Tafoni Floating Home by Joanna Borek Clement
Designer Joanna Borek clement has developed the ‘Tafoni Floating Home.’ It has been specifically designed for the houseboat district of Sausalito, California. Her aim for the project was to change people’s attitudes of living on a houseboat.
The basic spatial concept is simple and minimal; in plan view the sculptural tafoni-inspired exterior and interior feature walls divide the space into three major parts: kitchen, living area and bedroom/ bathroom/closet area.
The middle part consists of a fully glazed sunroom that contains the kitchen, dining are and the main entrance to the boat.
The front part of the houseboat is occupied by a living room and the back part contains a bedroom. both of these areas feature views of the bay framed by Tafoni-shaped windows.
The framing of the houseboat consists of the modular repetitive ellipsoidal wooden trusses that can be mass-produced to conserve resources and energy. the ellipsoidal shape of these structural elements allows for a large spanning capacity, thus eliminating the need for additional walls and columns that would cram the space inside affecting the quality of the interior space.
Joanna Borek Clement
Via [designboom]
January 6, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
