The Machine - A Walk in the City

In a time of crisis or war, one is constantly thinking about the future consequences just as much as he is thinking about the present. We always question , when will it end? And what will change in us (our needs), as the people who experienced the crisis? Architecture is an essential element in such situations where it constantly needs to serve the needs of the society. Inspired from the quarantine we lived in 2020 due to the Covid19 Pandemic, and starting from a precedent, children’s home for the future by “Cebra”, a machine was create. The main idea behind the orphanage is to make the kids feel at home, rather than in an institution, to feel connected, through the continuous interior circulation. This inspired the machine, which is an orphanage built post crisis (post-war) for children to cope, heal through music, and connect again to each other mentally, visually, and physically. The organizational system of the units allowed the continuous circulation between all the 8 units on each floor where there’s also a recurring shift between interior and exterior spaces to reach the other units. Simultaneously creating a central space that is visible and easily accessible from all the units, and therefore both creating A walk in the City.