Task 2 Public and Private Spaces

Concepts for Public/Private Spaces
1. My first concept is a small game that incorporates two directions. It is closely related to the Aldo van Eyck building the Sonsbeek's Pavilion constructed in 1955-56.

Aldo van Eyck - Sonsbeek's Pavilion (1955-56)

 Whilst playing one way it refers to the private spaces of the Villa Mairea and the other the public spaces. It shows that in the house there is not only a balance of spaces, but also shows how these spaces are segregated from each other and have very little interaction.

2. My second concept incorporates the theory of balance once again and also segregation. My idea is to create a see saw, but instead of being balanced on a spring, the structures will be balanced on the ridge that I believe segregates the public and private spaces within the building. On one end of the see saw, a transparent structure will be placed and the other a solid, opaque structure, and these represent the public (transparent) and private (opaque) spaces in the Villa Mairea.

3. My third concept also represents balance and segregation and is the Yin Yang. I will use plain balsa wood for once side and then the other with painted or varnished balsa to represent the two different spaces within the building.