living studioli

wirh Marlene Mezger and Sophie-Marie Schmidt

“LIVING MUSEUM”
9th semester - Summer 2021
Prof. Enrique Sobejano, Lisa Tiedje
The University of Arts Berlin

This project was awarded Golden Mention from Terraviva Competitions (Italy).

The retreat as an art historical type can be defined as Renaissance studiolo: a minimal space, aimed for studying and working, a place of refuge and intimacy, later becoming a representative exhibition space.
This historical type is reinterpreted in the context of Orani, being a public add-on to the residential program.

The 5 units, 3 double and 2 single, are unique combinations of the public and private space.

The public space, as an extension of the Museum program, is curated and aimed for working and exhibiting. This space encourages the exchange between the temporary unit dwellers, the museum visitors and the comnity of Orani.
The private, residential space is minimal and intimate, remaining hidden within rammed earth walls.

The unique unit types are:
The tower, with a minimal living space, half-buried in the earth and an open public staircase above it.
The void, being an enfilade of living spaces with parallel public corridor ending in a void for sculptures.
The garden, with a public space behind the 3 m tall walls, sharing one window with the hidden living space.
The twins, which use the same plan footprint for two radically different spaces: in their tectonics and function.
The breakthrough the existing stone wall, creates a round public space and a parallel residential sequence.

The materiality is rammed earth, with stone and metal elements for certain public components.

The site plan depicts five units, each being a unique combination of private (residential) and public space. The public spaces, aimed for working and exhibiting are conceived as extension of Nivola Museum and are marked in black on site plan and the axonometries.