<![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:38:01 EDT Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:38:01 EDT http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4943103 now optimus prime has a reason to gawk! his own transforming house!

dasnake

]]> 4:371814:c4943103 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:38:01 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4917297 @mordennight: it's for a crippled dude. if i was crippled, i would dig a house like that!

guyin916

]]> 4:371814:c4917297 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:53:32 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4913193 I would not want to live there. That elevator platform thing was WAY too slow. In the time it took to from the first floor to the second I could have walked from the first to the third and back again by stairs.

mordennight

]]> 4:371814:c4913193 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:04:26 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4906151 i would say this is more like some sort of sherlock holmes style in the 21st century. it's looks too antique to be worthy of iron man, batman, or optimus.

guyin916

]]> 4:371814:c4906151 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:53 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4898326 @golferal:
Meh.....
It is what it is. JUST SAYIN.....

It was a joke not a typo. Almost getting to the "will it blend" stage....



Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4898326 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:48:19 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4896503 Hey, neat, I can go into the computer room....

And close the wall behind me!

Nobody else even has to know this room exists!

Such privacy!

"The power's out, I'm gonna go get some candles. Where are you??"

cyborgtroy

]]> 4:371814:c4896503 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:31:45 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4895256 You spent all this money JUST to look up the cleaning lady's skirt?!.....Dude, at least get ANOTHER cleaning lady!!!

CaliforniaKid

]]> 4:371814:c4895256 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:29:31 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4894318 Personally, I would demand Star Wars speed moving partitions rather than this slow mo. It's a real sci-fi home just like an old sci-fi movie, the TV is a round tube and it's connected to a tape device, I believe they were called VCR's.

fluf

]]> 4:371814:c4894318 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:45:02 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4893931 Amasing house, I would HATE to see, or have to deal with the power bill.

skilled1

]]> 4:371814:c4893931 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:02:10 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4891922 @ccttn:
Not only do Giz readers know how to read, but many of us can type properly and spell, which is more than can be said of you.

Fascinating house.


Sora57

]]> 4:371814:c4891922 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:58:48 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4889844 @Out2gtcha: Is this another one of those "TFSU" type things? If so, my bad....

golferal

]]> 4:371814:c4889844 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:12:41 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4889239 Seems more like an overwired house and too many elevators. Definitly not a transforming house. If it "transformed" it would use existing space in a new way like a staircase becoming an entertainment center, or an office space turning into the bedroom. Basically the same area with slight effort is can be used for completely different purposes.

kingdom2000

]]> 4:371814:c4889239 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:32:30 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4888007 Are you saying something relevant or hiding/shielding yourself from the light by slinking to th eback of your cave? Are you saying that you read, is that it? But seriously, the works impressive and already nearing obsolescence. Oh, and I appreciate the thoroughness of your critique.

ccttn

]]> 4:371814:c4888007 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:14:25 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4887412 One way you can scare the hell out of the cleaning lady is to not tell her that it is a shape-shifting house.. every week you simply change the shape of the house and she'll start to think shes stroking or has dimensia!

Mith

]]> 4:371814:c4887412 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:49:01 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4887377 I need the house that can transform into an autobot.. then I will be happy!

Mith

]]> 4:371814:c4887377 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:47:39 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4887223 Reminds me of King Ludwig II's dining table at Schloss Linderhof...and that was built in 1874!

otto_bahn

]]> 4:371814:c4887223 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:41:18 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4887109 @ParJoe: Well, the house itself is a huge gadget to me. I found interesting the way Ila and Louise presented it.

This is a problem that happens to all technology: how they age, how you maintain them, how you keep them clean. The same thing that made me ask how dirty and gross your tech gear gets.

Jesus Diaz

]]> 4:371814:c4887109 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:36:55 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886826 John Roebling here.

It does look kinda kool.

Definitely not safe for the pets, though. Or the kids.

Or when stuff breaks down... that would suck...

ideaman2020

]]> 4:371814:c4886826 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:26:25 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886407 Reminds me of King Ludwig II's dining table in Schloss Linderhof...and that was built in 1874!

[en.wikipedia.org]

otto_bahn

]]> 4:371814:c4886407 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:10:10 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886320 'Tis on the tip of my tounge, but I can't place it...

House_That_Gloria_Vanderbilt

]]> 4:371814:c4886320 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:06:57 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886234 Anyone know what song that is in the background?

House_That_Gloria_Vanderbilt

]]> 4:371814:c4886234 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:04:25 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886198 @golferal:

FFS, It really does get old having to explain previous jokes to people:

[gizmodo.com]

Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4886198 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:02:59 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886191 "Open the door!"
"I can't the wall's stuck!"
"Go through the window!"
"*Cough* it's too small, I'm gonna die!"

hammertime1994

]]> 4:371814:c4886191 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:02:42 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4886089 @ccttn:

If you're going to pretend you're an intellectual you might want to spell "unincorporated" correctly.

