Farmhouse in a hangar: NJ modern home creates a world within

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  • Опубліковано 13 сер 2016
  • When architect Adam Kalkin placed a huge airplane hangar over his 1880s New Jersey farmhouse, he hoped to gain space for his family while preserving the original clapboard cottage: “it’s kind of a ship in a bottle type of thing”.
    He also hoped to continue to reimagine our idea of home: his Push-Button Home is a pop-up house in a shipping container; and other Quik House is an affordable, rapidly-deployable shipping container home; Solar House is an A-frame of nothing but solar panels and shipping containers.
    With his “Bunny Lane” home, Kalkin assembled a conventional Butler aircraft hangar around the original small home, but that is only a part of the story. At one end of the 27-foot-high, 33-foot-wide space, Kalkin created a grid of nine rooms from concrete block. A kind of modern treehouse, this all-glass wall of rooms peers down on the original home and a small “piazza” or “town square”.
    “It’s got kind of an urban roofscape thing, I always like seeing roofs. You get that feeling as you get sometimes in New York… You know just because you’re in the country- I want to recall urban experiences- why can’t you recall urban experiences in a house in the country.”
    For Kalkin, the mix of materials and eras in one home is important. “I clearly have respect for old things, but I want to incorporate them into a dialogue with present, future, past. I’m just saying, ‘what’s your idea of a utopia?’ This isn’t necessarily what is historically considered a utopian house… but how do you create something that you can actually live in that doesn’t make you sad about looking backward? How do you build a presence in architecture, how do you build an eternal present? So this is a way of answering that question.”
    Adam's company Industrial Zombie (with a focus on shipping container architecture): www.inzombie.com
    Adam Kalkin: www.architectureandhygiene.com
    Original story: faircompanies.com/videos/farm...
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  • @Lwize
    @Lwize 7 років тому +145

    Interesting concept, but I'd add some sky lights. It seems pretty dark in there during the day.

  • @latishabrown801
    @latishabrown801 7 років тому +37

    The house feels like an art piece on display in a museum. Family life is the featured piece of the museum. It's brilliant.

  • @MissMarinaCapri
    @MissMarinaCapri 7 років тому +619

    It really can be interesting when you combine creative people with more money than they need.

    • @yupyup1562
      @yupyup1562 7 років тому +19

      Yes, I wonder how much it cost. I couldn't even guess.

    • @genericeric0102
      @genericeric0102 7 років тому +18

      the place is really neat but definitely out of my earned income

    • @GrowingDownUnder
      @GrowingDownUnder 7 років тому +10

      usually people sell their old house before buying a new house...and you gotta have enough money to build a 2nd house like this guy while keeping your old house

    • @MissMarinaCapri
      @MissMarinaCapri 7 років тому +4

      +loudwaters9 . Sure, why not, "and some weed ". ✌️🌎

    • @wslandry
      @wslandry 7 років тому +10

      Yes it's amazing what you can find outside of a big city to buy. I have a friend that I haven't been able to see in almost 5 years that build his home in an airplane hanger and it's beautiful! He is retired and about a 20 minute drive from the city.

  • @michaelottinger
    @michaelottinger 3 роки тому +19

    This is the greatest house I've ever seen in my life. I love every single thing about it.

  • @myakay1
    @myakay1 7 років тому +3

    He literally smashed together city life and country living... I applaud.

  • @mistertee5000
    @mistertee5000 7 років тому +27

    This is one of my favourite house concepts ever. I've always wanted to live in a warehouse with traditional comforts, but this is next level!

  • @sawsan7K
    @sawsan7K 7 років тому +274

    it feels like living in ikea

    • @johnchamy4918
      @johnchamy4918 3 роки тому

      lol xD

    • @aNaturalist
      @aNaturalist Рік тому

      Or.... like living in a Meow Wolf, particularly like the one in Santa Fe.

  • @yellowhammer3
    @yellowhammer3 7 років тому +329

    I feel like that old house is in a hostage situation

    • @irisireneful
      @irisireneful 7 років тому +10

      Exactly. I feel like it misses the earth.

