conceptual and strategic models: loneliness
the loneliness in the public space. this study was fundamental to the development of the student house, in The Hague.
infinity - conceptual model
global scale (connections and global exchanges)
it's about the capacity of contemplating a infinity world, but still feel alone. Even though there are millions of opportunities of making connections, it doesn't stop the feeling of being alone. Connections are there not only to be done, but to be used as a unceasing flow of knowledge, emotions and experiences in both ways and directions of sharing.
pressure - conceptual model
city scale (social, spatial
and cultural remnants)
it's about the heavy and strong hierarch built in society which tries to suppress and hide segregated people not giving them wide space to express theirselves with no prejudice or stereotyping.
shield - conceptual model
building scale (public and private)
it's about the construction of small personal empires enclosured by walls which represent the personal security and the freedom to be yourself. Inside these walls is where the private becomes the world of those who feel safe to be proud of who they truly are; a safe haven; while the public space becomes a daily and lonely adventure.
cover - conceptual model
individual scale (being and not being)
it's about the strange atmosphere which hover in the city and somehow force people to cover their vulnerabilities and differences in order to live in society. However, it results in a social conformity without being aligned to themselves. In order words, people feel lonely by faking socially fit in and internally feeling different.
sharing - strategic model
city scale (individual and global)
the strategy to people be able to tear down the barriers that separates who they truly are from each other. The sharing implies in a horizontal movement of exchanging information, knowledges, skills and experiences. The sharing allows people to interact to each other apart from their differences and similarities.
