Without Inner Walls: A Concept of the Café’s House

The present study aims to present a new concept and, possibly, a new trend in the context of architecture, called Concrete Nullification in Architecture and is based on the philosophical reflections of the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre. On the basis of certain bio-inspiration and bio-design assumptions, it presents an actual building, located in the city of Brasília - DF, Brazil, comprising the concepts of Emptiness and Nullification. Its layout and interior dimensioning were designed with an absence of walls or internal physical divisions. This new housing concept is called OW (Ohne Innerwände) aiming through the construction process at a better disposition and reflection of contemporary living, which maximizes space utilization, improve light capture, ventilation, ergonomics, accessibility and acoustics. In this proposal, the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge is used to form a root-like network of architecture, anthropology, and philosophy which enables flow in the description and implementation of the proposed house, beginning with an explanation of the philosophical concept of nullification as developed by Sartre.

Keywords: Bio-inspiration, bio-design, without inner walls, OW, architecture, nullification.