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Protean House (for Akira Kurosawa)
Protean House (for Akira Kurosawa)
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Protean House (for Akira Kurosawa)
A house for and memorial to director Akira Kurosawa, using elements present in his films and his life - from the technical filming methods and eye for cinematic techniques to the prominence of tension and release in his films, and his experiences with life and death.The site is currently a drive-in movie theater in San Luis Obispo.The use of lenses that flatten the image into fore-, mid-, and backgrounds inspired the layered organization of the house - a glazed foreground with repetitive structure, a middle ground that is inhabited and lived in, and a solid background with a repetitive vertical slit pattern.The length of the house invokes the theme of tension - a house drawn out over 150 feet - the end of which features release in the form of an open space from which to view the movie screen. The glazing also features a seam that steadily slopes upward, intended to create a feeling opposite to the steady spacing of the structure. The repetition of structure continues as the seam steadily closes into the user's view.As a boy, Kurosawa was made to face the dead of an earthquake and ensuing riot by his older brother. In order to overcome fear, his brother told him, one must look at it straight on. Protean house takes this idea literally and urges the visitor to face the future. The entrance of the house is glassed in on the roof and back wall as well as the front, for the purpose of creating a clear view to the memorial grave, reminding us that everybody dies.
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