#window room

[sniper-shots]

It feels so calming to be here...

Hmm? There are images of bears? I should take a look.

[yume-woomii]

Yume 2kki - Window Room

[daily-ynfg-worlds]

Window Room

[miedkha]

Por muito mais janelas nos quartos de nossos imensos corações.

[aleesabella]

[matriarchalmuffin]

Sunroom - mid-sized traditional slate floor sunroom idea with a glass ceiling

Idea for a mid-sized traditional sunroom with a slate floor and a glass ceiling

[luckii-items]

Dining Room - Great Room Example of a huge mountain style light wood floor, beige floor and vaulted ceiling great room design with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

[amylewisbodymind]

A Japanese Home That Transforms the Humble Window Sill - Metropolis

Inspired by the way a cat inhabits the windowsill, ikmo architects conceptually transformed this home's windowsills into small, configurable rooms.

Discourse Analysis 

An Architectural design competition that aims to explore ‘new ways of living near the window’ was conceived to develop an alternative to the mass-fabricated house. 

I have chosen to analyse this piece of text as the winning entry proposes to  transform a forgotten dead space into a small private intimate area that works with the window to make it a usable space.

Given that the competition was organised by a window sash maunfacturing company it doesn’t surprise me that the solution to the housing problem would be solved with the focus being on windows. 

The author has chosen to agree with the assumption that ‘people are buying houses like commodities’. There will always be a demand for housing as the population continues to grow but I think it’s not made clear as to why homes are treated like a commodity. 

Although I personally like the idea of a custom built house for myself, it leads me to question whether someone else would want to live the way I choose to live in a space and if I was to sell the property afterwards would this conflict with the buyers needs. We are all so accustomed to having personalised experiences in our daily lives and perhaps making new customised homes so easy to order off-the-shelf it might encourage the consumer to continue to treat houses like a commodity without regard for sustainability.

The author has also chosen to highlight the comment made that ‘small spaces attached to the house stimulate communication with neighbours’ which is pretty presumptuous to believe that exposing your private life to the world will encourage the user to interact and engage with the surrounding environment. It’s hopeful but in a culture where privacy is highly respected, I doubt neighbourhood interactions would improve from this. 

The architect hopes “human activities inside the mado-beya will make the town more attractive, while differently configured Cotoiro houses assembled together can make a beautiful townscape.” However, I wonder if showcasing the interior a real home would be appreciated as you can not rely on the user treating the home the same way the architect has presented it in the accompanying images to the article. 

Dutch architecture has large windows but its original intention wasn’t to increase social communities but stems from practical needs of getting more sunlight into the house but also from influences by Calvinism. 

It will be interesting to explore this area further in our research in local Dutch window culture and observe how the space is currently being used around our neighbourhood.