Interior Architecture Design II
Project 2B : Time Traveller's Capsule
SITE VISIT : PULAU PERHENTIAN
Time travel is a widely-recognised concept in philosophy and fiction. It was popularised by H.G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine, which moved the concept of time travel into the public imagination. However, it is uncertain if time travel to the past is physically possible. Forward time travel, outside of the usual sense of the perception of time, is possible according to special relativity and general relativity, although making one body advance or delay more than a few milliseconds compared to another body is not feasible with current technology. As for backwards time travel, it is possible to find solutions in general relativity that allow for it, but the solutions require conditions that may not be physically possible. Travelling to an arbitrary point in space time has a very limited support in theoretical physics, and usually only connected wit quantum mechanics or wormholes, also known as Einstein-Rosen bridges.
We have to design a combine space; a workplace where the end-user can work and live under the same roof, with considerations on how to fit it all in an yet achieved good comfort. This task shall give an idea how to cope with small spaces; living in a small space means to focus on good organisation as well as design. The most important things to keep in mind are the functional needs, communal needs, personal needs, and privacy needs. Different combination of living are known by creating different plans of the space and using your creative mind to create multifunctional furniture.
The space given will be a two-20-footer shipping containers where you can configure the layout according to the site. The end-user [with different informations] for the space needs to be identified where he or she have a background; where she/he used to work, what is his/her favourite colour, past-time activity, height, weight, expertise, favourite food, drink, movies, hobbies etc. Basically that person needs to be identified earlier [location and its surroundings] to determine exactly how your 'capsule' is placed. There are also some issues like how to survive and daily activities that need to be address before we can start with the design.
As for design considerations; we have to consider about how do you place your containers, how do you enter, water supply, food storage, heat and ventilation etc. Other consideration that might arise are like usage of materials and mode of communications.
THE CLIENT
My client, Stephen Stewart is no common as he is same time a traveller, journalist and a photographer. He's from a country that named Taured 1000years ago. It’s a hot day in July 1954; Stephen Stewart arrives at Tokyo airport in Japan. He has caucasian appearance and conventional-looking. But the officials are suspicious. On checking his passport, they see that he hails from a country called Taured. The passport looked genuine, except for the fact that there is no such country as Taured. Stewart is interrogated, and asked to point out where his country supposedly exists on a map. He immediately points his finger towards the Principality of Andorra, but becomes angry and confused. He’s never heard of Andorra, and can’t understand why his homeland of Taured isn’t there. The custom officials decide to solve the mystery while placing him in a hotel room guarded by officials. Later, when the hotel room was opened, the man had mysteriously disappeared and was never found again.
THE TRUTH IS, Taured is actually Andorra 1000years before, they are the 18th smallest country in the world. Due to this, Stephen Stewart likes to collect tiny things, treasure the beauty in every tiny things such as tiny flowers, little pebbles or stones. He has a goal, its to travel to the world's 20 smallest country and treasure the beauty in tiny things, and turns he journeys into a journal. His passport is actually his "ticket" to any corners in the world, he actually showed up in Japan airport by accident caused by his passport. After all the incidents that happened in the airport, he chose to escape to his time capsule in Pulau Perhentian to fix his passport.
THE DOUILLET HOUSE
I was inspired by the cabin, lodge, cottage style by an architect and decided to theme my container house with vintage, retro theme. In this project, a great amount of timber using could be seen.
I place my container house, The Douillet Lodge at a sea bay area which is close to a cliff as I like the location with a secured feeling while facing the ocean.
The ground floor of The Douillet Lodge is the toilet, living room and an extendable carpentry workshop. Due to the limited space of a container house ( 10ft x 8ft ), I decided to turn the carpentry workshop into an extendable workshop that could be extended to the outdoor area for extra working spaces.
The first floor is the user's bedroom and kitchen separated by a double panel sliding door. For convenient, space saving reason, the double bed is a Murphy bed that could be folded up and functions as a cabinet in day.
