equus

a place to reflect on mistakes made

Tony has made many mistakes in his time as Mayor of Rita. Destroying his city. Killing his people. Keeping it all a secret from the public. They have their suspicions. . Redeeming himself is his ultimate goal. That...and beautiful architecture. His own home is no exception. Taking in all of the UNITS that are required. Plus a bit more. A place to hide. To forget the mistakes. To reflect. To look to the future.

A kitchen dining living lounge room. A study bedroom. A bathroom. A Tower to reflect. And to look forward. Out to the skies to see the future and new developments. And to Hide. From those that are after him.

house.one

Planes passing over one another to form box structures make up this house. Slits are cut into the roof planes. Like cracks in Tony’s life, self inflicted. Creating strips of light throughout each section of the house. The house is split into 4 sections. A bedroom with study. A Bathroom. A kitchen, dining and living room. And a tower. The interior walls of the tower are lined with mirrors to create a 360 degree reflective view.

house.two

This design pushes and pulls these planes from house.one, creating an enclosed box with the tower pushing up out of the building. The bedroom and bathroom are separate with the rest of the design being totally open planned. The Slit window has morphed with the pushing and pulling of the plains.

house.three

Again this design is an exploration of cantileaving roof structure. The layout is similar to house.one, broken up into 4 parts. In this design the tower is a true hiding place with secret access from the main structure. The passage between includes an area in which you must crawl. The Tower again is lined with mirrors for ultimate reflection.

house.four

Stepping in a different direction. The circular structure of the roof is the focal point of this design. It is made up of several planes layered upon each other. The tower in this structure is lying on its side, splitting the building. This is the only entrance to the structure. It is a small space that can only be accessed on hands and knees. The mirror in this tower is only small, for close personal reflection.

Didn't make the cut

These didn't make it to the final presentation but i still thought they were cool.


house.one






house.two

mayor/cardinal

Tony Harkson is the Mayor of the great city of Riga. The city is filled with beautiful old architecture, most of which was built after many years of war. Majority of the buildings have become heritage listed and cannot be knocked down. Tony, however, likes a much more modern style for his city and his goal as Mayor is to take the city into the future, rebuilding from the ground up and creating a new and dynamic appearance for Riga.

Tony has a darker side to his life. He lives a life full of corruption and fraud and unbeknownst to the public runs his shady deals directly from his office. His double existence has kept him from having a private life and he has become very much a loner, almost scared of getting too close to anybody. Tony has many dealings with the underworld, leading to an increase in criminal behaviour in his city. He has close links to these criminal organisations and in search of his goal, arranges to have many of the old buildings destroyed to make way for his future plans for the city. To further his plans, Tony employs some of the world’s most renowned architects who are known for their modern and outstanding designs.

Tony discovers that even with all his power and influence as Mayor and Criminal Mastermind, sacrifices must still be made and many people are killed in order to make way for his new designs. The public cry out to their Mayor to stop this madness and bring the criminals responsible for the deaths to justice, unaware that the man they believe will establish peace in their city is the one creating chaos. Tony is worried that the public might find out about his connections to the underworld and becomes paranoid about everyone around him, soon suspecting the staff from his office will uncover his secret life and thus organises for them to ‘disappear’. One by one they are replaced with known criminal figures and the public start to question the integrity of their ‘great’ Mayor. When he is grilled about this he cries ignorance and blames the ‘criminals’ for his rapidly disappearing staff. Eventually the entire council is made up of members of the underworld.

Criminal behaviour begins to dramatically increase in the city and people are running scared not knowing who they can turn to. Law enforcement has become corrupt often providing protection for the criminals instead of protecting the people that really need it. Tony soon finds himself helpless and under command of the underworld figures, with his ‘Mayoral’ position nothing but a farce. ‘Great Mayor’ Tony soon realises his dream of a modern and exciting Riga is now crushed, with the city nearing closer and closer to ruin.