“Radical Mildness”

︎︎︎Design, concept and production
Tong Zhou

︎︎︎Date
May 2018

︎︎︎Status
Concept

︎︎︎Location
Brooklyn (NY)

︎︎︎Client
N/A

︎︎︎Credits
Pictures by Tong Zhou

︎︎︎Description
“Radical Mildness” is a fictional scheme reimagining an altered living condition inside a conventional Brooklyn Condo, Bond 33. The building itself features a conventional grid and layout, with a contralized corridor and suites on both side.

The strategy is to grow a soft grid from the original grid. The abstract grid line is substantial-ized by solid wall and glass. Between these two elements with drastic characters, a fuzzy be-longingness and a whole spectrum from private to public showed up.

The wall suggested thinking about poche. The glass would be self supported if heated and bent. The rest of the design is just situating the two elements on the drawing. Sleeping area, studies, bars, cabinets, bathrooms, gardens, laundry….activities appear in the space by themselves.

Several living units are designed and the glass becomes an element wandering across private and public space. The wall takes advantage of the poche to accommodate various architec-tural elements, becoming something between a furniture, an enclosure, or a structure.