The project studies the sidedness of the dual program within an infill building by manipulating its indoor experience: the contrasting experience of inward and outward view are organized alongside of the diagonal party walls in the forms of slabs and interlocking volumes.
In the cooking school, both culinary education and restaurant service require supervision of food preparation and division of space for good ventilation. Such characteristics inspired the inward-looking program made possible by the interlocking volumes. While the spa provides a place for relaxation - extending the indoor experience beyond the physical floor plates - which determines it as an outward-looking program.
Model Opened to Reveal Circulation
The plywood model demonstrates an ambiguous version of the project with single-layer material; while the image establishes the double sidedness of the project with two materials.
Circulation Diagram
Inward-looking:
1. Cooking School Entrance
2. Restaurant
3. Demonstration Kitchen
4. Storage
5. Lab Kitchen
6. Outdoor Area
7. Cafe
8. Treatment Room
9. Library
10. Office
Outward-looking:
11. Spa Entrance
12. Communal Lounge
13. Locker Room
14. Sauna + Steam
15. Bath