In Collaboration with Minha Jung
Advisor: Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Daisy Ames
Location: Los Angeles
Yale School of Architecture, Advanced Studio
Location: Los Angeles
Yale School of Architecture, Advanced Studio
Introduction
Modern architecture was originally conceived according to the Hegelian dialectical model of: thesis, counter thesis, synthesis. What has been realized over the course of the last century that the synthesis contained too much ideality, the very same ideality that the modern was supposed to overcome.
More recently, it has been realized that this dialectic also contained a priority for the use of first terms such as in: up/down, white/black, in/out, good/bad, a condition which contemporary philosophical thinkers have attempted to make equal. Enter the diptych. The diptych is a painterly term which while dealing with two parts, does not prioritize either part. It has been thought that attempting to produce a diptych, in architectural terms, would resist this prejudice in dialectical terms. This is the philosophic and ideological background for the studio, to overcome both hierarchy and ideality in architecture.
Dyptich Relation in Private vs. Public/ Figure vs Ground:
The boundaries of house lots and footprints traditionally define the interior and exterior, public and private spaces. These boundaries set the standards for the design of single-family homes, despite the ever-decreasing lot sizes from the 1800s to the post-war housing styles. However, can these boundaries be redefined to challenge the exclusive nature of single-family housing? What does it mean to invert or blur exterior boundaries?
This project celebrates the power of form in framing and defining spaces of living, countering the fragmentation caused by contemporary urbanization and housing development in LA. The reimagining of housing footprints should be seen as a liberation of housing typology from its strictly residential program, creating spaces that welcome encounters and sharing.
Urban Analysis
Finding Dyptich in the City of Los AngelesSingle Family Housing as LA City Icon
Finding Dyptich in the City of Los Angeles
Public and Private Relationship of Single Family House
CONCEPT
Formal Concept: The Iconicity of Single Family House Roof-scape
The boundaries of house lots and footprints traditionally define the interior and exterior, public and private spaces. These boundaries set the standards for the design of single-family homes, despite the ever-decreasing lot sizes from the 1800s to the post-war housing styles. However, can these boundaries be redefined to challenge the exclusive nature of single-family housing? What does it mean to invert or blur exterior boundaries?
This project celebrates the power of form in framing and defining spaces of living, countering the fragmentation caused by contemporary urbanization and housing development in LA. The reimagining of housing footprints should be seen as a liberation of housing typology from its strictly residential program, creating spaces that welcome encounters and sharing.
SITE ANALYSIS
Between the City’s Icon and the Residential Neighborhood
DESIGN
Methodology: Invert Public and Private Relationship
Programming and Dyptich Relationship
Top: Residential Mixed-use
Below: City Museum
Programming and Dyptich Relationship
Floorplans | Residential vs Museum
The Museum spaces mirrors the house footprint and the voids on a distorted residential grid. The grid represents a new dynamic relationship between the realm of private and public
2. Museum Entrance
3. Exhibition Entrance
4. Theater
5. Art Storage
6. Adminstration Conrtyard
7. Flexible Exhibition Space
8. Workshops/Seminar
9. Cafe
Sections
Renderings
Right: Looking At Residential Through The Park
House as a City and City as House