Rooms with an Edge

I wanted to go through my rooms quickly, as if you we walking through the space, just to give a little more experience to the actual space.

On the Edge- This is the first space of the three. The thought I had behind this one was that you were constantly on the edge, either figuratively (about to figure out something) or physically (like on the edge), and wanted to explore and find out what was on the other side. As soon as you walk in, you are left with no choice but to go forward. There are walls on either side, with fogged glass in strips every so often, giving you a glimpse of what is behind the wall and causing you to want to understand the blurred shapes. When you reach the wall of windows, you now have two choices. Right or left? You can see a bit of stair to the right and decided to go that way. There are steps, leading up to the loft area. There is a bed right in the center of the room, and it looks as if it's floating. When you are on it, you are literally on the edge in the area. The walls do not reach all the way to the ceiling, making you have to go and look over the edge to the other part of the room. The only thing you can see here though, is a wall and then a red pipe coming up from the space. This intrigues you and you have to go down to check it out. The Bathroom is under the loft area and you check that out before continuing. Something is in the center of the room. You come closer and realize it's a sink, but wait! It is actually a bathtub if you lift the sink part up. On to the other part of the room. You walk out and around the walls, coming eventually to an area with seats, a table, and an old fashioned looking stove. That was where the pipe came from, you think. The room has now been figured out.

In the Edge- This room focuses on mentally being in the edge (between here and there, and having much tension), and is shown throughout with the architecture. When you walk in, the door swings and all you see is wall. This is kind of unnerving, but you continue on. Your eye is drawn to two columns toward the center of the room. These are not ordinary columns. They have steel cables coming from every which way and attach to the walls. You notice that there are several floor changes. The kitchen area is to your right, a straight, streamlined, no frills counter space. When you look closer and investigate, you can see that there is a oven, refrigerator, and sink. They are just hidden. There is a table between the two columns for eating. You continue on and see that there is a sitting area with brightly colored, what I would call 'edgy' chairs. Around the corner from that is the sleeping area. The bed frame has a frame but instead of being a box like, normal thing, it has two corners and that's all. the last place in the room is separated from everything else by a diagonal wall. It holds the bathing area. There are two shower heads in the shower, furthering that idea of being in between. I would also like to point out that the lights run along each level change, accentuating the edges of the various areas in the room.

Over the Edge- For this room, I wanted to look at it as going crazy, where things are not as they seem. When you walk in, the door opens so you see this thing at the end of the room. You figure out it's a tree. Well, an abstracted tree. The roots are shown on the ceiling as blocks and the top of it is on the ground, represented by green carpet. There are pillows on the ground, where it seems comfortable to sleep, surrounded by a lush green forest. Now, the reason your eye went directly to this tree was that there were walls on either side of the door, the angle small and then growing larger toward the tree. So, on the other side of these walls, the world is different than the lush green on this side. It has light, natural colors and smooth textures. The floor is a light wood opposed to the dark green carpet on the other side. Behind one wall is the bathing area. This bathroom holds a toilet and bathtub. There is actually two tubs, one inside the other so that the water can flow 'over' into the other one. The eating area is on the other side and is composed of a circular kitchen. It has everything in it and can be closed. A table springs out from it as well. There you go, a room that has two contrasting themes but yet the idea of crazy rolled into one.