Great Room
Based on Bansky's piece, "The Migrant Child"
This great room was a project completed to showcase how design language can be built around an art piece.
Graffiti is a humble and authentic art form that normally critiques high society and the importance placed on the bourgeois institutions of art, politics, and architecture. It is normally writings/drawings on a wall or other surfaces, usually without the permission and within the public view. I incorporated this idea through reusing antique and reused materials and further added to or "degrading" them.
This concept also ties into the of the over-tourism and pollution in Venice, with the crumbling structures deeply affected by cruise ships as well as the current refugee crisis happening today.
Finalized Floor Plan
Upon entering the great room, we are met with a beautiful Sottoportico rug, designed by Seraina Lareide. It was inspired by the porches that have been destroyed by the water in Venice. This space incorporates an L shaped kitchen with an island, a dining room that seats six, a formal living room with a fireplace and a view, a brightly lit reading room with a bookshelf room divider and piano, as well as an entertainment room for the family, enclosed with thick noise control curtains.
3D Drawing
One-point perspective drawing of the great room, where the viewpoint is from the sink area in the kitchen. Here we understand layout better, where the arched glass ceiling and arched ceiling vaults separate the different spaces. Understanding the space and clearances here, we can see the 3’ walkway between the kitchen and dining room. Also seen here is a hint of the entertainment area and curtain, as well as the formal living room sofas and coffee table.
Reflected Ceiling Plan
Elevations
North Elevation
Left: View of the Entertainment Area with a Salon Style Art Wall and Built-in in Shelving for Framing. Centre: The Entrance into the Great Room Framed with Ironwork Detailing. Right: Front Facing View of the Kitchen with the Island in the Foreground, Wine fridge, as well as an Accent Range Hood with Ceiling Mounted Shelving for Large Pots and Pans. In the Background we see the Fridge with a Tall Pantry, and Glass Cabinetry.
East Elevation
Left: Front View of the Sink Area and Side View of the Kitchen. Centre: West Door Exiting onto the Patio Area. Right: The dining room with painted antique chairs, church bench, and large window. A peak of the Formal Living Room with Floor and Formal Chair Seating. A Curved Glass Ceiling has been Created to Brighten the Space.
South Elevation
Left: The dining Room with an Old Church Pew for Built-in Seating. Centre: The formal living room, Furnished with an Antique Sofa set Upholstered with a Pink Spray-painted Fabric. Beyond the Sofa there a Double-sided Fireplace, Representing the Degradation and Deconstruction of a Bourgeois Society. Right: a Bookshelf Room Divider with a Ladder, as well as a Side View of the Piano.
West Elevation
Left: The Reading Room with a Piano and a Plant Resting on an Antique Drop-leaf Side Table. Centre: The West Door. Right: The Entertainment Area with Tall Built-in Open Storage, Sofa, and hint of the Yellow Ottoman. Framed with 14’ Tall Columns with a Vined Plant Wrapping Around it.
Research and Materials
Earthy red/oranges: Used to show the rust and decay that we can see on the walls of the art piece.
Gold: Used to allude to the bourgeois society, creating formality within the space.
Eggshell Whites and Creams: Used as a base for the space to reference crumbling venetian plaster.
Blues: Illustrate the idea of the rising waters of Venice. The blues will help cool down the warm space.
Pink: Used to bring in that playful innocence to deconstruct the formality.
