Meant
to be seen as floating on water or elevated in to air, in the Endless House
concept all ends meet constantly, unifying the different areas into a single
continuum. Hence the space in Endless House is continuous yet each of
the space-nuclei can be separated for seclusion.
Its
architecture is not subservient to the techniques of manufacture but analogues
to the human body, with no beginning or end; this house is conceived as a
living organism or Biotechnique. Its boundaries are according the scale
of the inhabitant’s living, shaped and formed by the process of life rather
than code standards. Endless house is considered a place where people live
poly-dimensionally and it represents their sum of movements.
Utilization
of reinforced concrete in a plastic way to create spatial formations in
vertical, lateral or in any expanding direction is apparent. In the absence of
columns and beams, light and heavier shells create walls, floors and ceilings
that flow into each other seemingly uninterrupted. Concrete is not considered
the only material for such exercise; other materials used are wood, canvas,
stone and paper.
Its
ground plan is considered only an imprint of its volume. The superimposition of
the intertwining routes create the symbol of infinity in par with Klein bottle
and Mobius strip, both being single and endless surfaces.
Essentially,
Endless House is constructed of interlinking pods supported off the
ground on pedestals. The middle pedestal contains the entrance, while the grand
stairway up to the middle floor leads to possibly the cloakroom and a garden
store. The southern pedestal has a stair going to the kitchen and a place
presumably for storage. The northern pedestal is a way into the garden at the
bottom of an external stair that sweeps down under the pod from the parents
room on the middle floor.
At
the head of the grand stair on the middle floor is the living space with a
hearth as its core. The parent’s room leads off into an area with a pool in
place of a bathtub. The living space also gives access to the kitchen through
what appears to be the dining space. The final space on this floor comprises a
combination of a bedroom/bathroom for children. Growing green curtains are
featured at various positions for relaxation. Light control and a color clock
are other attributes of this house.
A
stair from the living room leads to another bedroom and bathroom on the top
floor. From here an external stair leads to the roof.
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