Joël

The Westwind camp thesis project was focused around the idea of education through design, on the Oregon Coast. Designing a camp site where the occupants feel a strong sense of community and want to gather together, yet explore the nature. There was a need to establish a strong connection between people, faunas, and floras. This was done in a two step process:

- Designing sleeping spaces that connects people with nature and gives every occupant a sense of solitude and community at the same time.

- Designing a lodge that brings all these elements together in a cohesive way. Combining all the elements of faunas, floras, and people, and designing a building that can also act as a safe house when the “big one” comes that’s supposed to hit the Oregon coast.

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Le projet de thèse du camp Westwind était axé sur l'idée de l'éducation par la conception, sur la côte de l'Oregon. Concevoir un site de camping où les occupants ressentent un fort sentiment de communauté et veulent se rassembler, tout en explorant la nature. Il y avait un besoin d'établir une connexion forte entre les gens, les faunes et les flores. Cela a été fait en deux étapes:

- Concevoir des espaces de couchage qui relie les gens à la nature et donne à chaque occupant un sentiment de solitude et de communauté en même temps.

- Concevoir une loge qui réunit tous ces éléments de manière cohérente. La combinaison de tous les éléments de la faune, de la flore et de la population, et la conception d'un bâtiment qui peut également servir de refuge lorsque le «grand» arrive sur la côte de l'Oregon.

Establishing community spaces to pair with personal spaces.

Making sure everyone has a view

To show occupants the experience of being inside one of these sleeping spaces, VR was incorporated into the design. To further create a sense of depth and experience, sound was also incorporated and users were encouraged to lay down.