A space where differences can be accepted, admitted and embraced.

A space where architecture can be itself.

A space where nature can exist as nature.

A space where we can be ourselves.

A space where it can be itself, rather than trying to be something it's not, could be a space where we can perceive the qualities of each other and complement each other.

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Proposal

This proposal is to design a new artist studio and workshop space for sculptors, with a focus on the Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal, a specific context where nature and sculpture merge, and investigates the intersections between architecture, art, and nature to inform the design.

Concept

“Architecture” is designed on a human scale only so as to build a building to escape the natural environment and climate, and ensure a comfortable space for humans.

For this site; however, instead of considering „Architecture“ as something that belongs to people, it is digested as two functions: a studio for artists and a workshop space. As for the „Architecture“ itself, it is proposed as a device that acts on nature, art, and people all together.

Design method

Humbly and honestly to the site.

Provide the respective actors with the maximum possible effect with the minimum amount of manipulation.

Minimum effort - Overlay columns

Columns are the minimal architectural element that creates the vertical element. Minimal scope of influence in the horizontal direction.

The form is there, but the boundaries are vague and blurred, creating a delicate and ephemeral space.

While the natural environment tends to be rejected to design architecture in general, the architecture in this proposal dares to make use of that uncomfortable natural environment conversely.

Maximum effect - An analogy of Artists

In the same way that an artist creates different artworks, even if they are all human, these coulumns may look like the same, but each column has its own effect on different actors.

This is an analogy not only as hard meaning but also in soft meaning. A sculptor creates a sculpture from a concept or idea through themselves, and we perceive the concept as a visible form. Likewise, the column becomes synonymous with the artist by shaping architecture through nature.

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intangible:　　　the concept　　　　　the natural element

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medium:　　　　  sculptor　　　 　　　　　columns

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perceivable: 　　the sculpture　　  　the architectural function

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Design

By artificially cutting through the natural environment, new circulation is created. On the way to the reception area, the public experiences 'unnaturalness' in the interstices of the artificially cut natural environment.

The further one moves away from the space, the more clearly its boundaries appear, but the closer one gets, the more blurred they become, like a haze.

New circulation contains the artist's studio space, and carpark space is designed as shared workshop space for artists, and public workshop space and viewpoint for visitors considering disabled persons. 

Each studio space consists of three main types of space; outside studio, inside studio and private space.

Visitors can walk through in-between the pillars and watch the artists at work. Provoke both artists and visitors sensation.