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borden partnership
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farm for a gentleman, fluvanna, virginia
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The
villa exists as a residence that mediates the boundary between
the rural and the urban. The villa exists as a bastion, self reliant
and isolated, yet facilitated by a link to the city. It rides
an edge between the untamed wilderness and the controlled backdrop
of urban infrastructure. The villa is linked to the District of
Columbia: the capital of the free world. The result is the economic
and cultural sustenance of society that permits the escapist and
naturalist tendencies of the individual and the villa. The
villa is a design for a single resident. The house sits on a vacant
site, un-built and open natural wooded terrain at the foothills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the banks of the James River.
The field is cultivated for hay to feed the livestock of nearby
farms. The
contemporary Villa’s link to the city is mediated by the
automobile. The automobile serves as the foundation of the house,
responsible for its existence and primary in its organization.
The automobile bifurcates the house into the distinctly public
and private realms. The guest wing houses two rooms each with
an isolated courtyard and joined by a communal bathroom. The motor
band is separated into an exterior court and the interior two
car garage. The main living quarters of the house exist in a single
double height volume studded by three elements suspended within.
The living happens around the forms. The individual programs of
bedroom, closet and study are isolated as the articulated necessities
of existence. The forms develop as both the positive and the negative
space of their compositional arrangement. The three pods represent
the fundamental necessities of existence: biological necessity,
storage of experience, and intellectual pursuit. The lower level
is defined by a concrete perimeter wall. Lined with books, the
accumulated knowledge of the inhabitant’s experience provides
the insular protection from the realities of the world. The
model is a scaled manifestation of the Villa. As a contained box
it remains uncontaminated - sealed from the harshness of the world,
isolated in ideal and setting. |
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