Formally the project responds to the idea of collapsing time. The social and private masses spiral into each other, forming a central reflecting space.
The Parti shows the use of the spirals geometry to form discreet entrances to the home.
This diagram illustrates the promenade through the social space. Greeting, working, eating, and lounging, ultimately revealing the reflection space, should a guest be invited that far into the house. The private space separates itself and focuses on calm rest and repose.
The plan is a formalization of these promenades
Here the plan is seen with greater depth.
The Social space remains flexible by incorporating modular furniture
Modular Dining elements nest underneath the kitchen countertop, offering the flexibility to dine intimately as a nuclear family, or en masse for large multi-generational events.
Modular Lounging elements offer the ability to host roundtable discussions, card games, and even the unexpected or temporary overnight guest.
Serving as sofa, ottoman, and bed.
Returning to the swept earth tradition, the home is shown here in the Winter, in its closed hosting state.
Here in the Spring, partially opened.
And ultimately in the Summer, completely open for movement from site corner to site corner, with dining pushed to the exterior
This axon shows the hollow and flexible social space in stark contrast with the compartmentalized private spaces.
Sectionally the reflection space, which I have named the ancestral well serves as a constant mediator between social and private. A space that offers inhabitants the opportunity to pass down familial and oral history
As well as find solitude, while allowing the daily life of the house to continue around it.
The elevations show the well as the one constant form in the Home, shrouded at different levels by the constantly moving roof forms.
Now I will show a few renderings of this dynamic relationship.
This rendering illustrates the discreet entrance sequence
Here we see the project illuminated
And here we see the well serving as a beacon, always giving the inhabitants a reference point for home.
Next, I will show you the social space in sequence. From workspace through the ultimate revelation of the ancestral well to reputable guests.
Finally, the Ancestral well, the most venerable space of the house, shown in use. Projecting pictures of ancestors and family history onto its surfaces, in order to pass down generational history and collapse time through cosmological kindred connection.
Finally, the Ancestral well, the most venerable space of the house, shown in use. Projecting pictures of ancestors and family history onto its surfaces, in order to pass down generational history and collapse time through cosmological kindred connection.
