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Concept Generation
from Boyan Wu Portfolio
by Boyan Wu
0. Ancient Chinese philosophy holds that everything in the world is composed of five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are known as the Five Elements. They are interconnected by the rules as such: water engenders wood, wood engenders fire, fire engenders earth, and earth engenders metal. My design is inspired by the Five
1. The site is shaped as a triangle, which is separated by a pool,water is used as a boundary to symbolize the boundary of life
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2. Two floors extended downwards represent the three traditional ways of people’s memorial ritual. And wooden floors are paved.
3. A traffic core is set up and the bottom is filled with soil to symbolize the return of the flesh to nature after death.
5. Finally, a relic storage space and a mourning space are built, which are connected with a
