POCO A POCO

DESIGN NARRATIVE

THIS HOUSE IS NAMED POCO A POCO WHICH MEANS “LITTLE BY LITTLE” OR “GRADUALLY” USED AS A DIRECTION TERM IN MUSIC. JUST LIKE MUSIC THAT IS AN EXPRESSION OF A MESSAGE, THIS HOUSE WILL BE AN EXPRESSION OF MY LAST MESSAGE TO THE FAMILY AS AN ARCHITECT. THE STACKING FORM FORESHADOWS THE LITTLE STEP BY STEP WHEN FACING LIFE AS A FAMILY UNIT THAT THE HOUSE IS USED AS A TOOL OF A DWELLING UNIT FOR THE FAMILY TO GRADUALLY GROW TOGETHER FACING THE BUSY WORLD WE LIVE IN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FAMILY IS NOT THE HOUSE BUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS THEMSELVES THAT DEFINE WITH IS A FAMILY.

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THE HOME’S DEFAULT SETTINGS OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IS QUESTIONED WHEN I INTERPRETED THAT THE FAMILY DO NOT HAVE ENRICHING INTERACTIONS EVEN THE LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DEMAND OF THEIR PERSONAL PRIORITIES (EXTERNAL COMMITMENTS OF WORK AND STUDIES. ON TOP OF IT, THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN HOBBIES AND MAY UNNCESSARY DO COMMON INTERESTS TOGETHER.

IN CONCLUSION, THE ISSUE OF THE BUSY WORLD WE LIVE IN IMPACTING ONTO THE HOME’S DEFAULT INTERACTIONS IS THE CONTEXT IN MY DESIGN NARRATIVE THAT AFFECTS THE INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FAMILY. THIS IS DERIVED FROM THE FATHER’S DESIRE OF REGULAR FAMILY TIME IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR HIS DWELLING UNIT, IMBALANCE LIFE-WORK BALANCE OF THE WORKING MOTHER, THE ONLY EXPLICIT MENTION OF “GOOD RELATIONSHIP” BETWEEN THE GRANDMOTHER AND HER GRANDCHILDREN, MOTHER’S DESIRE TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH HER MOTHER IN LAW, COMPARISON OF REGULAR EXTENDED TIME SPENT WITH GRANDMOTHER BETWEEN THE TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND THE QUESTIONING OF THE HOME’S DEFAULT SETTING OF INTERACTIONS THAT SUPPOSEDLY GIVE RISE TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY TIME.