This is a series of spaces for the author to work and relax. It is a place of inspiration, where ideas can take seed and flourish.
It is partly embedded into an Australian hillside, apart from a busy city, giving a greater freedom for thoughts and ideas to take flight.
The curvilinear forms are reminiscent of seduction and sensuality, reflecting ideas within the novels created from within. Only one wall has windows. They face east, so the morning light floods her workspace. These windows reflect the forms of the bookcase on the opposite internal wall which are set into the wall.
Bookcase outline - set into wall
Entering on the west side, a planar wall blocks one from continuing straight ahead. It creates curiosity - what is behind? What is around it? It is a wall that encases her desk, which can fold in and out of it. It also acts as a vector leading one towards the stairs and to the lower level. The rest of the upper room acts as a place for conversation(due to the long, wide window seat) and a space for reflection - upon work or the outside world. 
Stairs act as a threshold between spaces. There is a plain, general set of stairs, flanked on either side by double height stairs that act as seats, where one can pause and reflect. The lower level is purely for leisure, containing an indoor garden. This, as well as the windows, are a direct connection to the outside yet are distinctly separated from the outside by the thick concrete walls (emulated by plaster of paris)- this idea is similar to the distinction between lit spaces in Pieter de Hooch's painting.
The roof is translucent(I dipped tissue paper in wax), thus the incoming light is diffused rather than harsh. This creates an ambient setting appropriate for a romantic. It also allows one to watch the stars by night and the clouds by day and rainfall would create a mesmorising effect. Again, this materiality creates a connection to the outer as well as natural inspiration, yet protected from the elements. At night, from the outside, the structure would glow fantastically, transcending the everyday.
The main walls blend into the roof and the floor, such fluidity aligned with the fluid thoughts of an author and romance.
Drawings:
Bookcase form is evident in far wall.
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