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THIRD YEAR COMPETITION
from Portfolio2023
by Yangyang Ai
Brief:
The competition ask us to build a low budget cabin for 1 family containning a living room, a kitchen, two bedroom and a carport for two cars. The brief asked us to think about future develpment of the site. It was mentioned that two additional building may be added on the site and the house needs to have the ability to expand for future.
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Design:
The Two Walls house has the ability to expand infinitely. It is essientially spaces enclosed by walls. When the need comes, owner can simly break, extend or add a new wall to enclose more volumn for a new room. The current outdoor decking system can also act as the central commune space for each room to come together and tie them as a home. During the expansion, the old structure can still function as usual.
FOURTH YEAR · PROGRESSION
In the fourth year, I dug further into the built world. Instead of building on paper or in computer, I look into the consequece of each design decision, taking the service system into account. Here is the one project that simulates the built world.