At the request of one of my friends, I have decided to post a quick description of the building. The brief asks for a series of rooms designed according to a narrative that we decide on ourselves.
My updated narrative: A tunnel carved into a cliff, poised to take advantage of views, for a philosophy student to contemplate the differences between eastern and western philosophy.
I separated the building into two wings, to explore the differences that I perceive between Eastern and Western philosophy. Western philosophy has an outward view, and looks to the world for answers and inspiration, so accordingly, I designed a wing perched out from the cliff, with a full glass window, giving views out onto the world. Eastern philosophy is more concerned with looking inside oneself for answers, and so I buried the Eastern wing further underground, where light comes from a shaft that emerges onto the surface. Here you cannot see out onto the world, but light is still allowed to penetrate the space.
1 comment:
Your friend is a genius. For a few days now I have been following your blog and although the images of sketchs, watercolours etc. are amazing. i find it difficult at times to understand what your intentions are. Of course a blog can be a very personal tool, but the reader loves knowledge.
The brief seems to be extremely broad and yet you have come up with a very closed and specific concept for yourself. I think the narrative is fresh and unique, however I do would like to play devil's advocate here and ask where are your going to find students who would journey to cliffs to contemplate about eastern and western philosophy?
I do not know of a such a specific user group exists in enough numbers to test the functionality of your design, but perhaps that is irrelevant for the broad brief.
The idea of separation between two planes of philosophy is a very strong conceptual gesture. Personally if such a prominent element occurs in my design I would think there needs to be an equally strong architectural gesture working in harmony. So my question to you is, will this separation be subtle or distinct. What occurs between the two wings, between the two streams of thought? Is there the need for a third space.
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