The project creates a space delimited by a layer of vertical timber columns that creates a filter to the
outside thanks to its density. As the vertical elements wrap around the inhabitable space, they offer a
moment of calm within the frenzy of the site.
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Floor Plan – 1:20 Roof Plan – 1:20
Study on Density
We wished to create a space using only vertical elements of timber. The first step toward this was to develop a modular structural grid to hold the vertical pieces, which are cut to a set of eight standardised lengths. Once we had established this system, we begun to explore the many spatial configurations the system could offer to find the optimum interior spatial quality. The experiences of visitors to this room differ as they play with different perceptions of the world through the object.From the outside, the room appears as a strict geometry: a closed and dense cube. Yet the hint of a curve through the external walls tempts the user hints at something other. As the user steps inside, the understanding of the space changes completely. The cube unfolds into an introverted, cave-like interior where light and views are filtered and heightened.
The hung pieces of wood are meant to move, to touch each other, which creates a vibration and a sound experience.
Different perception of the outside, one cube-like, the other carved.
1:20 drawings:
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The column of the bridge on the site creates a rupture between the different lengths of the protostructure. We were drawn to working around and negotiating this point of rupture.
At this point, our decision was to transform the existing bridge column into an essential element spatial determinant of our "room".
The floor of our room thus grew up around the column in a slope, spreading around it and repeating its pattern; acting as a link between other rooms on either side, as well as a link between both sides of the otherwise ruptured protostructure.
The gradient of our floor slope was calculated in order to amplify the pedestrian experience of passing across and between the protostructure elements, without impeding the will to sit around the column and be still.
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