Project 05 | Obscura

A 1:1 sensory pod design that ushers in Serenity through Obscurity.

Bachelor in Architecture, Year 2

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Rain demonstrates phenomena which obscures, be it obscuring sight, through the curtain of water droplets or sound, through the white noise formed when these droplets impact a surface. Obscurity would subsequently bring about emotional responses. Responses of fear of the unknown, of intrigue or curiosity and of peacefulness through the elimination of distractions. Obscura capitalises on the latter two emotions to provide a space for meditation, through inducing serenity via obscurity.

In designing Obscura, the design aims to create a conducive and comfortable space for meditation by means of amalgamating different emotional reactions into the narrative of the design. Obscura offers users a quick escape from their immediate surroundings into a pod whereby their surroundings would be obscure, invoking the emotional response of serenity through removing external distractions.

Obscura comprises of a 3-dimensional frame-and-veil system, creating a dichotomous spatial experience between the inside and outside, invoked mainly by the veil system by means of visual and aural obscurity.

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