Excerpt: MORRISSEY is a residence renovated by the architectural firm Balance Architettura. MORRISSEY is sectioned by bi-dimensional planes, which define spaces slicing the available volume. This operation generates separate areas: the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and the walk-in closet. The use of bi-dimensional plans that section the available volume generates different spaces. This device creates an explorative path.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by Architect] This intervention is part of our double project in the same building. They have the same starting plan. They are two twin residential units, respectively the 5th and 6th floor of the same building. Even the internal conditions were the same. Operatively we oppositely faced this project. The approach to the two projects was somewhat antithetical. Despite having a similar client, a young couple, we decided to treat the distribution issue differently.
While the open area of PORTLAND is invaded by a falling meteorite (concrete cube), MORRISSEY is sectioned by bi-dimensional planes, which define spaces slicing the available volume. This operation generates separate areas: the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and the walk-in closet.
The use of bi-dimensional plans that section the available volume generates different spaces. This device creates an explorative path. The living area and the sleeping area are separated by a wall equipped with a bookcase made out of birch, where the size of each compartment is defined by the height of the elements (plus space for the fingers). The generated spaces are for vinyl (31cm), compact disks (13cm), DVDs (19cm), magazines and journals (34cm), comics, and books (21cm). The vertical scan is generated by alternating a rhythm of three measures (9cm, 13cm, 22cm), establishing a proportionate sequence.
The Living-kitchen space is fragmented by an iron frame that has a filter function. The intention was to divide the space and make independent the kitchen area visually. The sleeping area is a wide space where the wardrobe acquires almost 50% of the space. The entire surface is divided in two, nearly equivalent to the area where the bed lies in the same where clothes and shoes are stored.
The space division is left to a wall made of U-GLASS, a structural glass used in industry, which allows the light to penetrate where another material would not have allowed.
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