The project starts from an observation of the relationship between a window and its nestled desk. The window frames view and light for the desk, meanwhile the desk extends the depth of window, allowing the space to be inhabited. The space generated through this close interrelation is further expanded and exploited in the campus house, where peripheric rooms are defined as inhabitable windows that serve as both programmed space and windows that light the interior void.
The depth of these window-rooms varies both in section and in plan according to orientations. In section, the set back on the south side follows sunlight, while shaping the interior void into a chimney for natural ventilation. Integrated with the window-rooms, desks,shelves and stairs serve as horizontal and vertical structure, confining and connecting the rooms. As a result, the three houses are broken down into individual programs that are further divided into grains of rooms circulated through stairs, characterized by its furniture and the related activities. Beds are for staying, desks are for studying and talking, shelves are for changing, reading, cooking, etc. Moreover, the structure, the architecture and the furniture are interlinked in the system. Windows become rooms, desks and stairs are beams, shelves are shear walls. All of these form the deep skins of the building as a light container. On the outer side, various activities are framed by the window-rooms as if it is a stack of stages, open to the campus. From the inside, the window-rooms serve as light-boxes that capture and filter light and air.
Advised by Tom dePaor, Spring 2020, Harvard GSD