LAB Submission: Individual Work

Rather than suggesting a concrete jungle is where higher housing density is heading, here colour and lushness can be found even as this demand is met. The key element is the meadow, which could have been a piece of the wilderness, extracted and placed as a sanctuary in this urban setting. The meadow is protected from its surroundings by the building itself, which wraps like a wall of mountains sheltering a valley at its feet. Drawing from New Zealand home ideals, a key focus is creating an indoor-outdoor connection, enhanced by the flowing of the wildflowers into the living spaces below. A combination of both shared and individual spaces is explored, as a resolution in meeting an increasing demand for space.

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Reworked collages