Concept 4
Again, this next design concept was based upon having a strong curvilinear wall that essentially wraps and cocoons the habitable space providing privacy to the occupant whilst creating this sense of hard and soft and indifference. The interior space emerges from within the cocoon and the units are located across the face of the wall. An internal wall offset from the external skin forms the corridor that traverses around this curvilinear wall. This is a long and reasonably narrow space where the habitant must pass through in order to access the other units and also provides a place of reflection as you walk through the space (empty unit 7). By shifting the entire space up off the ground provides a sense of security for the habitant whilst also allowing them to watch from above what is happening around them from a distance. This was also indented to reflect my characters desire to forget the past whilst the solid heavy masonry wall is a constant reminder of what once was tying the space ‘back to earth’ so to speak and therefore back to reality. Once within the shell of the space the occupant is able to leave the past behind...