USING SPACE AS YOUR MEDIUM

ARCH 1854 – DIMITROPOULOS – FALL 2019

A comfortable space was designed for a single person without incorporating mechanics in the design. The project was designed to emulate the idea of a tiny house with a small footprint of 1,700 cubic feet. The prompt asked for a space which allows the person who occupies it a place to study, eat, and sleep. In this project I allow light in through large windows and clerestories from the North and have overhangs in the South to dampen the effects of the harsh Southern light. The sleeping space is lofted to make the best use of the space. The design concept that drove this project was bringing the outside in so the South Facing wall can be opened up to the elements. This allows the person in the space to study while being part of the natural environment, but shaded from the elements simultaneously. The South Facing wall is flush to the rest of the building and may lifted out so that it creates a porch that shields from the elements. The repeated orthogonality of the windows creates unique shadows that are cast along the blank wall faces inside of the structure. Natural light fills the space and makes a suitable environment for studying, eating, and sleeping.