    • @videoboy001
      @videoboy001 6 років тому +6

      I snorted when I read this. ha ha ha

    • @leoneranger9348
      @leoneranger9348 6 років тому +1

      😂 true!

    • @taisnicoletti4293
      @taisnicoletti4293 3 роки тому +10

      No breeze coming through the windows, that’s a bit sad and claustrophobic.

    • @nancydrew1965
      @nancydrew1965 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @philiq18
    @philiq18 7 років тому +109

    It honestly felt like being on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film "Rear Window".

    • @kirstendirksen
      @kirstendirksen  7 років тому +25

      We talked about that. Adam said he was definitely inspired by "Rear Window".

    • @philiq18
      @philiq18 7 років тому +2

      Kirsten Dirksen I definitely got that vibe! lol that's funny. Thanks for the feature. Stellar content as always.

    • @stoianalin2407
      @stoianalin2407 7 років тому +1

      the best success that i've had was by using the Magic Container Plans (just google it) definately the most helpful course i've followed.

    • @dandygirl6
      @dandygirl6 7 років тому +4

      total film set material

    • @intrametaarchi1015
      @intrametaarchi1015 3 роки тому

      some kinky vibes detected

  • @mistertee5000
    @mistertee5000 7 років тому +26

    You build a present by building your life and environment exactly the way you feel they should be and with no compromise. Which is exactly what you've done here, I think.
    I've thought about this house so many times since first seeing this video months ago that it's now starting to pop up in my dreams...

  • @AURELIUSxx
    @AURELIUSxx 3 роки тому +15

    Around 20 years ago I read about this house in the Architectural Digest. I kept this special magazine all this time only cause of this creation and now I am able to see how it would be to live in it. I still want to build it and my wife still say no :(. Edit: yes, 19 years. It was 2001/no.5/Page 82/German edition

  • @thefrub
    @thefrub 3 роки тому +27

    When you buy a house from Amazon but it gets stuck in the warehouse

  • @RandyWornhole
    @RandyWornhole 7 років тому +9

    Absolutely love this, preserving the old house, making an outside living room with the old chimney stack, keeping the shape of the removed portion of the house in the wall of the new build, genius. Love the use of interior space, with the offices at one end, A brilliantly executed piece of architecture, feeling homely, spacious, technological, WOW.....absolutely love this.

  • @jukes243
    @jukes243 7 років тому +2

    Those kids seem happy. Plenty of room to roam. Very interesting dwelling. Thanks for sharing.

  • @martholben213
    @martholben213 7 років тому +22

    This is literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Feels like someone took my personality and built a home. Seriously brought tears to my eyes. Amazing

  • @jeng5757
    @jeng5757 7 років тому +227

    Dusting nightmare. Not only do you have to dust in the house, you have to dust the actual house.

    • @gewgulkansuhckitt9086
      @gewgulkansuhckitt9086 4 роки тому +11

      Open up the big hangar doors, secure all the loose paper, magazines, etc. and use a leaf blower to dust with.

    • @onatarabandrui8375
      @onatarabandrui8375 2 роки тому +1

      @@gewgulkansuhckitt9086 That only stirs everything up and then it settles back down.

  • @clenaghen123
    @clenaghen123 7 років тому +44

    Wow,,, this is the best house I have seen yet! it has something for everyone,,,, I could see using the inside without the house and making little apartment style rooms for family and friends.....

    • @yupyup1562
      @yupyup1562 7 років тому +8

      Super idea. Reminds me of the Bible verse: "...In My Father's house are many mansions."

    • @RenegadeTimes
      @RenegadeTimes 7 років тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing. I love this concept.

    • @stellabella5269
      @stellabella5269 7 років тому

      +yupyup1562 Yes! ☺

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 7 років тому +1

      ikr. it consists of it all, it seems. i just wanted to see more of everything. thats so creative. its like being outside & inside. closed off, or open. this house, the other, or both tonight? They Still manage to seem close, & the kids seem happy. That's cute.
      if i watch enough of these things maybe ill slowly learn and gather up ideas myself... prob not though. i dont like watching the works, just the final products 😶

    • @rosebud7283
      @rosebud7283 3 роки тому +1

      Have you seen the house inside a greenhouse! Now, that's really cool, because they grow Everything in the house, the green beans look like that rope! It's a real treasure, jack n the beanstalk!

