It's 10 pm, I enter the room after a hard working day. The large step at the entrance and the small dimensions of the room give me the impression of entering a cave or a burrow. Exhausted I sit on the side bench to remove my shoes which I place under it. I also put my backpack on the bench with the few fruits that I picked during the day. Ready to sleep, I lay down on the floor, exhausted  by this day. Around 7 am, The sun begins to spread its light in the gaps under the walls. I wake up in the most natural way ever. I take some new clothes in my backpack next to me and I sit on the side bench at the end of the room. In the sunrise light, I eat the fruits that I brought back last night.

8 am, it’s time to go.

Exploration

My first experimental drawings quickly led my project to be a bedroom. These drawings allowed me to understand the possibilities of cohabitation between the four square planes and the protostructure. The latter is not only a structural element since its position in the project allows it to delimit areas inside the room. It can also be as a threshold or a bench depending on its position.

Research drawing : plan (1:10) and perspective

Research drawing : section and elevation (1:10)

Axonometry resulting from research drawings

Room improvements

The first version of the room was unnecessarily large. The new drawings made it possible to find solutions to decrease the volume of the room while adding spatial qualities like privacy.

Plan - elevation - section (1:20)

Landscape visible when lying on the floor

First study model (1:10)

Structural improvements

The dimensions of the planes are modified to have a maximum of intersections with the protostructure. The horizontal plane breaks down into two planes to create a difference in altitude between the inside and the outside of the room in order to reinforce the feeling of interiority.

Plan - elevation -axonometric section (1:20)

Structural prototypes and study of intersections

At scale 1:1 fiber concrete or metal sheet could replace plaster.

Photos of the unfinished model in the protostructure

Improvements with Rhino

Plan - elevation (1:20)

Vertical and horizontal sections (1:20)

Vertical and oblique walls cladding

Wooden structure and cladding

Full protostructure

It’s 10pm, I enter the room after a hard working day. Exhausted I sit on the high threshold of the entrance to remove my shoes. Then I put my backpack on the bench at the bottom of the tilted panel. Finally I remove my jacket and I hang it on the pole at the entrance. Ready to sleep, I lay down on the floor, exhausted  by this day. 

Around 7 am, The sun begins to spread its light in the gaps under the walls. I wake up in the most natural way ever. I take some new clothes in my backpack next to me and I sit on the little bench at the end of the room. In the sunrise light, I eat the little breakfast I found in my bag. 

8 am, it’s time to go.