SUBDIVISIONS
"The first act of man was one of disobedience, the last act of man will be one of obedience. "
Erich Fromme-On disobedience
"The suburbs become a living organism that holds all of our dreams and desires, kept hidden under a veil of conformity"
"The relationship between architecture and the human body has a long history. The questions that arise when exploring this relationship are more than simply about finding the proper dimensions and placements within architectural space to “accommodate” a person and their behaviors within it. The relationship between architecture and the human body delves deep into why those behaviors manifest in the first place, as it calls upon the experiential characteristics and qualities that spark when the two unite — impacting not only occupant behavior through the body, but also impacting occupants intellectually, emotionally, physiologically and even spiritually through the body as well"- Sou Fujimoto
This project was shot in a suburb outside of Richmond Virginia. I stayed with a friend at his parents house for 10 days. I had grown up in a city and never spent any time to speak of in a true suburban subdivision. I observed the feeling of conformity and the secrets that were held within all of these houses. I wanted to explore the lives being led in quiet desperation. I imagined what it must feel like to be a teenager there, just wanting to escape, and all of the quiet acts of rebellion, rebellion through the body and the soul that one must engage in to survive.
