The studio created a prototype for a suburban home. The envelope of the storage house encompasses everything that its users need to live. It is made up of tubes that are derived from three overlaid patterns, lofted together. The programming of the tubes is based on categorizing the initial rasters by shape. Each pattern, which ultimately serve as cross sections of the tubes, are modified so that each tube’s shape fit its programmatic needs. For example: shelving
is simply the original orthogonal extruded without any rotation or funneling.
The envelope has the potential to be customized based on the homeowners’ preferences. A collector will have more shelving tubes, a gardener can turn their home into a greenhouse by having more rotational window tubes, and if the homeowner chooses to have more energy tubes they can turn their home into a hydrogen fuel station.
Professor: Paul Andersen
Partner: Ivo Fioravanit