Four and the Power of Three: Our Second Assignment. Part 1
A few days ago our group of twelve became tiny groups of four. Our new assignment consisted in taking the house of our previous project and making it our own, with a business idea in the front, party in the back... okay not a party, just a living area and it didn't have to go on the back, the placement of everything was up to us. The rules were simple: Business/living combo and no more than 20% of the walls inside could be moved, altered, etc. If there's one thing I've learned from this project is, rules be d*mmed! (a story for another blog, I'll link to it here after I get around to writing it).
Three groups of four remodeling a historical Spanish San Juan home. The group I belong to circled around the idea of designing a space for an artist and pastry chef couple, with grandiose fantasies to create a giant chocolate fountain and beautiful painting classrooms. We also played with the idea of a health shop and yoga studio combo and finally landed on designing a spa, complete with sauna room and hot tub.
Our group, group number three chose spa, group number one chose to design an "off scale" restaurant, inspired by our own field of study and group two chose to create a green house/shop ran by a cannabis expert florist.
We named our team Jacuzzi, I have no idea why... 😅😆 or maybe I insisted on the idea of having a hot tub so much it became a joke. Anyways, we were on track designing a spa, inspired by nature. We sought out to create a space that not only transported the client to a peaceful mentality but also kept conscious about the disciplines of meditation and yoga. Water, plants and sunlight were elements that we wanted to flood our spa with. Our idea was set and now it was time to execute it.
In our research we discovered just how important water is to meditation and relaxation in general, the first ever spas were natural hot springs, the first recorded yogi master meditated next to a waterfall. We knew somehow we needed to pay homage to this. Among other things we discovered the idea of mind, body, spirit and the need to nurture each individually but together, to find harmonious balance. We noticed, strangely that the pursuit of this balance came frequently in threes: creation, preservation and destruction.
One of my group mates designed a beautiful triangle pattern unconsciously inspired by this belief.
More updates on this to come!
Our group, group number three chose spa, group number one chose to design an "off scale" restaurant, inspired by our own field of study and group two chose to create a green house/shop ran by a cannabis expert florist.
We named our team Jacuzzi, I have no idea why... 😅😆 or maybe I insisted on the idea of having a hot tub so much it became a joke. Anyways, we were on track designing a spa, inspired by nature. We sought out to create a space that not only transported the client to a peaceful mentality but also kept conscious about the disciplines of meditation and yoga. Water, plants and sunlight were elements that we wanted to flood our spa with. Our idea was set and now it was time to execute it.
In our research we discovered just how important water is to meditation and relaxation in general, the first ever spas were natural hot springs, the first recorded yogi master meditated next to a waterfall. We knew somehow we needed to pay homage to this. Among other things we discovered the idea of mind, body, spirit and the need to nurture each individually but together, to find harmonious balance. We noticed, strangely that the pursuit of this balance came frequently in threes: creation, preservation and destruction.
"Three was the number of harmony for Pythagoras, and completeness for Aristotle, strength for
Taoism and in China, three has historically symbolized loyalty, respect and refinement."
-Emma Newlyn
One of my group mates designed a beautiful triangle pattern unconsciously inspired by this belief.
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