【Behind the Scenes】Contemporary Architectural Theory studio _ Yating Chen

Behind the Scenes Theory

Yating Chen Contemporary Architectural Theory Studio : Notation 1

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Feb - June ,2022 Dept. of Architecture.Tamkang University Contemporary Architectural Theory Studio : Notation Advisor : Hideki Hirahara 3

Behind the Scenes Theory

Yating Chen Contemporary Architectural Theory Studio : Notation 4

About Director

Ya-ting Chen Yating Chen was born in September 26th,1999 in Tainan,Taiwan and grew up in Taoyuan.Now she is studying in the department of Architecture at Tamkang University in Tamsui.She loves painting when she was a child.Also,there are other interests for her,like playing volleyball,jogging, watching Youtube channel and traveling!

Contents

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Incomplete of Complete

Causality

Reflect in Database

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The Characters Rumy

Yuki

Yuji

Rumy has been to many

Yuki

is very fond of

Yuji always has the definite

countries for fun.There are

watching the videos of

goals.As soon as he makes up

joys and sorrows in every

product manufacturing

his mind to do something,he

journey.After having those

process while not working

will make every effort to

experience,she learned a

.It helps her to de-stress.

complete it.So that's why

lot and became a mature

Besides,she is a office

he has achieved something

person.

worker.

today.

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Shooting Schedule

Scene2

Scene 1

Causality

Incomplete of Complete

Neihu, Taipei

Beigan, Matsu

Flight time : 50min

Drive time : 12min

Scene3 Reflect in Database

Daan, Taipei

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Action Stories are begining...

Production

Incomplete of Complete

Location

1 Military Activity Center

Site

Qinbi Village, Matsu, Taiwan

Actor

Rumy

Scene

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A New Hotel is Built Near a Historic Site Rumy is going on an adventure to Spain.One of the cities she visited is Merida.She lives in the hotel in the upper part of this photo.Since leaving the hotel in the morning,she has visited many tourist attractions where recommanded on the tourist map.However,there is a historical attraction which she couldn’t find anyway.After searching for a long time,she is getting tired.So she intends to go back to the hotel.Suddenlly,an idea occurres to her when she arrives the hotel.Rumy thinks”Could these rocks be what I’ve been looking for?”As soon as she gets more closely, she finds out there is a attraction sign.By then,Rumy realizes the structure was an Roman Public Baths a long time ago.

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T h e r e

a r e

several reasons about Rumy’s astonishment.

First,Rum y feels

a n u pAAAAAFFFFF surge of emotions.B ecause she has already walked for a long way.She originally gave up looking for it.And finally Rumy finds that the destination is at the beginning of the journey.

Where is the Romen Bath?Why I can't find it?

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Unusual Experience This experience is very unusual for Rumy.She ask herself some questions.”Why a hotel was built near a ruin?” She doesn't expect a new hotel will be built next to a historical monument.

And the other question is “Shouldn't the monument be Completed?” In Rumy’s imagination,the public bath is a whole and complete area,such as Aqueduct and colosseum.But it turns out to be the sight what she is looking at.

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Traveling in the past Then Rumy trys asking herself “Is there any experience that I felt sad and sorry at once, but I was thankful and excited afterwards?”

A few years ago,Rumy went to Kyoto for visiting the famous temple.After arriving there,She just found out that the attraction was being renovated.She felt disappointed.After that ,she wandered around.

Fortunately,most of the Title

The Beauty of Under Construction

Act

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Where Kyoto

Title

The Adventure of the Broken car

When Rumy was traveling around in Spain.

Act

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On the way from Merida to Consuergea,her

Where Merida

rented car was broken. It was very hard to call someone to fix on the highway.Rumy felt sad and helpless. But later the technician came to help.Finally Rumy still accomplish the trip. And she got home safely.

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service was open.Rumy still acknowledged lots of Japanese culture.

Traveling in the past

Rumy was excited about the Seoul trip. But an hour before the plane takes off ,the flight was cancelled.She was sorrowful and squatted in the airport.She thought that all the plans had come to nothing.

Finally,Rumy got on the plane on the next day.

Also,She had a excellent experience in Seoul trip.

Title

The flight w as cancelled

Act

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Where Seoul

I'm stuck at the airport...

Title

The House of Dancing Water

Act

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Where Macao I’ve never been to such a

Those days which Rumy visited was raining heavily all the time.She felt disappointed until she watched a performance”the House of Dancing Water”.After enjoying the

picturesque town like that!

show,Rumy thinks everything is worth in this trip.

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The director has something to say…

To conclude,I consider that “All perfect experience is pieced together from a lot of incomplete experience.”Hence,I want to use this concept to create a architecture space.

By making the incomplete space,I try to let people have changing in their mood.On one hand,I make the opportunites for visitor to talk to soldiers. Visitors could begin to expect the experience in this house.On the other hand,I make the complicated circulation for visitors to get to the top of the house.They might be impatient and suspicious in this process. However,when they walk to the end,they will see a beautiful and magnificent scenery. Then they feel it was all worth it.

The image of Matsu’s tunnel

Incomplete of Complete

Nothing to everything on sight

Location

Military Activity Center

Site

Qinbi Village, Matsu, Taiwan

Actor

Extension of space which allows people to get more closely to mountain and sea 16

Rumy

Site Matsu Island

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Site Matsu ,Beigan ,Qinbi Village Beigan is at the central of Matsu.There have the most strategic points in Taiwan.It was fully developed underground. Qinbi Village is near one of military.Also,Qinbi Village is already became a tourist attraction.Many people come here for the magnificent scenery.Those houses built by stone has already developed into coffee shop and homestay.

