SILO, RAMP, STAIR, PIANO
As a duplex for an ailing mother and a pianist daughter, Silo, Ramp, Stair, Piano intertwines the dualities of performance and privacy, procession and practicality.
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A perambulating ramp ensnares a tapering silo, shifting geometrically from circle to square in the building’s interstitial envelope. A winding spiral stair sits asymmetrically within the silo, orchestrating a pin-wheeling series of split-level spaces. Nestled below, a grand piano resides in a winter-garden beneath the levitating silo. The lower plan is liberated by an exoskeleton from which the entire building is hung.
Silo, Ramp, Stair, Piano asks: what if sound is envelope?
SILO, RAMP, STAIR, PIANO
As a duplex for an ailing mother and a pianist daughter, Silo, Ramp, Stair, Piano intertwines the dualities of performance and privacy, procession and practicality.
A perambulating ramp ensnares a tapering silo, shifting geometrically from circle to square in the building’s interstitial envelope. A winding spiral stair sits asymmetrically within the silo, orchestrating a pin-wheeling series of split-level spaces. Nestled below, a grand piano resides in a winter-garden beneath the levitating silo. The lower plan is liberated by an exoskeleton from which the entire building is hung.
Silo, Ramp, Stair, Piano asks: what if sound is envelope?
