The idea of ignoring is that it is an active action. To ignore someone there is the need to still be aware of it, thus there cannot be disconnection, otherwise this would be separation. My first parti’s had separated spaces, but with my current one they are connected. The couple in the painting are not divorced from one another, only disconnected in their attention.
In my last project, the Mother’s House by Robert Venturi, the house was held together by a fireplace, which is symbol of warmth and community. Perhaps the connecting feature of this current project could be a destroyed fireplace, a void that is cold and empty, which separates yet still tentatively connects. It is something I shall explore further.
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