Idea by
Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis
Davidson Rafailidis
http://www.davidsonrafailidis.net
Call for ideas 2021
Continual Construction
Continual Construction
- Site-specific cases
This project started with a hybrid program: a cat café. Having opened just before the pandemic, the aspect of altruism of the animal shelter gave it resilience; it was considered an “essential service" and allowed stay open during a time when many businesses have closed for good. This project takes an existing building from 1900, now used as a cat café, and speculates on how the property might achieve more density and formal heterogeneity in the future, through a series of additive moves that happen on an as-needed basis. The thought is that this formal heterogeneity would translate to an even more diverse mixture of users that could support one another. The premise is that: the wider the array of spatial conditions available, the wider array of uses and users will be attracted to the spaces. The idea is to combine formally dissimilar volumes, like Brancusi's "Adam and Eve" sculpture, to offer spaces that are very specific, even idiosyncratic but not tied to a single program.
Continual Construction
Continual Construction
- Site-specific cases
This project started with a hybrid program: a cat café. Having opened just before the pandemic, the aspect of altruism of the animal shelter gave it resilience; it was considered an “essential service" and allowed stay open during a time when many businesses have closed for good. This project takes an existing building from 1900, now used as a cat café, and speculates on how the property might achieve more density and formal heterogeneity in the future, through a series of additive moves that happen on an as-needed basis. The thought is that this formal heterogeneity would translate to an even more diverse mixture of users that could support one another. The premise is that: the wider the array of spatial conditions available, the wider array of uses and users will be attracted to the spaces. The idea is to combine formally dissimilar volumes, like Brancusi's "Adam and Eve" sculpture, to offer spaces that are very specific, even idiosyncratic but not tied to a single program.