The
inscribed houses, with their small boundaries, are thought and built as a
microcosm. The term inscribed, borrowed from geometry, induced us to find new
qualities. The confinements of the irregular and broken limits of party walls,
far from being perceived as a negative quality, heightened forms and bodies to
us.
Conferring
them the quality of limitless consequently made them infinitely manipulable in
the interior.
Controlled
spaces where container and contained elements establish dialogues which create
a sequence of border spaces. These articulate a route that gently discovers
three courtyards that filter natural light, dyeing it with shades of blue,
ocher and green. Almost monochrome atmospheres. The diagonal relations between
the common spaces frame cuts and fragments of the sky and are naturally ventilated
and brushed with natural light.
Every
element plays a significant role. From the street to the deepest stay, one
circulates along vestibules, courtyards, corridors, footbridges and slots of
light. Telescopic houses, inscribed one on each other.
We
formulate a dialogue to formalize the found tensions: between lines and
thickness (those offered by the mismatch of alignments and party walls);
between inner glances and outer tangencies. Thus, a vertical sequence of broken
planes is drawn up, where light slides and shadows become more expressive
throughout the day. We turn the only façade into a changing game. Simple
origami, fold, unfold, that speaks thickness.
Users,
according to their needs or customs, will configure the image to the street
within the possibilities of the proposed game.