We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic to creativity. When we get home, home is still the same, but something in our minds has changed, and that changes everything.
NON-BINARY CROSS SPACE by PACHÓN—PAREDES
NON-BINARY CROSS is a minimal space Madrid, Spain, designed by PACHÓN—PAREDES.
The pre-existing space was a heavily compartmentalized flat from 1950s with 9 “rooms” in only 100sqm. There is a need for habitats of different natures that can, somehow, co- exist either individually or collectively in the same space, in the same body. Working, leisure-sports and domestic habitats need to transform, adapt and co-exist in a space that has to be “NON-BINARY” by force, not defined. Space has to be almost a “stage” upon which different plays and genres can take place. On the other hand, the inverse quadrants encompass the “programmed” spaces, those with a more permanent use. Furniture, objects, materials and construction details had to be non-binary as well. As it occurs in a play or a body, only the common natural elements to the "binary architectures" are evident: structure, flooring, ceilings, skin & walls, light, services, chairs, tables, windows
Photography by Luis Asin