POST-STRUCTURE

Post-Structure recreates the experience of communities coming together and using the ground, rocks, and trees as elements of shelter, utility and play. This project looks to nature in how it structures one’s private, semi-private and public spaces. In nature, an individual may “claim” a quiet spot as their own, but often public areas are shared between many groups. Thus, an individual may claim” a quiet, secluded room, but the public spaces such as kitchens and living rooms are shared between the local dwellers. The bedrooms as the most private spaces mimic the intimate caves arrayed across the landscape west of Richmond and are brought up above the ground plane. The amorphous public space which rests upon the ground subsequently falls into the indented space created. Thus, what is created are sheltering bedrooms held above an amorphous public space which blends interior and exterior. The rooms are connected through walkways and stairways and are separated to allow for streams of light to penetrate through to the spaces below. Like a tree canopy, this move also provides shade and natural ventilation for the public spaces.

FEASTING, RESTING, AND FLYING KITES

HILLS AND VALLEYS