Axon study-sketch
HOUSE III
1969-1971
LAKEVILLE, CONNECTICUT
House III is the third in a series of investigatory house projects
that searched for the nature of the form-meaning relationship
in architecture. Upon entering his house, the owner is an
intruder attempting to regain possession and consequentially
destroying, albeit in a positive sense, the initial unity and
completeness of the architectural structure. The interior void
of the structure seems to act as both background and foil, as
a conscious stimulant for the activity of the owner. It is not so
much the completeness of the formal structure as presented
by the architect, but rather the environments absence of
traditional meanings that triggers this sense of exclusion,
which works dialectically to stimulate the owner to a new
kind of participation-choosing finishes, adding walls, placing
furniture, and installing lighting, is no longer concerned with
the purpose of fitting some preconceived idea of good taste
or completing some set piece scheme of either the owner or
the architect. By acting in response to a given structure, the
owner is now almost working against this process. By working
to come to terms with the system, design is not decoration
but rather becomes a process of inquiry into ones own latent
capacity to understand any man-made space.
House III was a weekend house for a family with several
children.
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Analytic diagrams

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Axonometry

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Axonometry

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Study-sketches

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Photos: Physical models

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 Above : photo - exterior view
Left : photo - interior view

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Physical Model

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