presence;

to acknowledge object’s presence is to understand that it is in fact occurring at the present moment,

In this regard, to understand it is an object we have a relationship to, be it direct or indirect, it is a tangible phenomena. to challenge the notion that something has the capacity to be ignored, for something to be present means that it lacks the capacity to be ignored, and rather we make a conscious decision to ignore it. in doing so we are active in a choice of inaction, to disregard - or relegate something which is already present,it is the active choice to consume,or to dispose of something which can be repaired.

Its a willing choice for to classify an object as defective,rather than actively choosing to engage to and shift the object from a defective to an effective state,  an object only becomes broken an unrepairable at the moment we forsake it, the moment we make an active decision to give up on in perpetuity.

 

A shifting table can be ignored,
and meals had on a constantly shifting surface,  it can also, just as easily be replaced with a level table - and the issue - in one reality - resolved. 

the most common solution to it, would be to challenge the level of the table itself, to wedge an object beneath the leg of the table itself, and question the surface it sits on as the culprit or cause for why the table does not function for the purpose or is designated for.

Architecture,
is an industry dated and ossified in practices which originate from over two centuries ago, form an even surface where contemporary issues form, one of which is the ever growing inaccessibility to housing,

To deem the condition of having a space to reside in as auxiliary to something which is natural,  and create an artificial condition of it. 

in this we relegate the portion of the population which is unable to, or forced from a domicile, to the fringes of society, and to classify them as defunct as a consequence of their condition, rather than a real attempt to resolve the tectonic issues which attribute to their condition, rather than shifting the surface in which they sit on, allow them to settle on a shifting surface, and when the surface shifts too violently, humans - become disposable. other homes seeks to challenge the notion that the other can be continually relegated to a condition of active ignorance, it challenges the notion that it is not an architectural issue,

and questions the excess and redundancy in already existing systems of space, in its economic, and tectonic organisations.

Generic Site,
Suburban Melbourne

Social Housing

30x40m

14 weeks