Portable program
fragment #3 of master degree project.
spring 2017 (14 weeks)
Site.
The only way into to this house is through a small opening between the wooden roof trusses and stone masonry walls. From here one can move down with the help elevated wooden studs anchored to the interior wall. Traces of floor joist placements provide enough space to edge along the wall to a metal ladder left behind by the owners.
This elaborated way of getting down creates a special relationship to the floor. The physical interaction with the stone house is through the tectonic details of it’s construction.
Project.
Finding space without use is precious, it belongs to the individual and is reimagined in their image.
If they choose to share the space, the chance for individual discovery is lost.
Actions that take place inside, leave fragments of use behind.
Each new action is influenced by the last.
Slowly,
the lingering fragments force the space into a specific use.
If it becomes a program it is not something that can designed, it has to be discovered over time.
These programs are spatial relationships that cannot exist alone, they can only grow in an existing context.
if the fragments of use could be removed, the chance for individual discovery would be renewed.
