Box in a Cloud

The bathroom is an architectural device that moves water to clean the body.

In Box in a Cloud, every time water is moved it creates a spatial feature that can be experienced by the inhabitant. The water flows sideways in the folds, downwards as waterfalls and upwards within the walkable surfaces. Rooted in California’s spirit of soft relationship between inside and outside, the project draws references from the landscaped yard of Schindler House and the outdoors bathroom and folded canopy of Lautner’s Sheats Goldstein Residence.

Flowing water changes the landscape. Architecture is a change in the landscape.

A reversible composite material makes Box in a Cloud. Consisting of fabric sheet, fibers and hardening matrix, it can be laid into any form by human or machinic labour. The degradable eco-friendly matrix varies from soft to hard. It dissolves with time or with the introduction of a solvent, making reshaping possible. The fibrous reinforcement defines the texture and transparency of the surfaces and is reusable from cycle to cycle. A cycle’s length is linked to the change of inhabitants or their needs and could be a year or a season.