SAFE HAVEN IN URBAN DENSITY

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The relationship between body and space is explored by different strategies aiming to translate each concept into an architectural form. Inviting to the eyes and soul was a dark narrow path wedged between timeworn buildings, walls eaten by weather and time. A glimmer of hope consumed me while strolling down each lane, trying to reach a safe haven. It was a series of repetitive elements composed of stairs, a stoop, a gate, columns and beams that defined the circulation and transition from a narrow space into a wider space. This pattern of redundant thresholds breaks at the end of the alleyway where light fills out an enclosed space merged with the private outdoor space. Its utter comfort constructed my own bubble. Its calmness left me weightless; the only force holding me down was gravity. My project accentuates the idea of weightlessness that I eplored composing with the elements encountered.

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