House Within a House
LAYERED LIVING
1ft
10ft
5ft
Third Floor
MASTERBATH DOWN
BEDROOM
LIBRARY
DOWN
UP OPEN DOWN
Second Floor
ART STUDIO
LAUDRY
LIVING ROOM
First Floor
UP
PANTRY KITCHEN
LIVING ROOM
PLANS COLOR/MATERIAL PALET Master Bath
Bed Room
Art Studio
Library
Kitchen Living Room
Tranverse 1ft
10ft
5ft
Master Bath
1ft
10ft
5ft
Art Studio
KITCHEN
Library
Bathroom
ZEN GARDEN/SPA
MECHANICAL ROOM Living Room
Fourth Floor ZEN/ROOF GARDEN
Longitudinal
APARTMENTS/ LOFTS
SECTIONS
Third Floor
LIBRARY
APARTMENTS/ LOFTS ZEN GARDEN
Second Floor
APARTMENTS/ LOFTS
ZEN GARDEN YOGA STUDIO
First Floor
APARTMENTS/ LOFTS
Basement EVENT/VENUE SPACE RESTAURANT BAR JAZZ BAR CIGAR BAR
RESTAURANT TABLE SPACE
Sub-Basement
PROGRAM The concept of this design began with the idea of a city within a building. The feeling of the city was done through the interior by mixing many different styles and sizes of apartments within the Guildhaas building. Further more, this variety of styles and sizes of apartments was explored through an idea of layering. Since the structure and floors are intact and defined, it’s possible for an apartment to occupy different areas on each floor, for an alternative way of stacking different floors of an apartment. This gives the building a feeling of variety and transience, that is apparent in cities. This apartment specifically explored the vertical space, and possibilities. My client prefers smaller spaces, so I created a series of smaller spaces on each floor. Rather than a larger space on one level divded by walls and consisting of hallways. Each floor in its self has a different purpose. The more narrow horizonal feeling of the apartment, mixed with the long vertical space, gives the space a townhouse feeling. This returns to the original concept of the building. A mixture of apartment styled and townhouse styled apartments would give the interior of the Guildhaas an electic city with in a building feeling.
BEDROOM
MASTER BATH
ART STUDIO
Annie Chen
Unviersity of Cincinnati: DAAP School of Architecture and Interior Design Guildhaas