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We were requested to design a space, which would
be accommodating for the co-existence of businesses with very different natures
- graphic designer studio, beauty consultation room, and graphic design
school. Although restrictions
such as short construction timeframe and limited budget are becoming standard
challenges we need to address nowadays, on top of these, the site we were
given this time was not a straightforward, rectilinear shape, but rather an
irregular and difficult geometry. When we were already challenged by quite a lot
of restrictions in this project, a “bonus challenge” came our way; our client,
the married couple who are also business partners, have characters and
interests regarding the space they were to work in, pointing to entirely
opposite directions. How can we
approach this?
If we are to simplify the clients’ requests, it
was probably suitable to break the site into 3 portions to respond to the
required functions. It was
probably also suitable to enclose the different characters and interests into
the separate rooms to resolve the conflicts between personal tastes. However by doing so, the space as a
whole may become something without character in the end, with rooms of no
interaction. Is it suitable,
really?
Here we decided to give a go at designing the
physical presence of “restrictions” and “opposite characters”. We decided to form two regular spaces,
boxed in by joinery units responding to the respective scales of the married
couple’s businesses – “graphic design” and “beauty consultation”. We then
“inserted” these two boxes into the irregular site. By doing so, we were able to structure the zoning into the
two boxes, and a third space created between the regularity of the boxes and
the irregularity of the site; the third space is designated for the graphic
design school and general circulation.
Furthermore, we have identified the opposite characters of the married
couple, with the contrasting tones of “black” and “white”. The third, inbetween space is
notionally the “grey”, which harmonises the contrast of the boxes, whilst
maintaining their individualities.
We aimed to design a space, which - rather than
eliminating the characters created by difference in interests and irregularity
in geometry – is accommodating for the coexistence of contrasts and
irrationality. We wish for it to become a working environment, which allows for the richness in characters, by structuring
the ambiguity in spatial relationship.
be accommodating for the co-existence of businesses with very different natures
- graphic designer studio, beauty consultation room, and graphic design
school. Although restrictions
such as short construction timeframe and limited budget are becoming standard
challenges we need to address nowadays, on top of these, the site we were
given this time was not a straightforward, rectilinear shape, but rather an
irregular and difficult geometry. When we were already challenged by quite a lot
of restrictions in this project, a “bonus challenge” came our way; our client,
the married couple who are also business partners, have characters and
interests regarding the space they were to work in, pointing to entirely
opposite directions. How can we
approach this?
If we are to simplify the clients’ requests, it
was probably suitable to break the site into 3 portions to respond to the
required functions. It was
probably also suitable to enclose the different characters and interests into
the separate rooms to resolve the conflicts between personal tastes. However by doing so, the space as a
whole may become something without character in the end, with rooms of no
interaction. Is it suitable,
really?
Here we decided to give a go at designing the
physical presence of “restrictions” and “opposite characters”. We decided to form two regular spaces,
boxed in by joinery units responding to the respective scales of the married
couple’s businesses – “graphic design” and “beauty consultation”. We then
“inserted” these two boxes into the irregular site. By doing so, we were able to structure the zoning into the
two boxes, and a third space created between the regularity of the boxes and
the irregularity of the site; the third space is designated for the graphic
design school and general circulation.
Furthermore, we have identified the opposite characters of the married
couple, with the contrasting tones of “black” and “white”. The third, inbetween space is
notionally the “grey”, which harmonises the contrast of the boxes, whilst
maintaining their individualities.
We aimed to design a space, which - rather than
eliminating the characters created by difference in interests and irregularity
in geometry – is accommodating for the coexistence of contrasts and
irrationality. We wish for it to become a working environment, which allows for the richness in characters, by structuring
the ambiguity in spatial relationship.
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