Our hypothesis argues to keep a non-intrusive visual of an inner and outer ring. We believe it is important to create a boundary that is suggestive, not dictating. This wouldn’t overwhelm the inhabitants with one large mass because it would be two spaces that we propose to identify as public and private. Through research, we have come to the conclusion that some structure gives an aura of comfort, peace, and relaxation, especially in a new place.
We want to create walls that cease from completely breaking up the space into a grid but create boundary lines for the community to understand who has what private space. The boundary lines will keep a loose authority on social behavior and the pillars can act as a boundary line in a few different ways. In some of our designs the pillars would act as a vestibule, or would have pull out walls. In other ways that we are exploring a structure that is a hallway cutting through a bedroom. We don’t want the space to be individual pieces as proposed in our midterm presentation, but a "series of things" not limited to 8.
We want to the inhabitants to focus on the reason why they were brought there in the first place, to design. Instead of allowing them to arrange the entire space, we would like it to be possible for them to arrange their public working and private spaces. Without structural support and visual division, the body of designers would spend more time designing their space than focusing on their project, especially if it is an urgent project. We want equal aspects of modularity and stability. We had a very hard time designing furniture for a place without the limitations imposed by some kind of structural element.
We think it’s important to identify what is private and what is public space because based on research of human habit, the individual is very important. We identified these as being the bathroom, bed, and workspace. We will test our hypothesis by researching more habits related to these specific areas. We will continue to explore the relationship of the 5 senses and how barriers can relate to each other.