JOYCES STUDIO

The idea for this project emerged as a small studio for Joyce, somewhere she could explore her artistic pursuits as she recovered and focus on wellbeing. As her health declined, the structure took on greater meaning. Joyce’s opportunity became to impose her personality in a structure so that in time, her young daughter would be able to use the space, be in the presence of her mother’s creation and learn who her mother was. The role of the Architect’s agency in this instance was passive, taking on sketches, ideas and selections from Joyce and coordinating them in an act of ‘medium'. An inevitable quirkiness resulted. Joyce enjoyed the studio for only a short time, however, the structure is serving it’s second phase as an embodiment of Joyce’s creative spirit, somewhere her husband and daughter can reflect, enjoy her work and in turn, create.