Located in the upper room of an ambiguous row house along a
typical street within the anonymous grid of a WashingtonDC
neighborhood, the aspiration is a micro-expression of modern space and life as
spectacle.
The program is to take a 650 square foot floor space and
design a master bedroom suite including a bed area, closet, reading nook and
bathroom. To do this, all interior walls were removed to free this
turn-of-the-century home’s compartmentalized space.
Wood and stone drapes and folds along the horizontal and
vertical surfaces. Within the folds rest
two glass volumes; one contains the shower another contains the closet. The perimeter gypsum walls are carved away to
form the bed headboard and perimeter light coves.
The ritual activities of everyday day life are celebrated on
platforms, by material qualities, and within the contours of the folds. In this
newly defined private universe, dressing and showering become the active events
casting silhouettes against translucent lit boxes. Conversely, the passive
activities of sleeping, reading, and bathing occur calmly on plinths finishing
the rich dialogue.
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