Moire, Modern, Modular
The concept of the Moire pattern, a visual complexity that emerges
from the overlapping of self similar patterns, creates a framework and
metaphor both literally in the making of the southern screen wall and
figuratively in the reconciliation of the above mentioned assumptions.
It is my contention that the overlapping of affordability, via the
modular construction technique, can produce an aesthetically,
functionally and technologically ‘modern’ home. The limitations imposed
through low square footages, contextual mating and construction
techniques can produce a uniquely modern typology, one that has the
potential to be transformed and ultimately constructed on alternative
sites around Milwaukee. Specifically, at the site scale the plan can be
mirrored and rotated to fit the site conditions with secondary
adjustments through the making and positioning of the porch appendages.