  • @tongresa77
    @tongresa77 7 років тому +10

    It's like a city, hotel, and museum all in one. Amazing!

  • @latishabrown801
    @latishabrown801 7 років тому +67

    Love, Love, Love, Love, Love. Kirsten you did it again, you found something absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

    • @espenjohansen8074
      @espenjohansen8074 7 років тому +3

      how is a dark hangar wonderful?

    • @latishabrown801
      @latishabrown801 7 років тому +3

      +EspenJ I made 2 other comments, find them & you'll have your answer. OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES, EVERYBODY HAS ONE & HOW I FEEL IS MY OPINION.

    • @latishabrown801
      @latishabrown801 7 років тому +4

      +EspenJ I'm not forcing you to like it, I don't care so don't care about my opinion so much.

    • @espenjohansen8074
      @espenjohansen8074 7 років тому +3

      fair enough ;)

    • @53Peterbilt
      @53Peterbilt 7 років тому +2

      I'm sure that Adam carefully considered the correct window placements and design layout to optimize the incoming sun and views to leave you with a sense of openness and light. Not at all dark.

  • @thegodnumber4854
    @thegodnumber4854 7 років тому +274

    I'd rather just convert the entire hangar into an open loft.

  • @astraholmes8751
    @astraholmes8751 7 років тому +9

    Have loved this building for years, thank you so much for getting us all a tour. Great to see more than just photos.

  • @NoProb4Rob
    @NoProb4Rob 7 років тому +11

    That was beautiful. Adam has a fascinating way of interpreting life.

  • @bldgbloks
    @bldgbloks 3 роки тому +80

    The whole showing of this house is overshadowed by his “you know”

    • @korswe
      @korswe 3 роки тому

      I don’t know “just saying.”

    • @leevy6753
      @leevy6753 3 роки тому +1

      I was catching the extreme amount if "you know" until I read your comment. Now thats all i can here

  • @bradleypayne2495
    @bradleypayne2495 7 років тому +2

    You have to admit, love it or hate it, this is epic.

  • @mariakilson5851
    @mariakilson5851 3 роки тому +18

    It's so dark inside the house. There's no light coming in. Even during the day they have to have all the lights on. Ant the air circulation must be a nightmare.

    • @-Anjel
      @-Anjel 3 роки тому +3

      It's not as dark as it seems. It looks dark because of the camera settings. You can see that parts of the frame have been overexposed, meaning they've had to adjust the settings so that those areas aren't completely pure white. It has two walls completely of glass, then two walls with a lot of glass, and the part of the old building connected to the new is completely glass . The building is a lot more brighter than it seems in this, it seems dark because of all the natural light.

  • @yisto4693
    @yisto4693 7 років тому +2

    I had a childhood friend whose parents built their own home and this gave me that same feeling. The smooth concrete floors, spiral stairs, ability to look down on an enclosed area like that. Plus the modern and traditional mixing since he had a converted barn mixed with modern architecture and glass windows just like this. Made me appreciate the feeling and atmosphere all that stuff creates when it's together.

  • @ShaggyMummy
    @ShaggyMummy 7 років тому +15

    I absolutely love the individual look of the prefab hangar

    • @Flirri
      @Flirri 6 років тому

      I really like the house shaped window on the side. I wish they had been able to add more touches like that.

  • @Kandinicolespeaks
    @Kandinicolespeaks 5 років тому +1

    This would be an perfect home. I like the feeling of being out doors but hate dealing with the elements I would sit in that open area and read all day!

  • @WhyNot-zr5kl
    @WhyNot-zr5kl 7 років тому +2

    Just awesome and wonderful. To be able to think about the routine and then reconstruct it in a way that delights you, not worried about what others think. Loved it.

  • @ChristopherSeth
    @ChristopherSeth 7 років тому +31

    "The idea you have to choose is a false choice" right on.

