The round room

Today's post is about the round room. Each of the rooms branches off the main living area, and only the square room has a door. The living space has very few flat spaces to sit down with the baby, so I find myself often sitting down on the lip of the doorway to the round room when I need to tend to the baby quickly.



Before arriving at the Reversible Destiny Lofts I was hoping to use the round room as a play room for the baby, because the incline is similar to his play seat back in Toronto. Now we're here I've realised that because each room is made of concrete it's exceptionally cold inside, and I am reluctant to use any other room for long besides the square room.

The people in the front office kindly put carpets and pillows in the round room to try and warm it up, but even then it's quite cold.



I put Elliott in the round room for a moment this morning to play, and he seemed to enjoy it for a while until we both realised I had forgotten his hat and he started crying from the cold...



I have caught cold, and Grant is coming down with one. Hopefully Elliott won't get one... we'll see! If Shusaku Arakawa were still alive, I would like to ask him, why concrete? Why did you think making everything out of concrete would be a good way for people to live?

Edited to add:

Grant just told me that Madeline Gins is still alive, and was as fully responsible for designing the Reversible Destiny Lofts as Shusaku Arakawa was. I must make my apologies! And Madeline, if you're reading this I'm still curious to know if the concrete was a conscious choice of materials.