their plan for the Bemis Center — designed in collaboration with FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) — stems from the ideology of contemporary art practice, which increasingly repudiates objecthood and fixed reference in favor of art that is open to many meanings and experiences. In addition to the landscape-driven master plan, Min | Day proposed a design for the Okada Ceramics & Sculpture Facility, which will contain a studio space with kilns, a ceramics archive, and a large performance space. Image courtesy Min | Day For an organization founded in 1981 by artists, Min | Day did not want to create a static container for art, but rather a transmutable landscape within which art occurs. Their plan for the Bemis Center — designed in collaboration with FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) — stems from the ideology of contemporary art practice, which increasingly repudiates objecthood and fixed reference in favor of art that is open to many meanings and experiences. In addition to the landscape-driven master plan, Min | Day proposed a design for the Okada Ceramics & Sculpture Facility, which will contain a studio space with kilns, a ceramics archive, and a large performance space. Rendering courtesy Min | Day In collaboration with artists Leslie Iwai and Jamie Burmeister, Min | Day designed the surface treatment for a 1,000-foot-long and 18-foot-high retaining wall that runs along a flood-control plain between a park and the University of Nebraska. The team developed a system of stainless-steel tiles that will reflect changes in the sky, floodwater levels, and activity in the park. Inspired by the work of mathematician Roger Penrose, Min | Day devised a system that uses tiles of only two shapes to create a pattern that has a five-fold rotational symmetry but never repeats. Rendering courtesy Min | Day In collaboration with artists Leslie Iwai and Jamie Burmeister, Min | Day designed the surface treatment for a 1,000-foot-long and 18-foot-high retaining wall that runs along a flood-control plain between a park and the University of Nebraska. The team developed a system of stainless-steel tiles that will reflect changes in the sky, floodwater levels, and activity in the park. Inspired by the work of mathematician Roger Penrose, Min | Day devised a system that uses tiles of only two shapes to create a pattern that has a five-fold rotational symmetry but never repeats. Rendering courtesy Min | Day Part of a Slow Food Nation 2008 event, the Spirits Pavilion explored the emerging practices of sustainability and craftsmanship in today’s spirits industry. Min | Day designed an environment for sampling cocktails that alludes to the alchemical transformation of agricultural sources (such as grapes) into refined products (such as brandy). Colored strips on the floor and walls represent base spirits — whiskey, brandy, rum, vodka, gin, and tequila — and the ingredients they’re made from. Paper parasols reminiscent of cocktail umbrellas and clouds add a playful touch and help soften the lighting. Photo © Cesar Rubio Part of a Slow Food Nation 2008 event, the Spirits Pavilion explored the emerging practices of sustainability and craftsmanship in today’s spirits industry. Min | Day designed an environment for sampling cocktails that alludes to the alchemical transformation of agricultural sources (such as grapes) into refined products (such as brandy). Colored strips on the floor and walls represent base spirits — whiskey, brandy, rum, vodka, gin, and tequila — and the ingredients they’re made from. Paper parasols reminiscent of cocktail umbrellas and clouds add a playful touch and help soften the lighting. Photo © Cesar Rubio In 2003, Min | Day and FACT, a student-staffed design lab led by Jeff Day, began a long-term working relationship with Art Farm, a rural artist-in-residence program in Marquette. The architectural team designed an organizational infrastructure for an expansion of Art Farm over the next 10 years and renovations for salvaged structures that have been moved to the site from other farming communities. The most prominent public space will be the Red Barn Gallery, a salvaged structure with a modern white-walled interior that will display works produced by the Art Farm residents. The architects explain that their design “represents the juxtaposition of the vernacular, place-bound physicality with the abstraction of universal ‘white cube’ art-gallery space.” Rendering courtesy Min | Day In 2003, Min | Day and FACT, a student-staffed design lab led by Jeff Day, began a long-term working relationship with Art Farm, a rural artist-in-residence program in Marquette. The architectural team designed an organizational infrastructure for an expansion of Art Farm over the next 10 years and renovations for salvaged structures that have been moved to the site from other farming communities. The most prominent public space will be the Red Barn Gallery, a salvaged structure with a modern white-walled interior that will display works produced by the Art Farm residents. The architects explain that their design “represents the juxtaposition of the vernacular, place-bound physicality with the abstraction of universal ‘white cube’ art-gallery space.” Image courtesy Min | Day Set on the shore of Lake Okoboji in rural Iowa, this residence was conceived as a series of spatial sequences that flow into the lake beyond.

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