11 · 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.