Integrating the Bed

Instead of making the bedroom an "activity" that pops out of the core, I am integrating it into the core. There will be a bed at each of the seven stages, and it will represent each stage through how containing or open it is depending on the contagiousness of the disease at that stage. Originally the beds were going to fold from the walls, but instead I am going to bring in another element to help me juxtapose the interior/core to the exterior/activity pods. The activity pods are angular and hard, so I want to give the interior bed area a softness. To do this, I am going to bring in the material I used for my device, polypropylene. I will use the material to form the beds and a canopy-like structure to create a space that relates to the stage of the disease. The beds are going to be similar to hammocks, but be more like pockets, so that they well be better integrated into the material. Here are some pictures of my process. I had tried to do hammocks, but eventually decided against it. Also, the canopies will be linked to give the material continuity throughout the core. Also, in the bottom image you can see that I changed the color of the activity rooms' glass to clear and instead changed the back wall color to the color of the room.