ASWA illuminates the enclosed gallery via a large central skylight which, when paired with strategic smaller windows and internal paneling, effectively fills the space with natural, directed sunlight. keeping internal columns to a minimum, the common area is an open and aerated central chamber whose space transitions smoothly into the various connected rooms. a sculptural floating stairwell is the main feature here, its steel spine and exposed wood steps elegantly guiding visitors to the second floor.
Dwelling is to put oneself in an interactive environmental domain that surrounds humans and other living creatures. There unfold various activities to which living creatures engage themselves for survival. Further expansion of such domain will surely lead us to view the totality of environment as a dwelling as it stretches unsegmented from city to forest and sea and finally from the earth into outer space. The ever-changing ways of living things such as humans and plants, land topographies or climatic conditions all remind us that nothing in our would stays the same forever. My interest lies in the rich spatial domain in which one may perceive in the course of daily life such changes of nature that are the very heartbeats of the earth.
A romantic beachside cottage is set into a rock escarpment in a tiny boulder strewn South Pacific cove. It is a shelter designed as a honeymoon retreat for paying guests consisting of just three rooms, a lobby, living/sleeping and a bathroom.
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“ Nicolas Pinto da Mota - Casa Haras del Sol [Argentina]
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