Narrative Home I
Type: Private Residence
Status: Design Completed 2018
Size: 2,500 sf
Narrative Homes is an ongoing research project exploring home design through the lens of literature. The creative exploration focuses on the relationship of narratives to the architecture design process. The design of each home in the series is based on a different selected portion of literature. The Narrative Homes series was the recipient of a Faculty Research Grant the Syracuse University School of Architecture and was selected for the International Artists-In-Residence program at the I-Park Foundation.
Narrative Home I was published in [TRANS-] a non-profit academic journal at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at The University of Arizona. It was also presented and included in the Domestic Design panel at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 108th Annual Meeting.
Narrative Home I is based on the climactic scene from the 1942 novel The Stranger by Albert Camus. The sequence of events in this scene is a clear linear narrative. The movement of Meursault and the sequence he encounters during his walk are translated into an architectural project.
The resulting home design is organized around a central linear outdoor walkway. The rooms in the home are generously spaced apart from each other and are connected by the outdoor walkway, creating a home that carefully blurs our understanding of indoor and outdoor space. The home is simultaneously closed and open, private and public, interior and exterior
