House of hope

 ——MAIN CONCEPT ?——

This project is mainly about to provide an architectural solution for those who is living a hard life in Ifo, Kenya. 

In order to respond the request "Modular","Packble","Agile","upgradeble",I imagine a house that consists of hard part and soft part to maximize the flexibility and economize, I found the formation of tent is a appropriate prototype for the project, based on that, I began to consider the foundation part and cover part, the difficulty is how the hard and big foundation could be scaled down in a appropriate way, I used paper to experiment and came up with a special splitting and folding method, which can also corresponds to the interior function.

so I got a kind of way of folding, minimizing the transport pressure, also it is a device that is convenient and economical for people to install with the soft cover part. 

——FUTURE TRANSFORMATION ?——

The flexibility of the house determine the wonderful future, I try to describe the the scenario that time, not only providing a effective solution for people in refugee camps, but also creating a kind of new aesthetic typology which represent hope and future.

The skyline becomes a important element in the project, to determine the form of single house.

——SCENARIO ?——

A: "Wow ! Jack, what's this?"

B: "Hey, do me a favor, this is my new house, I need to open it."

A:"Really? it looks a little bit small."

B:"Wow, just holding another side, let's pull out."

A:"God, its unfolding, oh! what a big plate, Its great."

B:" Yeah, the whole furniture are also inside this plate, come on, let's pull out our sofa."

A:" It's amazing, a nice house, but is it safe?"

B:"Look, it is the FIXING RING, the cover is fixed safely, don't worry."

A:"I don't know what to say, maybe I will apply for one another day."

B:"Just do it, maybe there will be a nice white village, Jack, tell your friends."

A:"Definitely."

——DESIGN INVESTIGATION METHOD ?——

I used paper to test different way of folding, and observed the connection of furniture to conceptualize the structure, this helps me proceeding the project at a realistic angle, and giving me the approach to make iteration over time.