An evocative exploration of architecture’s relationship with time, decay, and mortality. This project delves into the impermanence of built structures considering erosion as part of design. Though for a seplophobic woman, the house becomes a poignant metaphor for our own journey towards death.
The beauty of decay
A House of salt is a house that delutes, melts and erodes, constantly changing, but it also shines pristine white and after every rainy day and it gets every time more translucent, sparkling and attractive. In a House of Salt, the decaying process is more like a metamorphosis, from a rough stone into a jewel. Until its sudden and silent disappearance.
The beatersweet contradiction
The geometric clash in between the squareness of white salt and the organic shaped clay interiors are the embodiment of the bitter sweet contradiction of life and decay, control and process. Though the square seems pure and controlled, it is also sharp and cold, and while the rounded interiors seem perforated, nested and confusing, they are also warm and containing. In this contradiction I the House of Salt states the problem and the solution at the same time, a house to expose, confront and embrace.
Designing with Erosion
Time and erosion are considered for the layout of spaces, those rooms located above are the first programmed to turn into gardens and terraces by simple water erosion. Studio, livingroom, dining, kitchen, and lastly bedroom where the owner can rest her last breaths before passing away in her own home. The user rhythm of life is accompanied by her house, becoming every time more accessible, smaller and easier to clean.
