| Summary: | 碩士 === 東海大學 === 建築學系 === 101 === Consider Architecture Design on the basis of "Genius Loci"
Architecture cannot exist without environment, that is to say, the land on which it erects. Through the concept of the site and the principle of settlement, the environment becomes the essence of architectural production. From this vantage point, new principles and methods can be seen for design. Princiles and methods that give precedence to the siting in a specific area.
Redefine Nature as “Time-Space Complex” by Studying High Mountains
One has to be dragged far away from city to reach high mountains, thus place oneself in an absolutely natural environment. In city we use perfectly accurate scales and gauges to divide space and time. On high mountains however, space and time are dominated by the power of Nature. That the power of Nature controlling time and space achieves a dynamic and mutual-connected state: enormous powers beyond human imagination colliding or combining each other; creation proceeding in neither constant velocity nor equidistance, but each ones moving according to their own wandering time-tables, which could probably weave a complex net in the universe. The net, or state, could be named a “Time-Space Complex”, indicating that natural elements at a specific place form a special logic within the very time and space. Such logic emanates a unique atmosphere and condition, which is exactly the Spirit of the place (in a time-space point of view).
Architecture Entering Nature as a “Slice”
A slice is a small piece of section representing the whole. We capture a “slice” from the time-space complex, to observe an overall condition of nature. A slice does not break the continuity of nature, nor does it block the relationship of elements inside and outside of the slice. A slice creates a turbulence or filter as the base to observe and experience Nature. Considering the Time-Space Complex, Architecture should be designed as a slice to enter a natural place.
Complete the Tour-Realm Design from Three Slices
On the site, the Tayuling Mountain Area, time and space transform drastically between ephemeral and eternal in an instant flash. The status of time-space complex is the exact spirit of the place. By observing the natural phenomenon on the site, we gather three slices, namely L, M, and S, on the bases of time-space complex. The three slices indicates three places with their “genius loci”, from which we derive design logics and methods, and develop according programs and designs on each place. The three designs (slices) combined tells the complete story of Tayuling.
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