dia gr ammat ic paint ing *watercolor painting produced by me.
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ecom o d xs h ou se
the design generated from this studio was part of a larger collaborative process known as the ecoMOD project in which students in the studio work with students from the uva school of engineering and applied sciences to design, build, and evaluate sustainable, pre-fabricated houses. this particular studio focused on designing ‘extra small’ accessory dwelling units (adu’s) in urban areas that can be sited in a typical backyard. emphasis was placed on design towards the elderly and the aging population. the lantern is a studio house merely 13’ wide, meant to fit in narrow sites and small enough to fit on the back of a truck. the lantern attempts to bring light into the house in three core instances, demarcated by three rectangular prisms of glass., each of which carve out interior space and give these to the outside world. * work on this project was done in collaboration with Shehzeen Cassum unless otherwise indicated