Rafi Segal

CONTEXT:

Mass media and architectural tourism are as much of the project‟s context as the urbanization of the Ordos plains of Inner Mongolia.

CONCEPT: The building responds to the intersection of these economies by articulating a

variable relation between private and public or “privacy and publicity.” The building alternates between a state of radical interiority providing an introvert

retreat that gives away no image; and a state of total exhibitionism that publicly exposes its interiors.

A series of pathways and spaces are carved out of a slanted platform of artificial landscape. A central crack, traversing the site from north to south, branches off to smaller paths and private courts. Each court serves a function: sleeping, eating, living, entertaining, working. All windows are opened to these outdoor „interior‟ spaces.

VISIBILITY: In the context of the neighborhood‟s condition of over-exposure and hyper-

visibility we propose a non-object. The radical interiority of the building folds inwards all views. The building is visible only from within the crack-an open house

from the inside.

PUBLICITY:

On occasions of a visit/exhibition, the crack becomes a public walkway through which the building can be experienced.

FLOW: Because of the building‟s unique location on the perimeter of the neighborhood the

crack/path would connect the museum area with the rest of the buildings on site.

PUBLICITY:

PRIVACY:

The internal functions of the house are organized as a loop wrapped around the public path. Movement between the two sides of the crack

would pass either over or under it.

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Underground level plan

Ground level plan

Upper level plan

Sections

Drawing the 3d model of Rafi Segal

UnderGround floor plan

UnderGround floor with walls

Ground floor plan

Ground floor with walls

Upper floor plan

Upper floor with walls

Renders with different point of view.

Step 2

Render

Render

Render

Render

Render

Render

Prepared by :Blerina Lecini Department of Architecture Course: 3D Modeling