This short-film was created to showcase an architectural project that has won the Architectural League of New York 2023 Prize. Our aim was to convey a sense of liveness and to highlight a distinctive feature of the house – a three-story circular void that facilitates visual, auditory, and atmospheric connections between each level of the dwelling. Through this space, traditional ideas of privacy within a home are challenged by a shared, central experience that influences the flow of light, air, and sound.
The house accentuates its interior qualities while also revealing and making audible the elements of the external world just beyond its boundaries. In this short, we explore the transformation of a house into a home. We witness the occupants of the house in the process of moving in – unpacking boxes and hanging art. These deliberate actions of arranging and personalizing the space represent a deeply intimate conversation between the inhabitants and the architecture. To depict this moment of moving in, we thought about the moment where things are already inside, but yet to be arranged.
As the initial steps of homemaking unfold, our attention is drawn to the transitional phase that exists between the notions of "house" and "home." Architecture: Studio Sean Canty video: https://youtu.be/khNQv3Ct5aI?feature=shared