Why CRD Home
Abstract
CRD Home is a reflective inquiry into home as an evolving structure shaped by care, experience, and the relationship between space and self.
CRD Home originates from an understanding of home as a negotiated environment: one shaped through interaction, care, and revision rather than fixed intent. Early experiences of home revealed space not as a neutral backdrop, but as an active structure whose conditions influence ease, attention, and continuity. Comfort, in this context, emerged less as an aesthetic aim than as a consequence of coherence and sustained care.
Over time, it became evident that the ability to design, shape, and maintain space is unevenly distributed. Yet rather than seeking to define universal baselines or transferable solutions, this recognition reframed the work as inquiry. CRD Home does not attempt to prescribe ideal environments or codify needs. It remains grounded in the acknowledgement that experiences of home are contingent, situated, and shaped by individual circumstances.
Architectural frameworks are used here as conceptual tools rather than directives. They provide a language for examining relationships between environment, internal state, and daily practice, allowing personal experience to be rendered legible without being generalized. The intent is not to resolve complexity, but to hold it — using structure to invite reflection, interpretation, and dialogue.
CRD Home is therefore positioned as a creative and research-oriented project rather than a prescriptive model to be adopted. It narrates a singular perspective while resisting its elevation to a norm. By articulating and reflecting ways of attending to space, care, and selfhood, the work aims to open inquiry into how individuals understand their own needs and ecologies. How home, in its many forms, can become a site of thought, negotiation, and sustained attention.
