Joy

1.  I do find the Rick Joy’s use of materials and building form convincing.  In his desert houses Joy uses rusted steel as his material choice which fits in very well with the landscape.   And he is evidently not stuck on only using a certain material palette as seen in the Woodstock house.  Joy used stone and wood to allow the house to fit in very well with its landscape.  I also like the form of Loy’s projects.  Looking at the Tubac house, it is a very simplistic and unassuming form.  Joy’s projects imply to me that he is less concerned with eye-catching forms as he is with the details.  Generally Joy seems to not want to dominate the landscape with his projects and takes a subtle approach to creating simple and beautiful designs.

2.  I think the experiential characteristics of Joy’s projects are because of his fundamental basics.  Oddly enough it is often the most simplistic buildings which create the most memorable experiences.  Joy’s statement advocating “…simply doing a good job with the basics first” to ensure longevity in buildings is true in many ways and is in contrast with much of the typical building qualities.  It could be said that the first step to people caring for buildings as they age is to show that the building was cared for in its design.