Sora57

]]> 4:371814:c4886089 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:59:19 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4885403 @ccttn:

cave dwellers are underrated.

Sora57

]]> 4:371814:c4885403 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:38:51 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4885355 Rem Koolhaas also designed all of The Citadel's elevators in Mass Effect.

Way

]]> 4:371814:c4885355 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:37:12 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4885120 In fact, the entire video feels like it could have been directed by Kubrick himself.

ACDlite

]]> 4:371814:c4885120 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:29:38 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4885080 The wall with the TV and VCR slides away to reveal his large map illustrating his nafarious plan fro world domination!

Set to evil

]]> 4:371814:c4885080 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:17 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4885055 @Monty: That is EXACTLY what I thought. The music was eerily similar, and I think Kubrick would have liked the house a great deal.

ACDlite

]]> 4:371814:c4885055 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:27:27 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4884432 @ANoel: Also, it's 'MORON". Just sayin'.....

golferal

]]> 4:371814:c4884432 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:07:11 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4881445 Where can the movie be viewed?

ccttn

]]> 4:371814:c4881445 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:22:55 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4881407 Placing this degree of excellence in a position for cave dwellers to evaluate is something like giving a mirror to those without use of their pineal gland. For those that have vision, this is a private residence, probably in an unicorporated part of the Country where building inspections are optional as ther probably is/was no financing involved. From the viewers perspective the lifts and automation are slow, however one should save that judgement for when one has experienced riding these lifts. What the rider is actually seeing may be fantastic. Two things, do you think the lifts would move faster than the wheel chair rolls? And do you think a servant would be in a hurry relative to the speed of some one who is confined to a wheel chair, of which gives visual scale to the speed of automation in the home. Clearly, would one not say that the speed of automation in the home is about the speed of an automated wheelchair?!

Christopher B. Cotton
in Houston, Texas


ccttn

]]> 4:371814:c4881407 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:21:23 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4881260 @Tenno:
I admittedly laughed out loud a bit at that one.
Sorry Guadalupe, wherever U are.... :(



Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4881260 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:16:48 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4881022 Yeah I agree, fetch me a book Guadaluape!

AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Tenno

]]> 4:371814:c4881022 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:09:32 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4880932 To those looking for the LCDs and Kindles and wondering why there are VCRs and such oddities in the house, you unfortunately will have to spend some time researching this as it is not in the video, but in that old stuff called writing just below the video, notably in the first sentence:

"Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner-and former Russ Meyer script writer-Rem Koolhaas created ten years ago one of the most amazing houses in the planet: the Maison à Bordeaux."

iSee

]]> 4:371814:c4880932 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:06:52 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4880824 Very cool, although I don't like the hydraulic elements of the house, just the minimalist architecture. But yes, Batman would have a blast in there.

Art Gonzalez
Check my Squidoo Lens at: Quantum Knights

quantumknight

]]> 4:371814:c4880824 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:02 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4880242 Looks hydraulic to me...

keepr

]]> 4:371814:c4880242 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:43:12 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4880238 What they don't tell you is that the owner never had to use a wheelchair until he lost both of his legs below the knee when they were severed by his breakfast nook.

Gann

]]> 4:371814:c4880238 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:43:02 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879992 all of that crazy mad effort to hide the bulk of the mechanics behind the modules and they have wires hanging out of the TV enclosure_

and still not sure if it's Optimus Prime worthy_

uberfu

]]> 4:371814:c4879992 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:34:24 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879980 That house is awesome; too bad it couldn't be built (as is) in the US. No building inspector would allow anything as cool as that elevator without 4' guard rails. The fact that you could just fall through the floor at any moment only adds to its appeal.

Wireless Joe

]]> 4:371814:c4879980 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:34:07 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879910 it's a mechanical house imho..
Has a CRT TV. Where is the LCD?


flesh

]]> 4:371814:c4879910 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:31:38 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879771 ...I wonder if Leeloo is stuck in the autowash???

maier_m

]]> 4:371814:c4879771 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:26:55 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879578 Anyone can build something like that if you throw enough money at it. I'd love to see how much it cost to install heavy-duty motors to lift platforms. I'd also like to see how long those things function before the motor burns out (which is why this isn't very practical, unless your in a wheelchair and have no choice).

"your grounded, go to your room!"
"I can't, the wall is stuck in the closed position, remember?"

toyotaboy

]]> 4:371814:c4879578 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:21:22 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879570 @ANoel:


+ Watch video



Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4879570 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:21:02 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879560 It's a dangerous house! You can lose limbs...definately not kids safe.

