HOUSE OF HAPPENSTANCE


Competition
2016
Location: Siteless
Partners: Merrick Castilo + Yukai Hatayama

Place is among the happenings, in chaos or serenity a space exists without outside observation.

In a time of exploration the house of happenstance will be found. A beacon of space tucked into the void, a place paused in time waiting on its next client and future users to stumble upon it. These residences are designed to be found but not to be searched for, rather to be part of a journey. The design is to be un-expect. The beacon acts as a hint to exists within.

Once the beacon is found, the explorer moves through the beacon which acts as the threshold into a new home. The beacon serves as a portal connecting the outside environment to the refuge. The new home serves as a moment of security from the outside world.