    • @cherylsmith4868
      @cherylsmith4868 3 роки тому +1

      Well thats a money 💰 question...if you have enough you have more choice than if you have none

    • @chapterrv
      @chapterrv 3 роки тому

      I felt that

  • @speedbump0619
    @speedbump0619 7 років тому +3

    This feels like how the 1950's thought living in space would be. Giant surrounding structure imposed over a little piece of suburban homeyness. Surreal

  • @mg2294
    @mg2294 7 років тому +2

    I Gotta say it again, I just love this home and idea.... Coolest home I have ever seen. Obsessed, can not quit thinking about it. Thank You so much for sharing!

  • @bluzshadez
    @bluzshadez 7 років тому +1

    I saw this house featured on Extreme Homes more than a decade ago. But I like how the house tour was very personal. Your video is awesome!

  • @tamitng
    @tamitng 7 років тому +2

    Well...I love it! I love that I can see so many different types of housing and living conditions on this channel. Kirsten, you are great at what you do, obviously you love it!

  • @axcvilla
    @axcvilla 7 років тому +1

    I felt a little like looking into a dollhouse. So fantastical. LOVE it. What a wonderful space to live in. I am obsessed with the waxed concrete flooring... LOVE LOVE this.

  • @esratemel
    @esratemel 7 років тому +2

    My heart started beating faster and faster as I watched it!omg what a creativity!

  • @beautybycouture
    @beautybycouture 7 років тому +3

    By far my favorite dwelling on your channel. Thank you for sharing!

  • @djburland
    @djburland 2 роки тому

    An amazing inventive way of preserving and expanding

  • @SHEDquarters101
    @SHEDquarters101 7 років тому +14

    Definitely different and it like he said everyone has to build there own utopia. Do and live where/with what makes you happy. Period!

  • @AprilleShepherd
    @AprilleShepherd 7 років тому +37

    I think it would be interesting as a home base for an RVer. Come and go, park your RV in the hangar and live in it (out of it), have a garden/greenhouse, run it all on solar. It does not have to as fancy as this, buy one of those metal utility buildings big enough for a "Class A" RV, your towed car and your e-bikes.

    • @nicolasboullosa
      @nicolasboullosa 7 років тому +2

      Interesting concept indeed, specially if we are talking about affordable, unincorpored type of land, where permits-zoning shouldn't be an issue.

    • @AprilleShepherd
      @AprilleShepherd 7 років тому

      Agreed ;)

    • @TheWarrrenator
      @TheWarrrenator 7 років тому +1

      Now THAT makes sense in this context!

    • @AprilleShepherd
      @AprilleShepherd 7 років тому

      ;)

    • @ronsmith1364
      @ronsmith1364 7 років тому +2

      They have those already. Although, you park (under a covered carport) next to it and 'shift' over to the house.
      I want country land with a Quonset hut on it. Then put the yurt inside.

  • @Marilinaa
    @Marilinaa 7 років тому +1

    So inspiring and thoughtfully designed. I love this! What a great place for kids to grow up.

  • @fudogwhisperer3590
    @fudogwhisperer3590 7 років тому +4

    This has been an idea of mine for a long time...........sweet to see someone has actually done it!

  • @cathiiannii
    @cathiiannii 7 років тому +3

    Such an interesting place! Safe,roomy,nature plus comfort! No sense of confinement in bad weather!

  • @lredding9890
    @lredding9890 7 років тому +2

    I really appreciate you filming this house! I've seen this in a book ... I think 2 or 3 years ago. I wanted more details. It has practically haunted me because it comes to mind often. Thank you, both to the filming crew for making it and the family for opening up and sharing.

  • @CCWIWB
    @CCWIWB 7 років тому +4

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️ OMG!! I want this house! And everything in it😊😊

  • @NimN0ms
    @NimN0ms 7 років тому +3

    This was amazing! Thanks for making this video!

  • @SRKIMMIE
    @SRKIMMIE 6 років тому

    OHMYGOSH!!!! A real life doll house! How brilliant!

  • @kuroholic
    @kuroholic 7 років тому +1

    that 3x3 square rooms are AMAZING. the WHOLE place is AMAZING

  • @Rimrock300
    @Rimrock300 5 років тому +7

    "The bank said they where going to take the house. No way I will let that happen, I will just put it inside a hanger and lock the door, they will never find it!!'

