UNSW Architectural Design Studio

After the initial concept stage, the design had solidified into something more concrete and definitive. The spaces firstly will be sited slightly embedded into a heavily wooded hill. The 3 spaces collectively would be predominantly bare, pristine, perhaps even severe with an emphasis on exterior sources of stimulation. This heightens the importance of windows as viewing frames for the natural surroundings outside and particularly the characteristics and play of light upon interior surfaces.

The spaces will aim to encourage a process whereby the occupant progressively seeks more sources of inspiration for his writings. Windows and light will become triggers for starting that progress, offering glimpses of a source of inspiration. The rooms progress gradually from dim and slightly claustrophobic, with only light as stimulus, to a transition zone which facilitates movement through a combined use of lighting effects and visual cues through windows. As the occupant progresses, the curving forms of the building and its embedding into the hillside will suggest a gradual embracing of inspiration, before terminating in a light bathed space overlooking a semi enclosed grove of trees.