Narrative and Design Concepts

Eliminating Boundary

You can see that the name of this oil painting is “A Love Letter”. The theme of love offers me all the ideas of design. That man is far from home but never far from her heart. The letter can be seen as a connection which eliminates the distance and boundary between that lady and man

I plan to design a space with large glass wall for that lady playing the lute. The nature light pours in from the upper part to give an ample illumination for that lady playing the lute. Let us pretend the outside view is seascape so it also provides a wide angle of view to see outside scenery. The large transparent glass curtain wall also eliminates the boundary of the internalized room and the outside world.

The shallow pond outside room creates an interesting vagueness expression. People may not distinguish the obvious horizontal lines of sea.

The outside skin of wall can be treated as variety of changes. I decide to use bamboo to offer some privacy of this space. But the gaps of bamboos also provide some kind of opening of wall.

Material Use:

Concrete Slab and Column
Glass Curtain Wall (Inside Skin)
Bamboo Wall (Outside Skin)