Minima

And here's my minima. Gone through it quite well with the exception of a finished model which is a shame. Final presentation:

The whole project is about dealing with minimal space and so my main points were to create a space as small as possible and to relate it back to the site.

Planks of timbers were used as the skin to represent the decking of the pier. The space is only as large as a bed plus a bathroom which will make it around 800W x 2400H x 2400L to minimize energy use and save on heating and cooling. Stoves and area to cut and prepare food can be opened up to the outside for people to cook inside while furnitures are movable such as table and a shelf for a mini microwave oven(behind the open-up stoves). One half of the space to the bathroom side were having frosted glazing while the other half having fully transparent glazing. The WC is shrinkable and retractable to stand on for shower when it is not in use and may as well be used as table. Bed can be folded up. And some of the planks of timber on the outside can be opened up as seats. There are water tanks to collect water and solar panels above to harness electricity as well as skylight which are filtered by the ceiling and shelves. And finally the whole space is composed of 4 parts with wheels which could be opened up for ventilation and lightings during hot and sunny days and for the ease of transportation.

Opened-up view

Interior with the table and shelf moved-down

A tweaked night shot showing the light effect.

I have incorporated my minima ideas along wtih my other teammates minima idea in our domus design. And for last week's domus development, we' ll post it in the next few days after sorting out.