House of Funk

Site Location

North Lawndale, Chicago

Term

Fall 2022

Class

Detail and Fabrication Studio

Design Team

Gabriela Abril, Raissa Gonzalez

Starting with character studies of one self and the rest of peers in the studio, the work started from the inside out to develop highly sensitive, compassionate, and exuberant design proposals for a shared dwelling space, or a House of Funk. The studio focus is directioned to architectural interiority that advances from the intimacy of the body, to the scale of furnishings, to the realm of rooms, and ultimately, to the immersive world of an exquisitely detailed building inserted within an urban context.

The design of the individual room combines sectional shifts and relationships with poche spaces defined by thick architectural elements. These carved spaces are permeable through thresholds that define continuity throughout the room on all axes.

The project’s walkthrough provides an unexpected, counterintuitive spatial experience and physical engagement driven by curiosity.

and physical engagement driven by curiosity.