It would be all too simple to mock this almost certainly self-designed and built extension, extraordinary in it's proportions, and by all conventional measures an ugly thing; but I think there are a couple of things in it's favour. When passing it, it gives a fleeting, jolting, impression of being a 1950s-style earth-invader (a Quadropod?), with its long tentacles and scaly finish. In its homemade DIY-ness, and blatant refusal of the off-the-shelf, it is an example of almost punk-suburb architecture and what might be termed Folk Suburban Brut. Memories of passing it becomes the material of Folk Suburb.
Oh God, I love that sort of thing! In my Utopian suburb, everybody would be doing it. You'd lose the novelty, but the bigger picture would be something to marvel at. Imagine if the people who build those extensions got together with the garden railway types, and started connecting their houses up with bridges etc. Take the miniature railway to school over roofs and through back gardens...
ReplyDeleteLooks like someone added on a porte cochere. Its usually meant as a covered place for passengers to exit vehicles near the front door of homes.
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