10 · Independent

In Search of Balance

A home for a period of time that reimagines quarantine as a constantly changing space to support mental wellbeing.
Category
Independent
Location
Aranya, Qinhuangdao, China
Year
Jun – Nov 2022
Role
Individual work
Advisor
Yue Geng
QuarantineMental healthAdaptive spacePandemic

Public mental health became one of the rising problems of post-pandemic life. As long-term isolation within a limited, unchanging space wears on wellbeing, this project asks a simple question: what if the space one inhabits is always dynamic?

Overview

Set in Aranya, China, the proposal introduces entertainment and controlled socialization into quarantine space. It examines the potential of a home that reconfigures day by day, turning confinement into a sequence of changing rooms and experiences.

Home for a period of time, with apartments reconfigured day by day.⊕
Home for a period of time, with apartments reconfigured day by day.
Axonometric quadrant of the changing dwelling.⊕
Axonometric quadrant of the changing dwelling.
Context, regulation, and interchange of space.⊕
Context, regulation, and interchange of space.
Building typology and transforming rules.⊕
Building typology and transforming rules.
Seven days in quarantine, a narrative of changing space.⊕
Seven days in quarantine, a narrative of changing space.