  • @joycehamilton698
    @joycehamilton698 7 років тому +1

    I really like this cos I get bored with layout of my home and keep changing things around. The possibilities in this home are endless.......never get bored!

  • @GAS.MASK1
    @GAS.MASK1 Рік тому

    Very straight forward and minimal yet extra and comfortable
    Very wholesome

  • @53Peterbilt
    @53Peterbilt 7 років тому +1

    Wonderful & creative!!!

  • @trillytrap
    @trillytrap 7 років тому +252

    "You know.."

    • @YourOwnAdventure
      @YourOwnAdventure 7 років тому +10

      thinking the same thing, you know.

    • @allenw9746
      @allenw9746 7 років тому +10

      i really don't know

    • @Proutprutproutprout
      @Proutprutproutprout 7 років тому +9

      Damn you. I hadn't noticed now its the only thing I hear, you know...

    • @Mkungaa
      @Mkungaa 7 років тому +12

      You know, project is really cool. But, you know, that guy says too much "you know". And it's kinda annoying, you know.

    • @3gmom408
      @3gmom408 7 років тому +11

      I know I know

  • @emme6055
    @emme6055 3 роки тому

    I love it. Eclectic, functional, coloring outside the lines

  • @johnrgmcmenamin
    @johnrgmcmenamin 7 років тому

    I love your videos and have learned so much over the years from watching them. Thank you for sharing this house. It is particularly unique!!
    Be well,
    JRGM

  • @tamykapolk78
    @tamykapolk78 7 років тому +2

    OMG!!!! I would sooooo love this! This is great!

  • @MrTidx90
    @MrTidx90 7 років тому +1

    Ive always wanted more info on Bunny Lane!!! Thank You Kirsten!!

  • @bethaniejify
    @bethaniejify 3 роки тому

    I’ve seen this before, but watched again because it came up and I’d forgotten how fantastic it was.

  • @jamessa0804
    @jamessa0804 7 років тому +2

    This is by far one of the most interesting use of space.

  • @DaveonTap
    @DaveonTap 3 роки тому

    Now that's fulfilling dream. Beautiful!

  • @blastshieldaddiction
    @blastshieldaddiction 7 років тому +3

    This was totally my idea a few years ago. Not that I'm saying it was an original idea, or that I posses ownership, but I was walking through a big box store and I told the person I was with "you could build a house in here and it would last for ever".

  • @mg2294
    @mg2294 7 років тому

    This is officially my New Dream Home. Amazing!!! I'm obsessed!

  • @Mike-oj9mo
    @Mike-oj9mo 7 років тому +4

    What a amazingly wacky place! I love it haha

  • @JAchica11
    @JAchica11 7 років тому +5

    That's a nice, innovative home! 👍🏽

  • @lisajames7215
    @lisajames7215 3 роки тому +1

    Love the home as workshop idea!! Gives endless promts and inspo for the occupants to linger and tinker. Add a giant plantscape wall or even a rock climbing zone somewhere inside the zone and it would be epic!!

  • @irisireneful
    @irisireneful 7 років тому +42

    I always feel bad for ships in the bottle.

  • @donnytucker
    @donnytucker 7 років тому +2

    I love the outdoor/indoor concept. That works well for hot humid climates.

  • @JannatulFerdous-yx5bv
    @JannatulFerdous-yx5bv 6 років тому

    Very lovely house, and a wise thought to preserve history, like to see more of its architecture.

  • @facelessoslo2743
    @facelessoslo2743 7 років тому +7

    I love these videos!

  • @zoyazosya
    @zoyazosya 2 роки тому

    Creativity never cease to surprise me! Great idea, to have your very own piazza!

  • @misterosc
    @misterosc 7 років тому +1

    This is a really really interesting concept, thanks for sharing!

  • @KimberlyRSWorld
    @KimberlyRSWorld 5 років тому +1

    I saw this on Netflix's Amazing Interiors and I was SO IN LOVE I had to research more about it! It's SOOOO AWESOME AND CREATIVE.

  • @keiranbowes1979
    @keiranbowes1979 7 років тому +96

    Thats literally the best house ive seen in my life.

