Haven of Adeptness

The question of collaboration between architectural elements and everyday objects occupying these spaces have been prominent in the architectural discourse. The research project titled Scales of Design, the role of industrial design was examined across various scales, from large-scale labor spaces to domestic, to the scale of an object. The design field has been intertwined and developed alongside architecture shaping spacial experiences. Design grounds the space, brings back the attention to the user to create close contact, when architecture has the ability to go as high or as wide as possible and influence vectors of expression of composition, construction, materiality, and relationship to surroundings. The balance creates a composition of movement, experiences, and scale. Haven is a place of safety or refuge, synonymic to a harbor, a space for temporary docking, safety, and rest. The project is situated in the center of Lausanne as a space for temporary settlement for Ukrainians enduring current events. The project hosts a diversity of spaces that expand or compress in height based on intimacy. The proposed programs accommodate showcasing and concocting of artistry and craft stacked, vertically arranged, in a tower-like structure. Architecture is reduced from unnecessary elements and diluted to a vacant floor with a disconnected technical core and circulation, a frame, and an envelope: a plan that could work under any terms, any content, as a reinterpretation of a typical plan.