The main purpose of this project is going to be to change the interior of a house to adapt to the world we live in today, which in this case is, the era of the pandemic.
The first book I want to use to help me in my endeavour is The Responsive Environment: Design, Aesthetics, and the Human in the 1970s. Chapter 6, “Arcoconsciousness,” provides insight of the external objects and how they affect the internal. This can be used to my advantage to help me figure out how exactly to block coronavirus, which is on the exterior, from entering the interior.
The second book I would like to use is Architecture in Dialogue with an Activated Ground: Unreasonable Creatures. What I would like to focus on most in this book is the part about ‘space’ to figure out how to use space in the house. For instance, where to place things and how space affects everything and the purpose of each item in the house. Gravity is heavily mentioned in this chapter, so I would like to use that to understand how to place things in the house so they work with the design.
Moving on to articles, the article, “Visionary Villa” from Sanctuary: Modern Green Homes is a great example of reconstruction design. A couple chooses to redesign their home after living in it for quite some time because the style was getting old. They choose to modernize it according to today’s standards and this is exactly what I want to do with my project, so this article would be very helpful to me.
Another journal article that works well with my intended project is The Inevitable Flatness of Floors Interests Me. It will assist me in understanding floor plans, diagrams and spacing before I actually construct my design. It is all about the before of the project and what I need in order to prepare for it.
Lastly, the article I need the most in order to understand and bring this project to life is Design Philosophy and Poetic Thinking: Peter Sloterdijk’s Metaphorical Explorations of the Interior. This article explores the relationship between society, human perception and interior spaces. It defines the line between being and design, which will aid me in presenting the reason behind my project to others as well as help me find the purpose of it itself. This journal article will explain the how and why of the project.
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- “Arcoconsciousness.” The Responsive Environment: Design, Aesthetics, and the Human in the 1970s, by Larry D. Busbea, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis; London, 2020, pp. 209–234. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctvthhd4q.10. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.
- Bernstone, Rachael. “Visionary Villa.” Sanctuary: Modern Green Homes, no. 14, 2011, pp. 40–48. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/sanctuary.14.40. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.
- Cohen, Preston Scott, and PETER EISENMAN. “The Inevitable Flatness of Floors Interests Me.” Log, no. 28, 2013, pp. 27–38. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43630865. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.
- Lee, Thomas, and Rachael Wakefield-Rann. “Design Philosophy and Poetic Thinking: Peter Sloterdijk’s Metaphorical Explorations of the Interior.” Human Ecology Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 2018, pp. 153–170. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26785910. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.
- “Space.” Architecture in Dialogue with an Activated Ground: Unreasonable Creatures, by Urs Bette, UCL Press, London, 2020, pp. 109–121. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv13xpsm8.12. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.
