1. Furniture can be used to create more meaningful, intentional, and physically connected architecture.
3. Humans interact most closely to furniture in a scalar relationship. Furniture is the mediator between the human scale and the built scale. We can enhance the sense of purpose in both furniture and architecture by designing furniture in conjunction with the space it is to fill.
9. Since furniture is designed to be fully inhabitable, it is experienced on a 1:1 relationship. Furniture is designed ergonomically and in response to the human scale and proportion. However, architecture is designed on a much larger scale and varies from built structure to built structure. Some of the built scales may be modest and others grand. One way to understand the scalar relationship of human to architecture is through furniture. Since furniture comes in a variety of built form, disparate pieces of furniture will contrast that of built-in form. This contrast will help in showing the different qualities of space while being measured in the same manner. I propose that designing the space in conjunction with the furniture to fill the space, creates much more rich and intentional spaces. This choreography of use and program comes through the manifestation of built-in furniture conceived in conjunction with the architecture.
You should look at O/K Apartment by Kolatan/MacDonald Studio. It's in a book that i have right now from the library. Basically it's interior is made of plastic orange goop walls which contour to the furniture like the bed, bathtub, shelves, etc. I'm not sure if I think it's very pretty, and it's at least 10 years old, but i think it relates pretty well to your project.
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