    • @espenjohansen8074
      @espenjohansen8074 7 років тому +19

      you should get out more

    • @MO-hq9vs
      @MO-hq9vs 7 років тому +1

      my thought exactly haha

    • @mondugibaby
      @mondugibaby 7 років тому

      +EspenJ haha well said :)

    • @keiranbowes1979
      @keiranbowes1979 7 років тому +11

      Well I don't think I've had a hard life, I've never had much money I just love the design

    • @mondugibaby
      @mondugibaby 7 років тому

      keiran bowes fair enough. we all have different tastes

  • @niknabeelah7084
    @niknabeelah7084 3 роки тому

    Such a huge space with comfy nooks for privacy but others are so open. Cool.

  • @_innerpeacekeeper
    @_innerpeacekeeper 7 років тому +2

    This is so fascinating to me! I love it! I think I either like small spaces or massive ones like this!

  • @kuroholic
    @kuroholic 7 років тому

    just the opening shot of the windows got me hooked already

  • @queenbilquis8167
    @queenbilquis8167 7 років тому +2

    SMART MAN...EXCELLENT JOB!! BEAUTIFUL HOME SWEET HOME....;)

  • @AdNG1
    @AdNG1 7 років тому +1

    this is the most amazing thing ever. I would love a structure like that

  • @N2LADIES55
    @N2LADIES55 7 років тому +3

    This is so insane that it's brilliant!

  • @tonytaylor4147
    @tonytaylor4147 7 років тому +1

    Never thought of that idea. Love it!

  • @craigduddles5650
    @craigduddles5650 3 роки тому

    Love this. An original!

  • @DERRICKLEONIDAS365
    @DERRICKLEONIDAS365 Рік тому

    THIS IS SPEACIAL! I LIKE THIS HOME ALOT!

  • @tinasilverman3250
    @tinasilverman3250 6 років тому +1

    That is the coolest house I have ever seen!

  • @TheWolfeFam
    @TheWolfeFam 7 років тому +7

    Coolest house I've ever seen!

  • @hismajesty40
    @hismajesty40 3 роки тому

    Love your work!

  • @melindaoa8668
    @melindaoa8668 7 років тому +1

    How interesting and beautiful...tfs!

  • @sallysassa
    @sallysassa 7 років тому +5

    Pure genius - I would move in there in a moment.

  • @dorischu5597
    @dorischu5597 7 років тому

    Great idea! Brilliant idea!

  • @copyright1982
    @copyright1982 7 років тому +1

    I had a very similar idea for a living space (only, in a warehouse in a city, so you'd get a cottage AND be in a prime location.) Exciting that someone actually did it. Magnificent!

  • @angiekrajewski6419
    @angiekrajewski6419 6 років тому

    Very intelligent to do it .,am thinking about bad weather.,and a very hot days...love this!!

  • @wwaxwork
    @wwaxwork 7 років тому +1

    Wow very interesting house. Not sure if I could live there but I love some of the ideas. Love the dining room in the old carport.

  • @clairehartney7525
    @clairehartney7525 7 років тому +1

    This reminds me of a dolls house. When you are in the hanger bit looking down on the old house is like the outside of the dolls house. Then at the front of the hanger all the rooms are exposed for you to see and with no doors is like the bit when you open the front of the dolls house. Quite surreal!

  • @brandonryan1218
    @brandonryan1218 3 роки тому

    Looks like a great place to raise a family. Everyone has there space and is still safe and accounted for.

  • @jp.dubois
    @jp.dubois 7 років тому

    Love this idea, great video as usual, thank you.

  • @theangelwearsprana1869
    @theangelwearsprana1869 2 роки тому

    This is incredible! 😯

  • @fromatic2
    @fromatic2 7 років тому +1

    that was the bomb thanks for sharing

  • @doeeyes394
    @doeeyes394 7 років тому

    What an incredible concept. 😉

  • @xMrStrongCockx
    @xMrStrongCockx 7 років тому +26

    Imagine being born into that family...wealth, intelligence and open minded parents! its like winning the lottery!

  • @77Tadams
    @77Tadams 7 років тому +2

    That is beautiful and dream like, I love it.

  • @elkshed
    @elkshed 7 років тому +4

    Damn that would look beautiful in the winter