PSEUDO PRIVACY
ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION I, Fall 2013/14
Living in a student residence where one bachelor room was shared between two inspired me to question the distinction between public and private space. Often, having a separate room connotes privacy – whether intended for studying, sleeping, storing personal stuff, etc.
In a personal room shared with another questions the idea of what privacy truly means, because with another's presence, there is always a sense of being watched and restricted. Such environment questions the meaning of security and surveillance, and further ideas related with social spatiality, Orwellian society, or the Panopticon.
In a personal room shared with another questions the idea of what privacy truly means, because with another's presence, there is always a sense of being watched and restricted. Such environment questions the meaning of security and surveillance, and further ideas related with social spatiality, Orwellian society, or the Panopticon.
The most private space in such environment can only be yourself.
