Living In A Bubble

‘A building is like a soap bubble’- Le Corbusier.

‘The very condition of architectural form is to separate and to be separated’- Pier Vittorio.

The project, which is located in Melbourne CBD, is a narrative of surveillance and future lifestyles.

Living In A Bubble is a fun park that explores how to provide leisure space for Melbourne people under the age of surveillance, isolation, social distancing and virtual social media. So, what is an architecture and future lifestyle where different pandemics are now normal?

The stress of estrangement and isolation - Due to the COVID - 19, the recent social distancing might be here to stay for a long time. And, the digital communication networks have exposed anxieties, paranoia, and the distortion of interactions. These are on top of workplace pressures. This is a place to release these stresses -while staying outside, and isolated.

Full surveillance and zero privacy - Melbourne CBD is a space of total exposure - a physical equivalent of the space of Facebook, a friendly version of the city filled with CCTV cameras. So, it is a space where the lack of privacy is accepted as part of being public.