Today I went to my old neighborhood of Venice to walk along my favorite stretch of the beach, from Rose ave to the little bay of rocks where surfers ride the waves and skateboarders ride concrete in the park by the boardwalk. Much everything was the same: people smiling everywhere, walking along the water, getting buried in the sand or sitting quietly on the shore, kids playing in the waves.. but something was different.
The Small House exhibit by Czech architects A1Architects, 1:1 installation for one concept Isn't there a maxim that says "the best things come in small packages ?" I think it's true most of the time. Small things are more manageable, we can manipulate them, we can observe every sides and corners, it brings out the kid inside. Imagine if the mini cooper was the size of an SUV, would it be this much fun, huh? Since mini things are so great, I've decided to make a weekly post about something mini. This week, I want to share a cool article I saw in this month's issue of dwell, big ideas for... small spaces, about an exhibit called The Small House by Czech architects A1Architects.
Here are a few drawings of a house I did at a time I was learning about perspective and redesigning the layout of an existing house, thinking about my ideal house. Few years later, I would still like to live in it!
A few years ago I went through the making+meaning program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Five weeks of intensive creative explorations, lectures, critiques, and field trips. In the course of the program I did a series of projects meant to explore dimensions, scale, modularity, and materials.
