public/private

This is a model showing site-lines of a person walking on the footpath past the house. I wanted to show the only area of the house that is visible from the street which is the front bay window, and I wanted to also compare the wall heights of the wall at the front and the wall that was built all the way around the outside of the house.


These are exaggerated perspective paintings showing the entrance of the house and the antisocial affect of the tall wall built around the house. It shows the house to be intimidating and perhaps even too private. This study had the community in mind when thinking of public and private spaces and community etiquette when it comes to building tall walls around your house.

This drawing simply shows that I studied the shape of the courtyard as very significant in that when the walls are extended into the house it separates the house into Private at the top (bedrooms and bathrooms), Public in the middle (living room and courtyard), and Shared or Confused space at the bottom (maids room with large window- private, but not all that private. kitchen- belongs to maid, but can be accessed by all. dining room- used by all)