Whitechapel Isolation Home
2023 (Year 1 - P3)
An architecture exploring the spaces of isolation in
relation to family life. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, I was interested in how shared family spaces are divided when one family member needs to isolate.
I designed a family home in Whitechapel to accommodate these
splits. As my first year building project, I explored the concept with a focus on hand
drawing, modelling and sketching. Inspired by the forms of nearby Georgian
terraces, the final design aimed to allow family moments to continue despite one
member being quarantined. I drew on the film ‘A Kind of English’ as a reference
of another family home in Whitechapel, and extracted different ‘familial
thresholds’ its set and staging.
REFERENCE: Royal Free Hospital’s High-Level Isolation Unit
REFERENCE: Royal Free Hospital’s High-Level Isolation Unit
REFERENCE: Section of the Soane Museum
REFERENCE: Richard Murphy’s House at Hart Street, Edinburgh
REFERENCE: Condominium One in Sea Ranch California
REFERENCE: Still from ‘A Kind of English’ (1986)
REFERENCE: Still from ‘A Kind of English’ (1986)
REFERENCE: Still from ‘A Kind of English’ (1986)