"jenga" 3.0 narrative

“The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting” –Andy Warhol

Three spaces coming together to form a new space that is emotional, uprising, and has an overall buildup of anticipation. These three apartments revolve around the concepts of kiss, seduction, and well up. The layout of this complex consists of three identical units placed at a 45° angle in a line. An elongated ellipse encompasses these units at the ground level and is repeated at 15 feet and a third at 31 feet to reach the tallest peak of the complex. This ellipse features a collection of horizontal beams building up to get to the full-planed ellipse at the top. These beams serve to hide the units to an extent to provide a sense of mystery and desire to see more. Looking closer, the enclosure is made up of glass curtains and flooring planes. The middle ellipse at 15’ provides an outdoor public space for the three units to share. This space is intended as a gathering space for all tenants to enjoy in more ways than just traveling between second story units and leaving the complex. The egress of this public space would be a staircase from the ground level that is exposed to the front of the building. This pulls through the conceptual idea of something building up. The other side of this public space would include either another staircase or an elevator. The ground floor ellipse outside of the units is an interior public space enclosed by glass panels, planned to be used mainly for entering and exiting each individual unit and could provide additional space for gathering. Since this space is on the ground level, the egress would simply be exterior doors leading out to parking.