Threshold/Ruins

“Ageing is the process by which forms and materials are modified by the forces they are exposed to.

We can pretend ageing will never happen - or accommodate it, letting the passage of time mellow, rather than tarnish, our surroundings.”17

17. Author: Day, Christopher, Places of the Soul Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art (Oxford: Architectural Press, Second Edition, 2004)

The entrance threshold to the Residence courtyard reveals the historic structure, taken back to tactile hewn sandstone and wooden roof beams to form a semi-enclosed internal garden. Honesty in exposing the original construction symbolically states the acceptance of patina and a less fearful approach to aging.

Referencing the current gradual deconstruction of the buildings before their renovation, and the open fabric of roof beams that form geometric patterns depending upon perspective.

Creating a graduation between outdoor and indoor, the ruins aid in the transition between public space and the private Residence hallway.