The Vibrant Villa

One of the greatest intentions in this project was to create an area where migrant workers can have an area of privacy for themselves, while still being able to come together and have a social space for gathering. In order to achieve these goals, creating a perimeter and interior courtyard gives the workers an area of privacy in which they can use an outdoor social space or have a space to themselves where they can socialize and make use of, or work on their personal projects.

In addition to an exterior private courtyard for the workers, an indoor living and cooking area is encouraged in order to have a space where workers could relax and cook for each other in order to make heavy work days less of a burden.

The play on curved doors and windows, as well as orthoganal and slanted roofs and building shapes works together to create a modern building with spanish influences common within Southern California.

The purpose for the study of the Nagasaki chair was to analyze design outside of traditional architecture.

History

The Nagasaki chair was created by Mathieu Matégot in 1954. Mathieu Matégot became famous for this groundbreaking material use and technique, which he named Rigitulle, where metal tubes are combined with perforated metal sheet. This concept gave the feeling of weightless materials that looked almost transparent and therefore very modern. While the chair was not made for any building in particular, it is evocative of Le Corbusier’s work for the Church at Ronchamp.