NO THING
Graduated thesis at Southern California Institute of Architecture
Advisor:Andrew Zago
Statement:
Most architecture and design tend to have a strong stance or position while showing its features. Loud and quiet, straight and curved, soft and hard, practical and artistic. This thesis refuse to pick a side. By using primitive elements such as roof, wall and ground, this thesis focus on designing some sort of a grey zone instead of deciding between “black or white”.
If we were to come across a mound in the woods, six foot long by three foot wide, with the soil piled up in a pyramid, a somber mood would come over us and a voice inside us would say, “There is someone buried here.” That is architecture. - Adolf Loos-
Program of the project is a tomb for myself in 2088 in Los Angeles. Usually buildings relating to death or life are supposed to be very serious and have strong features. However, a tomb is perfectly neutral program for architecture since it is neither nonhuman nor for human. Instead of a sad and serious tomb, this thesis offers a tomb which gives people to feel neutral.
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