Dogon+Tibet House
Group project, cooperated with Daniel Chen. Responsible for the design and the drwings.
The interior space of the house was designed for a new immigrant couple with different backgrounds, one from the Dogon culture and the other from the Tibet culture. Through the study of these two cultures, we extracted different cultural symbols and integrated them in design.
Client Profile
Dawa: 45 year-old male, Musician
Hawa: 42 year-old female, Dancer
Dawa and Hawa are a couple in their late 40s. Dawa is from Tibet and Hawa has a background in the Dogon culture
Dawa is a Dranyen performer who often performs at various folk events and teaches his own classes.Hawa is a dancer who has a deep passion for Dogon Tribal Dance. She also has her own dance studio and often goes out to perform.
They hope to promote the cultural background of both sides and let more people know about the unique ethnic Musical Instruments and dances of Tibetan culture and Dogon culture.They also hope to help more people from the same cultural background to understand and learn about their own culture.
With this interior design, we will combine the Dogon and Tibetan cultures to create a comfortable and appropriate living space for guests from both cultures. Due to the difference in latitude, there are significant differences in the construction and design of the architecture between the Dogon and Tibetan civilizations, and their national cultures are very distinct due to the influence of the surrounding environment (culture). However, there are still commonalities between the two cultures, and we combine these commonalities with the rich and scarce contents of both cultures to create a space with cultural depth. In this space, art, music, and dance will be important design languages; this will result in a more inclusive and joyful space. Elements from both ethnic cultures will be expressed in a light and dark relationship, meaning that the inconspicuous and visible elements from both cultures will be combined to form new elements and achieve a harmonious spatial relationship.
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