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On Rooflines and Other Matters
Nov. 7th, 2007 08:14 amWhen I was just a wee little lad, I spent my spare time designing houses.
These were houses in the way that, say, a mansion of the rich and infamous that sprawls over Hollywood Hills might be called a utility shed.
I liked wings. Lots of them. And different levels. Not to mention waterfalls, pools, recording studios, movie theaters, gardens, grist mills, libraries, gaming rooms, and all kinds of other things - and that's just within the walls of the house itself.
This resulted in Rooflines. Many, and of various angles. Still with something of a Classical or at least Gothic architecture.
I would show them to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
patrixa, and she would smile and nod, or maybe ask where I would put storage closets or something useful I had forgotten.
I would show them to my dad, and he would say: do you know how many places that roof will leak? The water will pool up here and there and everywhere...
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My mom pointed out an article on the almost Suessian1 Stata Center building at MIT. Now, I remember discussing the building with my dad while they were still building it, and we both made jokes about how much it will leak, not to mention other design aspects. Clown College, he called it, as did other MIT faculty.
Apparently, surprise surprise (not at all, really), it leaks.
1: Almost Suessian - too many sharp edges. Suess rounded things, generally, and left them with a more organic look.
These were houses in the way that, say, a mansion of the rich and infamous that sprawls over Hollywood Hills might be called a utility shed.
I liked wings. Lots of them. And different levels. Not to mention waterfalls, pools, recording studios, movie theaters, gardens, grist mills, libraries, gaming rooms, and all kinds of other things - and that's just within the walls of the house itself.
This resulted in Rooflines. Many, and of various angles. Still with something of a Classical or at least Gothic architecture.
I would show them to
patrixa, and she would smile and nod, or maybe ask where I would put storage closets or something useful I had forgotten.I would show them to my dad, and he would say: do you know how many places that roof will leak? The water will pool up here and there and everywhere...
~ ~ ~
My mom pointed out an article on the almost Suessian1 Stata Center building at MIT. Now, I remember discussing the building with my dad while they were still building it, and we both made jokes about how much it will leak, not to mention other design aspects. Clown College, he called it, as did other MIT faculty.
Apparently, surprise surprise (not at all, really), it leaks.
1: Almost Suessian - too many sharp edges. Suess rounded things, generally, and left them with a more organic look.
