The shape of the house has been ever evolving from carefully divided, privately sectioned-off rooms with individual functions of the Victorian era into the homes of today with their open floor plans and multi-purpose gathering rooms. What we see in this image is one such interior. Pragmatically this room has to serve several purposes: Sleeping, relaxing, working, reading, and perhaps some informal dining. It can be assumed from the furniture of the space, as well as the fact that more than half of the living space is grouped together in one room, that the person(s) who are intended to live there are young professionals.
Eileen Gray’s cigarette table and the 60’s arc lamp show a taste in classic modern design pieces, and the open space of the room gives the impression that the intended user does not need a lot of privacy or protection against noise. Pragmatically there is ample room for circulation between the different functions of the space and the light well in the corner provides a large amount of natural light that is then reflected and multiplied by the mirror.
This space was obviously intended for a single person or a couple without children because of its lack of separate bedrooms and no differentiation between work and play areas. Who do you think that this room was intended for? What does the single paint color do to a room that large? What kind of problems are inherent in a multi-purpose room like this?
I think the room was intended for a single person because of the multiple functions in the space. A couple might have some problems living in the space because there is no privacy between areas. A single paint color in a room this large makes it seem smaller. Especially because the color is a warm color which comes forward in the space. Problems could arise in this type of living arrangement. One such problem would be the lack of privacy. If more than one person was in the space there would be some issues. Another thing would be organization. With an open space, you need to have a space for everything or the room looks cluttered.
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