Daily mental relief

Spatial designGraphic
Written By Joanne Huang

Award

First Prize Winner of The Taipei Institutes of Architects Thesis Competition 2017

Faculty’s Choice - Honorable Mention Award for Design Excellence in Architecture 2017

Duration

Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 (10 mo)

Advisor

Yoshawn Shieh

Category

Office Tower | Bachelor’s thesis

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Keywords

Office, Japan, Office worker, Relief, Mental space, Mental shelter, Routine, Ritual

 
 

Context

“Why am I so fed up?“

Day in day out, I get back home, veg on my armchair, and question myself?

Drifting with the tide, being restless, and pouring oneself even empty inside, how do modern people find relief?

It’s a stable but stifled world.

Capitalism evaluated people with the wage. Under notions of efficiency and utility, individuals have homogenized. People become cogs in the machine of society, and ultimately, lose their souls and humanity.

 

Issue: How could architecture create mental shelters for modern people?

 
 

Statement: Co-existence

Considering society and people at the same time is a must.

The symbiosis relationship between people and society is irresistible. Therefore, we should reach reconciliation between them, instead of changing either.

Take the drawing as an example. The concept is “balance”, the background black is “society”, and the gloss black is “people“. While looking at the drawing, the concept will only be preserved, if we consider the background and the gloss black as one. In other words, we will lose the concept, if we draw a clear boundary between them.

 
 

Strategy: Create ritualized space in daily routine

 
 

Self-projection: Capture the sense of relief

 
 

Story: My life and imagination as an office worker in Tokyo

 
 

Site context: Daily life around Tokyo central district

 
 

Massing: A sun-clock-liked patio creates ritualized moments every day

 
 

Program: Flexibility and dynamicity

 
 

Curtain wall system: Shadows create unique spatial narratives for each program

 
 

Architectural drawing

 
 
Joanne Huang
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