Independent Exploration

A space for curiosity and individual stories to become physical environments.

Southern Desert Airbnb

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Concept

To create an ecosystem of heritage for a vacation destination. Southern Desert is a combination of one central location to be in community with, while being surrounded by three rental homes inspired by the illusion of family lineage. 


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Family Heirloom

heir·​loom | \ ˈer-ˌlüm

Something of special value handed down from one generation to another

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Color Theory

A color theory approach to picking the rental color scheme. Colors visually analyzed from the family heirloom rug and matched to colors in the Munsell color wheel.

Vasquez Familia

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Nicholas

Nicholas is the farmer in the traditional sense of farming. His story represents the rental number one.

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Victor

Victor the son of Nicholas is a flower field farmer. He prefers the nature side of farming and all the colors they flourish with. His story represents the rental number two.

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Noelle

Noelle is the daughter of Victor. The future looks different for her. Her grandfather Nicholas holds out for the third generation farmer. Her story represents rental number three.