HAPPY HOME FRANCE
Competition: HAPPY HOMES FRANCE by ARCHsharing | France
Category: House
Location: Fay-les-étangs, L’oise, France
Project Year: 2020
Authors: Gleb Goncharenko, Ksenia Zabardygina
«I don't know anyone who never felt alone» Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Loneliness is the feeling that makes people build walls in front of them. Lonely people find it difficult to trust other people. To combat social exclusion, they need a sense of comfort and personal boundaries. Pets can help get through the barrier by letting the person feel what love and devotion is.
In our project of the Happy Home France, we propose to preserve the external borders in order to destroy the internal ones. The house is a mix of 4 spaces. 1 - Private Space. These are the rooms of the inhabitants of the house where they are presented to themselves, having personal boundaries. 2 - Space for Animals, here the dogs are provided with everything necessary. 3 - Contact Space. This is a public space where residents of the house meet, cook, eat at a common table, chat in the living room area. There is also a workshop in which everyone can do their favorite thing. 4 - The Space of Communication with the Outside World, this terrace is adjacent to the workshop, which serves as a connection between the residents of the Happy Home and the inhabitants of the nearest village. Fairs, exhibitions, concerts and more can be held here.
The attitude of the inhabitants of the home (people and dogs) is built on mutual trust, dogs are the same owners of the house as people.
We believe that such projects will help lonely people and abandoned animals to find peace in themselves and help each other become happy.
