Elisa Vaccaro

No place - BA2 (2013).

The project named "the monster" is a short exercise in which it is asked to mix the strong ideas of the conception of an existing project, with the program of another one. In other words, it's about appropriating the architectural answers of an important house, and adapt them in another practical situation (rooms, square meters...).
In my case, the conceptual part was to take from the "Gwathmey house", and the prommation one from the "Bontridder house".
I took from the Gwathmey house the sculptural game with simple forms, the idea of the weft on plan, that I also used in the section, and the way to enter the house, at the first floor with a terrace to cross.
To adjust it to the Bontridder program, I made different changes, that had big consequences in the general architecture of the house, with different forms outside and inside, and some personal solutions to stay in the spirit of the Gwathmey house, without undergo the spatial caracteristics of these specific architectural choices.