The project’s spatial distribution references a chapter in Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space, which at one point describes a house dreamt by Henri Bosco in L’Antiquares. Gaston’s analysis of Bosco’s poetry pays specific attention to the dichotomy of attic & cellar within man’s mental diagram of the house: a body of sequential images experienced by any person who dwells in it. The following concept studies serve as a research platform where the Oneiric House adopts Gaston’s diagram of the house as a means of creating a set of spatial and atmospheric qualities. In the initial studies, the house’s political boundaries are divided into a stack of horizons. The lower horizon consists of a unit submerged underground (using the shared pool as a skylight), while the higher horizon is suspended above its ceiling. This constrasting spaces are mediated by a spiral staircase that connects the ground floor to a shared terrace. The dichotomy between attic and cellar creates atmospheres that relate to distinct realms: one which inhabits the terrestrial, and one which belongs to the sky.
Status: School Project
Location: Boyle Heights, CA, US
My Role: Design, Model Fabrication, Visualization and Technical Drawings
Additional Credits: Studio Advisor: David Ruy