Introduction
A small house organised around a sequence of thickened thresholds, where the wall is deep enough to stand inside.
Concept / Research
Precedent study of courtyard houses and arcaded streets, read against a tight urban site. The question was how much depth a threshold needs before it stops being a door and starts being a room.
Process
Sectional models at 1:50 tested how far the masonry could be opened before the sequence lost its rhythm.
Drawings
The set is drawn at 1:100, with the threshold details pulled out at 1:20.
Final work
The resolved proposal keeps six thresholds between street and courtyard, each one a little shallower than the last.