C AS E ST U DY B R I E F During COVID-19, I spent more time taking photo walks in unexplored neighborhoods and observed the homes. I noticed a series of undervalued qualities which create a house with a soul. I began to create a list of these details from what I experienced in no specific order.
A home should be a reflection of your lifestyle. A home should be a place where you feel secure. A home should have a relationship to the exterior landscape. A home should have views curated toward green. A home should be a tool of self expression. A home should experience cyclical change. A home should use the sun as a timeline of the day. A home should have an exterior relief space.
The investigation began with an analysis of the sequence of movement in the bedroom. The sequencing then is changed based on the heiiarchy of the function. The seven rows read: Bed > Loft > Window > Descend > Bathroom > Closet > Exit Bed > Roll > Bathroom > Window > Leave Bathroom > Closet > Exit Bed > Sink > Skylight > Ascend > Bathroom > Closet > Exit Bed > Window > Roll > Bathroom > Leave Bathroom > Closet > Descend Bed > Sprial > Window > Bathroom > Leave Bathroom > Closet > Work Bed > Loft > Skylight > Descend > Bathroom > Leave Bathroom > Work Bed > Roll > Closet > Bathroom > Leave Bathroom > Window > Exit
After the bedroom sequence matrix, study models were made to explore the aggregation of bedrooms organized around a bathroom. The study then began to incoporate the kitchen as the next destination following the bedroom sequence.
core
Following the study model series, a set of modular pieces were created to complete the whole program. The pieces are intentionally vauge in order to be fulfilled by a clients needs.
storage/work
kitchen/dinning
hobby
catwalk
bathroom
relax/entertain
garage
outside
sleep
courtyard
circulation
deck/patio
ladder
hall
gable
shed
saltbox
square
rectangle
narrow
gallery
double gallery
windows
roofs
stair
sliding
double sliding
double
kitchens
tall
gallery w/ island
L shape
U shape
shape w/ gallery
shape w/ island
double split
pierson house screenplay
The modular system required a client with a narrative and an exclusive way of life to create a case study house. Four screenplays were wrote to explore the dynamic of the Piersons. Each story (range of 6-10 pgs) follow one day of each season to explore how the house would function with different weather and yearly events. The dynamic of the Piersons follow a pair of brothers who are cousins and have ecentric hobbies. ANSEL: Brother to GALILEO - Rock climber - Musician - Theologist GALILEO : Brother to ANSEL - Cybersecurist - Tech guru - Weaboo MASON: Brother to MONTGOMERY - Video game artist - Gamer - Barista MONTGOMERY: Brother to MASON - Designer - Powerlifter - Cyclist - Photographer
The screenplay for summer was then sketched with the intent of becoming a storyboard, however the drawing qucikly became a diagrammatic study of how the modular system would work within the narrative context.
Variations of how the hosue would be organized were drawn to test the possibilities of how the screenplay could be interrupted. Six schemes were proposed, but the first composition fit the story the best.
28 scenes were identified from the summer screenplay and drawn as one point perspectives. Details and texture were collaged in to each frame to hint at materialality and the landscape of the Pierson’s home.
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