Noobs-R-Us

]]> 4:371814:c4879560 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:20:42 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879471 Another fine example of the blimp bursting

[www.archphoto.it]

tonashideska

]]> 4:371814:c4879471 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:17:57 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879393 @Out2gtcha:
My God! You're Right, Number Two!
They layed "Shakespeare" out on the library floor
so that when Madame Guadalupe Acedo came back down, the hoist
de-e'd Shakespeare! Los cabrones!





ANoel

]]> 4:371814:c4879393 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:15:40 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879349 Anyone else notice the strangeness of the old school CRT TV, VCR and stacks of VHS cassettes in a house that looks like it is from 20 years in the future?

dabub

]]> 4:371814:c4879349 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:27 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4879284 Well, I guess he got a ton of money from that car accident.

Y2KGTP

]]> 4:371814:c4879284 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:12:53 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878973 Finally, you can have a James Bond-Villain hideout.

trippysmurf

]]> 4:371814:c4878973 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:02:22 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878915 So in the last part of the vid whats to keep someone on the same level as the camera from falling into the hole created when the level the maid was on raises to the floor above?

Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4878915 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:00:17 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878778 @ANoel:
Must be a "Shake" kind of day....


Out2gtcha

]]> 4:371814:c4878778 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:55:39 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878658 @ANoel: also missing an "e" in Shakespeare. lol

cylonite

]]> 4:371814:c4878658 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:52:25 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878555 that is awesome

redkamel

]]> 4:371814:c4878555 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:48:48 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878114 @ANoel:

it's "from" not "form" you MORAN!

ANoel

]]> 4:371814:c4878114 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:35:07 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878101 Just don't try getting anywhere in the house in a rush.

workingonyourinvoice

]]> 4:371814:c4878101 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:34:39 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878093 Is there a speed control for the lift Guadalupe is riding on? Sure seems mighty slow. Although it certainly appears strong enough to hold a lazy-boy where one could sit and do a little surfing on their laptop while going from the ground floor to the top floor.

apeguero

]]> 4:371814:c4878093 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:34:20 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878066 I know it's for a guy in a wheelchair, but all that stuff moves way too slow for me. I need to live in the Danger Room or something. Hey, that guy should design me a Danger Room house. Complete with Tiger Traps and Banana Peels On The Floor.

DeCerbo

]]> 4:371814:c4878066 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:33:19 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878052 "All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,..."

/Shakespear form As You Like It




ANoel

]]> 4:371814:c4878052 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:32:48 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4878032 At about 1:50 left in the video, there's a film-cameo by "Mon Oncle", a comedy about technologically charged lifestyles and the hilarity that ensues (with Jacques Tati, of course). The house in that movie is very much like this one, except this one.. works.

hanoixan

]]> 4:371814:c4878032 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:32:18 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877905 The elevator's ground floor is in a Jiffy Lube franchise.

Sora57

]]> 4:371814:c4877905 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:28:05 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877826 This would be such a fun house... until one of my idiot friends gets drunk and has his leg caught in a hydraulic lift.

SMG3er

]]> 4:371814:c4877826 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:24:43 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877719 Phenomena house, although I think I'd have to speed those lifts up a bit myself.

Jesus, I love the way you bring the interview back to the theme of gadgets by asking, "What equipment did you use for filming and editing?" too.

ParJoe

]]> 4:371814:c4877719 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:20:34 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877525 I could see myself having way too much fun with this...

Jimbuck

]]> 4:371814:c4877525 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:13:39 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877519 Metroplex may have finally found his soulmate

jaredgibbs

]]> 4:371814:c4877519 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:13:22 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877479 I don't know why but I think Gattaca when I see this.

dwight-schrute

]]> 4:371814:c4877479 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:11:41 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877461 LOVE the automated window/porthole....now if only they could detect flatulence to activate their motion....

eduardjm

]]> 4:371814:c4877461 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:11:03 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877446 Does everyone get a cool remote to move the floors or is it just for the cleaning lady?

forcetrainer

]]> 4:371814:c4877446 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:10:24 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877420 Such an amazingly modern marvel of a home, and yet a book case? Apparently he is not buying into the Amazon Kindle concept.

The video reminded me of 2001 .. if it had been filmed in a house on Earth.

Monty

]]> 4:371814:c4877420 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:09:20 EDT <![CDATA[Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, <i>and</i> Optimus Prime Combined]]> http://gizmodo.com/371814/koolhaas-transforming-house-is-worthy-of-iron-man-batman-and-optimus-prime-combined#c4877388 Where is the platform that ejects unwanted guests into the sky?

Mith

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