Cristina Toth

Plans and Thesis_v1 - It is built by a system of slabs in a pin wheel-like pattern. The original diagram for this was formed by 3 rectangular pieces bent in different areas near their centers. These pieces' ends either overlap one another, or branch off in continuation of the pin wheel diagram. Unlike a traditional house where the gathering areas make the center dense with program, this house diffuses these areas throughout the structure.

Orders_v1 - As there are no walls separating the rooms, each room is differentiated by a change in elevation from 2 feet underground to 6 feet above ground. Only the kitchen and the dining room are on the same level to facilitate movement between the two areas. Therefore, one can see 2 or more spaces at a time instead of being blocked by walls.

Sections and Renderings - The main driving force of this house is the poche' zones, which are formed by extensions of the slabs’ boundaries creating a change in interior space. The zones help the flow of circulation along the edges of the structures. Also, these changes of interior space make the inhabitant or visitor feel like the space is being elongated and narrowed with the poche' zones thinning out and taking up the spaces. The zones are primarily for closet and bathroom spaces where no congregation is intended.

Plans and Thesis_v2

Orders_v2

Aerial Rendering - The intent for this project was to create a house that expressed a sense of continuity and fluidity by seeming like the opposite - a house that has definite termini.

Rendering - The atmospheric conditions formed by the manipulation of interior spaces, create a sense of the house as a whole, where no room is closed off, since the changes in elevation separate the spaces. The forced perspective produced by the poche' zones is also another atmospheric condition. This forced perspective is also reinforced by the denial of views.

Rendering - Just where the house’s termini are, one would expect to have a window at the end, looking out. This time, the windows are placed along the lengths of the rigid walls instead of the widths. This also exposes the inhabitant to different angles, catching views of the surrounding house and landscape.