So, looking to this paint Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Edouard Manet it makes me think about the relationship between man and nature. Obviously in this case the painter wanted to mark the modernity of his painting but what I'm interested in is this self-confidence belonging to the characters by which they interact in the scene. They mix up with the nature behind them. Above all the naked girl, free from dresses, confuses her self much better and looks in armony with the surrounding.
SOURCE: http://www.francescomorante.it/pag_3/304aa.htm
I'm not saying that to obtain this complete merging between architecture and nature, we should open our buildings and undress them but that there are different ways to merge architecture with surrounding. You can decide to hide, to open, to confuse (by using other different ways like colours, materials and distances), etc... Or, you can decide the opposite, therefore choosing a violent way of manifasting the presence of a building in the middle of nature. But between these different approaches there some others that try to find a new approach not taking a unique direction.
So, thinking to these different approaches, I decided to analyse some examples of them. The first project that I would like to focus on is the Earth House by BCHO Architects.
SOURCE: http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/10/earth-house-by-bcho-architects/
Coming back to the "views topic", it's also important to mark the fact that the roof of the building can be seen like a new piece of ground, so it can be easily used like if it is a paviment in a garden. Still, from this point you don't have only a view imposed from the orientation of the house but you can turn around your self for 360 degrees and appreciate constantly the landscape surrounding you.
So, thinking to these different approaches, I decided to analyse some examples of them. The first project that I would like to focus on is the Earth House by BCHO Architects.
This house, made in honour of the poet Yoon Dong-joo, consists in a space digged in the ground representing not only a clear sign of mankind in nature but also a tempt to merge the architecture with nature. So we have a dual meaning expressed also in the phase of construction, since they decided to reuse the digged ground for the internal walls. But what I am interested in, is the fact that it's impossible to see this building from afar so, approaching the site, it's a true surprise finding this architecture. Still, it can be seen clearly only from the sky, especially by night.
Obviously this building takes advantage of the contact with earth and can use also the benefit of having two courtyards, usable in different ways depending on the season. But just one facade faces outside the ground so I think that it has been really important to choose the orientation and the unique possible view. Also the choose of the material is decisive: I think that they chose concrete to obtain the best response from the material in terms of contrasting the strenght of the ground. Instead for what concerns the use of wood, I think that it is still linked to the idea of merging this building with nature in the best possible way.
SOURCE: http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/10/earth-house-by-bcho-architects/
Coming back to the "views topic", it's also important to mark the fact that the roof of the building can be seen like a new piece of ground, so it can be easily used like if it is a paviment in a garden. Still, from this point you don't have only a view imposed from the orientation of the house but you can turn around your self for 360 degrees and appreciate constantly the landscape surrounding you.
beautiful oil painting.
ReplyDeletetoday, you did not wear glasses. you are so beautiful! lol