Act of "cooking"
Plan of Writers Retreat
Act of "writing"
Act of "sleeping"
Act of "changing"
Section from act of "sleeping" (W) to act of "living" (E)
Act of "showering"
Act of "writing" - looking out to the endless horizon and the possibility that another world exists beyond - a writer's "own world"
Section from the act of "bathing" (N) to the act of "writing" (S)
Residential Design
Live-in writer's retreat from one, based on the spatial qualities of Janet Frame's autobiographical novels.
"[The house] had the appearance of being alive in it's stone and moss. And it was one of my most cherished 'observations' and adventures." Janet Frame, P. 36, To The Is-Land.
This design focussed on looking at the relationship between the body and architecture during the "act of doing [something]". Bodily gestures are translated into architectural elements which come together to provide a space for the "act of doing". The design also relates to specific quotes from Frame's three autobiographies, An Angel at My Table, To The Is-Land and The Envoy from Mirror City, and to the site of it's proposed location - The Kaitorete Spit in Canterbury, New Zealand.