Final Project by Amanda Jayne Stollery and Ami Meng Wang

The concept of our design rose from discovering parallel qualities between the client and the site. We were most engaged by the concept of Memory, in the way that it is a part of storytelling, transcendence, reflection and escapism. By classifying these into three categories - Past, Present and Future, we were then able to formulate the program of the house. The nomadic lifestyle of the Aboriginal also influenced the program, whereby spaces are not defined for one particular purpose, but rather, allowing the client to manipulate the function according to their needs for Sleeping, Living and Working. In a sense, they are able to instill different memories in each space. 

A precedent study of Moebius House by UN Studio provided an insight into the theoretical discourse and design direction. Their diagrams influenced our study in the movement pattern of the clients, where they are interacting the most during the day, and therefore ascertain light intensity. Exposing the site into the house is not only a way of integrating the past, present and future, but also emphasizes the concept of memory imprinted into the house. The furniture is formed from the external walls, which also determines the location of fenestrations and is balanced by ‘negative space’ (i.e. glazing). 

Amy and Amanda

Amanda and Ami are very talented and their work is full of volumetric discoveries and experimentation. They made a series of wild sketch models to explore very simple ideas as corridor, memories and their traces in architecture. I found a project recently which share the same kind of volumetric richness to their style:
A single Family House in St Joseph, Austria by Vienna studio Wolfgang Tschapeller Architekt.