HOUSE OF THE FUTURE — Noush Kadian

parti diagram

site plan

exploded axo of volumes and center

front street elevation

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first floor plan

second floor plan

third floor plan

exterior / interior collage

experiencing center

COMPETITION: Murdoch Laing
AWARD: 1st place
STUDIO: Prof. Sinisha Brdar/ 2013

Thesis: Our houses today represent how society has told us to behave, receive guests and demonstrate the class to which we belong. It is an architecture of inequality and exclusivity. In 50 years, constricting social norms will be abolished and our communities will be accepting of family types that do not “fit” today’s norms; LGBT couples, surrogate mothers, polyamorous couples etc. An architecture of equality promises inclusion for all families. What we all have in common is our growth as human beings. From the day we are born we discover ourselves and our environment. The house of the future is an inclusive space where each person finds their place.

The home of the future will have a typology that fosters the growth and development of our identity until we reach the apex of self-actualization. Each room is a response and opportunity to fulfill a basic need: a room for creativity, meditation, the family’s genealogy and even a private space to house our egos. The home fosters and protects individual identities within a family. My house of the future is a place where children can grow and discover their identity and adults can experience purpose and meaning.