We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Jonathan A Gibb about their original and creative Residential Residence design work. Jonathan A Gibb is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original residential residence works.
Jonathan A Gibb ("JAG") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Green Cage Residential Residence. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
JAG : The idea of the greening of a house and mind to create a series of living and working spaces.
JAG : A goal was to achieve a project with elegance and a gritty working ethic of what could constitute a home. A site of experimentation, ever-changing by the natural occurrence of growth and decay.
JAG : Working on it to become a reality.
JAG : From start to finish a 6 month journey of sketching design ideas and simple geometries to placing on the computer as a 3D model and rendering images to convey the 'spirit' of the work.
JAG : An inspiration to explore the personable space of the house, relative to the body / inhabitants. Of movement, settling, light penetration to the ultimate longevity of the work - from new to old. It was the inter-link of the garden that like cells of the body constantly renewed to create a living entity.
JAG : The concept of cage is one of containment. The idea of taking an empty lot, surrounded by industrial buildings a planting with a new landscape. The idea of containment is now turned upside down, with now the outside world caged.
JAG : To submit as many state is to test a theory, against peers and to move the design beyond your own boundaries. It is here that the judging is now also by the submitter. It is a chance to sit back and look at a project from a completely new perspective.
