JL 2023 - Selected Works

Multi-Dimensional Haus
Location: Unknown
Year: 2022
Core Studio 1
Category: Residential
The haus was incepted from the need to create a getaway house for filmmaker/screenwriter
Christopher Nolan, where he wrote mind-bending films such as Inception and Interstellar. His
movies commonly revolve around the concept of the distortion of reality and perspectives on
fundamental human experiences such as time and space.
The house was meant to be a getaway to refresh and ideate, a library came to mind, as a form
of a trove of ideas. The base geometry fundamentally had a loop in its circulation incorporated
in it, to signify infinite time, almost making time spent there time immemorial. Following the
concepts of distorting one’s spatial experiences, the library incorporated the disjointing of its
original form, in terms of its floor, walls and roof heights, despite the house being functionally
a single floor. To create a multi-dimensional experience, the library was designed to have
multiple layers, weaving in and out of each other, blurring yet separating public and private
spaces, outdoor and indoor spaces.
In order to achieve this soulful experience, varying apertures and inclinations were experimented
on a set of cuboids. By aggregating the various blocks, it allowed for the natural light to flow
through these apertures, allowing for an interesting and healing spatial experience.
Author:
Jonathan Leong Zhen Cong