19/12/2021
3rd Year Semester 2 Major Project | WeWork and WeLive where WeThrive
Concept:
I am incredibly proud to share snippets of my latest portfolio project for my third and final year of my Undergraduate degree in a BSc Interior Architecture.
The project was to create a corporate and residential space for the client of WeWork and WeLive (as well as through my own inspiration to deem it as a place where We Thrive). My archetype in particular was to design for the social students, and the design was to be implemented onto the adapted site (following a group site and courtyard intervention project) of South on Duncan in Hatfield, Pretoria.
My concept was to re-establish the identity of South on Duncan as proudly Pretorian (following regionalist characteristics and principles) while allowing it to act as a backdrop against which the student identity and culture shines through. This concept manifested itself mainly in how the traditional, neutral colours and older materials and textures cohesively merge with and are celebrated alongside the newer technologies, smoother and softer textures, and bright, colourful and patterned aspects of the hustle and bustle of student culuture and activities. The concept also focused on scales of socialization and degrees of transparency - noting and emphasizing the journey and rituals associated with crossing thresholds between public and social, and private and intimate spaces. However, the concept was also considered and carried through in aspects of sustainability, construction methods, and focusing on inhabitant subjective well-being.
