Asia CICCARELLI
Asia CICCARELLI
Asia CICCARELLI
ASIA
CICCARELLI
Interior Designer
LOSt in transition
Year 3 | Studio one : Rise and sine
BRIEF
In recent years, we can perceive society’s shift into a more flexible lifestyle where people are working, playing and relaxing at various times of the day. This offers the opportunity for growing the city’s night-time economy beyond pubs and clubs by creating a vibrant night scape. Here rises the new challenge to rethink buildings as 24 hour spaces supporting the Mayor of London plan for 2036 which promotes ‘A vision for London as a 24 hour City’.
Concept collage showing a space which is a hub of activity where people can engage and interact with the structure to discover new spaces within this industrial, historic building.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE TIME OF UNKNOWN WHEN ALL THAT IS LOST IS YET TO BE REGAINED?
project
The project investigates the area of Spitalfields and the site at 106 Commercial Street to understand both the significant history of the neighbourhood and the needs of this culturally rich community. The proposal draws upon the society’s changing needs by designing a changing space inspired by the idea of the unknown, trial and discovery which happens when something is lost but yet to be found. The design of this historic space enables an inclusive and flexible interior setting which transforms through a 24 hour period as various activities take place, welcoming both the community and passing visitors at any time of the day or night.
Visual collage showing the look and feel for one of the proposed interior spaces located in the basement of the building.
Visual collage highlighting the various levels and passages from the first and second floor to the central design within the inner court.
CONCEPT
The concept originates by questioning what the site which served as a horse and carriage repository would have felt and looked like at that time. This question led to the creation of an imagined time capsule containing a series of objects which could have been collected by a child within the building between 1890 and 1915. This sensory kit is at the core of the concept as it introduces the idea of lost and found and, more importantly, raises questions of what happens during this time of unknown, trial and discovery when all that is lost is yet to be regained? Perhaps, the unknown and uncertain time between the lost and found leaves space for discovery, interactions and connections leaving the mind free to imagine both the past and the future.
