The Timeman's patience has finally been rewarded, as the design process for his dwelling has finally come full circle (pun intended). This is final the architectural proposal, located on Adam Street, Hindmarsh, SA near the Entertainment Centre and Cooper's Brewery. Each of the design principles that were developed through previous submissions, still stand, and have likewise been enhanced, and adjusted . Namely, the sense of the infinite embedded into the geometry of the circle. Considering that this dwelling has been forced into an urban suburbia, against The Timeman's will (according to the assignment brief), I took inspiration from this condition and similarly applied it to the client's design language. Hence, the linear interruptions which disturb (but do not obscure) the cyclical form, are reflections of society disrupting The Timeman's existence. The most potent examples of this are seen in the existing industrial brick wall at the street-front "camoflauging" the body of the building, as well as the central monumental entrance carved through the heart of the dwelling. Furthermore, this decision then supplemented another pivotal design condition, and a suggested critique from the last submission -arranging the floor plan programmatically according to the time of the day. In Adelaide, that means rising with the sun in the east, and setting with it in the west; which is made all the more poignant by this central linear void.
Time will tell how this dwelling performs, reacts, evolves and ages in conjunction with The Timeman.
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