In response to designing a terrace house in The Netherlands for a traditional oil painter and a pianist, it was important to implement a strategy for an immersive sensory experience in the home to create an intimate living space with discernible spatial markers using all five senses for its occupants. The consideration of the surface tactility; the impact of sound reverberations in a space; the smell of nature and the effects of natural lighting cast against geometric shapes and translucent materials were implemented in the design in order to reconstruct a sensorial memory map for the occupants.
The effectiveness of the lighting and surface considerations of the home were demonstrated with a 1:20 section model of the terrace house.
Created alongside Yuzki Wang
MATERIAL studies
All models were created at 1:20 scale.
PIANO ROOM: Balsa, Paint, Boxboard, Grout, Corrugated board
OPEN LIVING ROOM TO COURTYARD: Balsa, Boxboard, Grout, Paint, Salt Rock, Cotton Fabric, Sponge, Dried Grass
ZEN GARDEN: Balsa, Paint, Salt Rocks, Dried Grass, Polypropylene
BEDROOM: Cotton Fabric, Balsa, Paint, Sponge, Grout, Corrugated Board
WINTERGARDEN OF THE MASTER BEDROOM: Boxboard, Grout, Polypropylene, Air-Drying Clay, Soil, Salt Rocks, Grass, Balsa, Paint
LOUVRES: Polypropylene, Balsa, Paint
First Row Left to Right:
Piano Room
Balsa, Paint, Boxboard, Grout, Corrugated board
Open Living Room to Courtyard
Balsa, Boxboard, Grout, Paint, Salt Rock, Cotton Fabric, Sponge, Dried Grass
Zen Garden
Balsa, Paint, Salt Rocks, Dried Grass, Polypropylene
Piano Room
Balsa, Paint, Boxboard, Grout, Corrugated board
Open Living Room to Courtyard
Balsa, Boxboard, Grout, Paint, Salt Rock, Cotton Fabric, Sponge, Dried Grass
Zen Garden
Balsa, Paint, Salt Rocks, Dried Grass, Polypropylene
Second Row Left to Right:
BEDROOM
Cotton Fabric, Balsa, Paint, Sponge, Grout, Corrugated Board
WINTERGARDEN OF THE MASTER BEDROOM
Boxboard, Grout, Polypropylene, Air-Drying Clay, Soil, Salt Rocks, Grass, Balsa, Paint
LOUVRES
Polypropylene, Balsa, Pain
BEDROOM
Cotton Fabric, Balsa, Paint, Sponge, Grout, Corrugated Board
WINTERGARDEN OF THE MASTER BEDROOM
Boxboard, Grout, Polypropylene, Air-Drying Clay, Soil, Salt Rocks, Grass, Balsa, Paint
LOUVRES
Polypropylene, Balsa, Pain
SITE STUDIES AND DRAWINGS
