STUDIO 3A

instructor: Paulette singley / fall 2018 / woodbury university

Through critical analysis and comparison of the historical, contemporary, and multi-cultural evolution of house and housing, the studio, addresses the form and meaning of the dwelling with a discussion that juxtaposes interior vs. non-traditional families. The studio focus is divided between the single-family dwelling and multiple-unit housing typologies.

Frog town housing

This proposal is generated entirely by the wallpaper design which maintained constant features. The wallpaper’s use of color created areas of greenery around the site itself. The housing units themselves were fragments of the wallpaper that were raised to keep a constant flow for pedestrian traffic. To create some unity some of the dwelling were linked togtehr by elevated platforms that follow the wallpaper’s geometry.

ABSTRACTion + spatial implications

This phase requires conduct a formal analysis of abstract art to understand the logical organization in a systematic way.

Figural Disruption

This phase requires students to create a figure out of domestic items and through repetition create a grid that would house the figural model itself.

Dwelling Space

This phase requires students to create a joint dwelling space for a specific protagonist that houses all of their essentials for their everyday life.

Wallpaper Design

This phase requires students to combine their figural model and the initial painting studies to create a wallpaper design that would essentially be used as a master plan.