Japanese architectural aesthetics is a set of aesthetic systems developed by dozens of generations in the past 600 years. The foundation of this system is Wabi-sabi, which is the foundation of Japanese traditional culture, aesthetics, worldview, and philosophy of thought. The keywords of this thought can be summarized as minimalism, simplicity, quietness, elegance, indifference, immersion, trust. The specific explanation is the beauty of the incomplete, the incompleteness includes imperfect, unsatisfactory, and non-permanent. Nowadays, it can also be referred to as simplicity, silence, humility, nature, etc. Wabi-sabi is a form of existence in a broad sense and a special aesthetic concept in the narrow sense. It refers to social pressure, workplace pressure, etc., but also the pressure brought by urban public space and the built environment. These pressures are urgently required to make us need a way of life that relaxes the mind. Naturally, we have a psychological and aesthetic functional requirement for the space in which we live, the place where we rest most – comfortable. Adolf Loos, a pioneer of modernist architecture, put forward the slogan of the famous “decoration is sin”, and modernist architecture has swept the world with the footsteps of believers. Tossing the decoration, reflecting the logic and beauty of the building itself. It also in line with some of the characteristics of Japanese aesthetics. Therefore, such culture and thinking can be passed down in modern architectural design. We like Japanese modern architectural design, partly because of the influence of modernism on our aesthetic orientation.
Steiner house
Question:
Why build domes as structure? How is this project’s aesthetic relate to the community? (Bill)
How is “drop city” can be communication? Can “drop city” influence nowadays design ideas? (Sadler)
How imagined and the real environments in the space came to ecological design? What are some challenges that they will face? (ecological)