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| A Compact Home Office With Something Extra: It’s Also a Train | A Compact Home Office With Something Extra: It’s Also a Train |
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| When it’s time for Lou Maxon to commute to work, he never has to worry about missing his train. Why? His office is the train. | When it’s time for Lou Maxon to commute to work, he never has to worry about missing his train. Why? His office is the train. |
| When Mr. Maxon steps inside and pulls a lever, the entire two-story structure pulls away from his house in Carnation, Wash., and rolls down a 110-foot-long track — his own personal railroad. | When Mr. Maxon steps inside and pulls a lever, the entire two-story structure pulls away from his house in Carnation, Wash., and rolls down a 110-foot-long track — his own personal railroad. |
| “There’s a detachment to literally leaving the house,” said Mr. Maxon, 48, a creative director who has worked in branding and marketing for clients including Lexus, Microsoft and Lego, and who previously had a connected home office where he struggled with distractions. | “There’s a detachment to literally leaving the house,” said Mr. Maxon, 48, a creative director who has worked in branding and marketing for clients including Lexus, Microsoft and Lego, and who previously had a connected home office where he struggled with distractions. |
| Beyond the peace and quiet, the mobility of the building allows him to take in inspiring views. “There are different moments along the rail,” he said. “If you take it halfway, that’s where our fire pit is. If you take it all the way out, you move from being open to being really in the woods, where the light is just different.” | Beyond the peace and quiet, the mobility of the building allows him to take in inspiring views. “There are different moments along the rail,” he said. “If you take it halfway, that’s where our fire pit is. If you take it all the way out, you move from being open to being really in the woods, where the light is just different.” |
| Built from weathering steel and glass, with a metal door finished in bright yellow automotive paint, the studio measures just under 300 square feet. It was designed by Tom Kundig, the architect who founded the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig. Known for its buildings with moving parts — from hand-cranked glass walls to camping huts mounted on enormous casters — the firm actually has a staff member with the job title of gizmologist: Phil Turner, who specializes in making some of Mr. Kundig’s more audacious ideas reality. |