The first act by Burr was to remove all surface coverings on the ceilings, floors and walls without modifying the previously existing configuration—leaving the design team with a raw shell on which to experiment.
From here, a series of objects were designed to fill openings and spaces, hang from load-bearing walls or rest on hard surfaces. Light and removable, the
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Apart from its function as a shelf, this element becomes a totem around which different uses of the house are arranged. Formally it resembles the structural composition of the building, simulating an added structural element—a dysfunctional appendix. The rest of the metallic elements are a gate that separates a workspace from the rest of the common space, a minibar, an interior shutter to isolate the kitchen and an exercise beam—plug-ins that allow the inhabitants to use the hard spaces in different ways.
The wooden elements, on the other hand, rest on the pre-existing floors, which were treated to shed their applied coatings, recovering a raw, structural character. The most intimate areas of the house, bedrooms and living room, are equipped with
This office-cum home seeks to strengthen the value of the movable as opposed to the static assets; and how the constellation of these support elements can assist with daily activities.
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