Escape.

Combining the elements of tranquil living and emotional relaxation, Escape, acts as a temporary social hub and living space for its client and guests. Following the inspiration of Steve Herman’s Glass Pavilion, the exterior features a strongly muted colour palette, clean cut lines and extensive glass windows thus allowing for occupants to comfortably inhabit the space while feeling completely enveloped within their surroundings.

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The faces of the structure, their form inspired by the calming process of developing origami, are built upon a strengthening timber frame allowing the structure to appear weightless in its stance. Contrasting the geometric exterior and creating a newly relaxed interior, the integrated furniture flows flawlessly from one face to the next; similar to that of the soothing texture of an ocean polished pebble. Coupled with smoothened concrete walls, Nordgrona Moss is presented as a method of reducing stress and anxiety, a technique often seen in modern places of work, creating an encapsulating space, combining greenery with soft curves resulting in an effortless interior. By using a material this close to nature Escape becomes more that just a home but begins to take the form of a calming sanctuary. Included within the space, the floor, constructed using cork, allows the client to use any free space for Yoga or similar physical activities, the material creating a soft and absorbent surface perfect for relaxation and meditation.

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Combining these elements fabricates an atmosphere for the client to enter and immediately feel relaxed and undisturbed. This also results in a stress free, and comfortable escape.