Memory

Patina

Wall - Staunton Street, Hong Kong

Research

My research centres on contrasts and contradictions in architecture. Having two opposing ‘forces’ working together in a space. Creating a domestic space that is successful despite, or perhaps because of, the complexity that this situation creates. I am primarily focussed on residential space. Ideas of what makes a space into a place, a home. How to create a comfortable and liveable space that is positively affected by uncontrollable limitations.

I will investigate the idea of a ‘spatial oxymoron’. I intend to prove that contradictory elements in a space can work together to create a unique and comfortable home. I will show that restrictions can be used as an advantage in residential spatial design. I am interested in the potentiality of a space.

Outcome

New home - Westminster/extended neighbourhood

Experiment

Brick wall made from cork pieces

An experiment in materiality

Reference

Project 1 -



Film

Roman Signer, Heufieber, 2006



Space

Sherlock Holmes Museum, 239 Baker Street, London




Installation

John Ward Knox, Untitled, 2009



Painting

Jeena Shin, Artspace Stairwell Project, 2009-2011

221b Baker Street

via google maps

'home'

home/hōm/

Adverb:	To the place where one lives: "what time did he get home last night?".
Noun:	The place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household.
Adjective:	Of or relating to the place where one lives: "your home address".
Verb:	(of an animal) Return by instinct to its territory after leaving it: "geese homing to their summer nesting grounds".
Synonyms:	adverb. indoors noun. house - residence - dwelling - abode - habitation adjective. domestic - native