Horrible, Rotten Luck!

After over two hours of shooting for the book I got home to discover that not only were there lighting issues that I didn't catch during the shoot, but the camera had been set to the wrong aspect ratio.

The result that my first review of pages will be filled with placeholder images -_-

Inspiration - Void House

The Void House

I'm absolutely in love with this house designed by Gon Zifroni. So much lovely natural light!

What If Solution - "Treehouse"

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Above is my solution to the statement "What if your house trapped people?"

Firstly let me say this is not an image of a house that traps people, it's the solution I came to through processing the statement.

First I thought about being trapped and how it could relate to one of the real concepts of the house. I came up with the idea of seclusion and the fact that the only difference between captivity and seclusion is that the latter is voluntary. I also thought about how the idea of living in a glass house in the woods would be hell for some people.

Finally I began to think about the visuals of being trapped or captured. The first image that came to mind was that of vertical bars. The more I dwelled on this visual the less I saw bars and the more I saw trees in a forest which brought me full circle. I've mentioned in my book that one of the ideas behind using steel I beams was to bring an element to the house that mimicked the trees that are so central to the project as a whole. I decided in the end to express this concept literally; as the structure extends upwards steel becomes wood and 17 I beams are transformed into a forest.

SketchUp Progress

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Not much to say here. I started working on this over winter break and it's about 80% complete.

Thesis Progress - More than I expected

I meant to post Section 3 today, which deals with the interior space, materials and the functionality of the house, but I've been having great difficulty finding appropriate imagery for it, so it will be delayed until sometime this week.

In keeping with my schedule I've begun drafting the body copy for the final section of the book. Section 4 deals with "The Greater Project" which covers the evolution of the house, the various graphic design pieces that were made to promote it and my closing statement on the future of Enthüllung.

In laying out the template for these pages I've found that the current page count of the book totals 51 pages not counting the title page, table of contents, Copyright Page and Endpages. This puts me above my original goal of 30-40 pages. hooray!

The first review of pages is scheduled for March 8th, while corrections and modifications are being made work will begin on the cover design for the book.

Thesis Progress - Environment, Structure and Interior Space

This section contains information on the environment of the house, the design and influences of the structure, and thought processes behind the layout of the interior space.

Enthüllung - Section 2 (Please Save the file to your computer and view with reader/acrobat. Browser viewer sucks)

NOTE: The body copy has not been edited by anyone other than myself, so please let me know of any typos you see or any parts that sound awkward etc. Also note that some images may be place holders (such as the incomplete 3D rendering).

Casa no Geres - Portugal

Casa No Geres is a house design by Corria/Ragazzi Aquetectos and is located along the Spain/Portugal border.

Its simple shape and subtle division of space reminds me of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth house, which inspired my own project, Enthüllung (and had a significant influence on the design). Also an interesting fact worth noting is that one of the criteria for building Casa No Geres was that no trees be cut down, much my like my own project.

The only issue I have is that I Casa No Geres seems to lack a kitchen of any sort... strange.

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