Site

Location Military Activity Center People have many regretful things in their life.Especially,for soldiers,they spent several time protecting the countries and servicing the society.They can’t accompany with their parents for a long time.Staying in the army takes a lot of time for soldiers.But they might not get the promotion in their whole soldier life.

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The Scene of the Military Activity Center

Title

What is that

Act

building ?

1

Where A corner of the

When Rumy see the architecture at

village

the first time...

What is this building?

Title

Ready to go in

Act

2

Where Entrance

Rumy goes inside...

Title

Come on, sit here!

Act

3

Where Around the

Rumy see some soldiers sitting

Coffee table

there and has a conversation with them.

Go upstairs from this door! Somewhere is very beautiful.

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The Scene of the Military Activity Center

Title

What is that

Act

building ?

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Where Infront of the

Where does this door lead to?

door

Title

Just keeping going

Act

!

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Where Mysterious path Why I need to make a big detour to go upstairs?

Title

Let's grow plants

Act

together!

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Where Full of plants and

Rumy see some soldiers plant the

flowers

flowers.

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The Scene of the Military Activity Center

Title Act

You only can see a few houses 7

Where Side terrace

Rumy is looking at the sky and some facscinating building.

Title Act

You can see more scene of the sky 8

Where Next to the stairs going up

I can see the sea!

Title Act

Keep going part 2 9

Where Stairs going up

Finally,Rumy is going to arrive the top of the building

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The Scene of the Military Activity Center

Title Act

It will be beter in the future 10

Where Narrow path

Why the space is getting narrower?

Title Act

Where A scenic overlook

What a gorgeous city!

It literally took my breath away!

Title Act

The view from above is better!

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Super beautiful, right?

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Where The uppest

Looking at this kind beautiful

platform

scenery gives Rumy peace of mind.

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Notation

Incomplete of Complete The emotion of visitors might change a lot in this design.First,they are so excited when learning of somewhere having the unique space.Then they try to get to there,they are confused why they have to turn around many times,but they still can not see anythings.If people just keep going and finally they will arrive at the excellent space from soldiers sharing. The director translate her “Incomplete of Complete” travel experiences into the space. It makes an strong impression for people,which reminding people there are many worth things in our daily life and doesn't care somethings that don't go well.

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Model Scene

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Model Scene

Soldiers are chatting with each other!

Do you usually stay in here?

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Model Scene

When will this flower ripen?

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Action Stories are begining...

Production

Causality

Location

2 Factory of Kitchen Appliances

Site

Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan

Actor

Yuki

Scene

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Elevator Internal Structure This is the scene about the elevator internal structure. In this photo,We can see the rope,light and many metal materials. There are also a lot of mechanical devices. Obviously,the scene behind the elevator door makes a great deal of difference with human’s normal living places,even the space inside the elevator.

Nevertheless, people can’t see this objects when we take the elevator. But in fact, those objects make the elevator work.

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The bright blue part are the activities we do in our daily life. And the parts behind the dark blue wall are which cause the activities to happen. Because of the previous things, the activties we experience in our daily life are able to happen.Thus, there are many causeand-effect relationships in our life.

Before watching the TV show, the film group have to shoot it in reality first.

Before shopping in the mall, there is a procedure on cloth design.

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I can see the spaces at the same time!

I can vaguely see the space behind……

Causality in space Among the “cause and effect” spaces,there are many possibilities of relations.First,two kinds of spaces show up at the same time.

Second,the spaces happen one after another.Last,the spaces also are mixed together in a container,like a maze.

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The director has something to say…

The concept of this design is Causality.I believe Lots of things in our life have a casual-and-effect relationship.But, people usually can only see the results instead of the the reasons.As a result,I desire to show the “cause”space for people.I want to open the backstage space about the factory.In this case,people can see the assembly line of products which we use everyday.Moreover,people can realize that how to make those appliances.

See the Causality at the same time

Causality See the Causality one after another

The space imagination on Causality 36

Location

Factory of Kitchen Appliances

Site

Taipei Neihu District

Actor

Yuki

Supermarket

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Site Taipei Neihu District Neihu district is a light industrial zone.There are many companies like,manufacturing,information, communication and other high-value industries in Neihu.

Location Factory of Kitchen Appliances Eating is a very important and necessary thing in human life. Although we usually eat some normal food in our daily life,such as the toast,coffee and poached egg,the things we have no idea is how it be made.Before cooking,there must have the manufacturing of products.

Here comes the Factory of Kitchen Appliances!

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The Scene of the Factory Toaster Factory Title

How to make a toaster

Take

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Where Toaster Factory

Here is the toaster factory. Yuki is the chief manager of this whole factory.

Sometimes Yuki comes to here to solve the problem on

production

procedure.

When visitors are making their own toaster,they can see the situation of toaster making. Besides,The toaster can be customized by each person.People can choose their favorite color as their toaster covering.

As them already assemble the toaster,they can go to the space behind them to do the machine test.

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The Scene of the Factory Coffee Machine Factory Title

How to make a coffee machine

Take

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Where Coffee Machine Factory

Yuki is working hard.She is cutting the metal plate into pieces by machines.And the colleague besides her is bending the plate.

Here is a space allows people learn how to assemble the elements for coffee machine.They use the metal plate and other electronic device to finish it. As the same time. Yuji is working downstairs.The visitors can see them directly.

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The Scene of the Factory Pan Factory

Title

How to make a pan

Take

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Where Pan Factory

The space under the roller is the pan factory.The roller transport semi-finished pan from front to back.

As walking through the conveyor,people can hear the sound of the machine working.Simultaneously,they can see many pans in this space,which is made in every production stage.They can know the process from aluminum sheets to frying pan shaped.

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The Scene of the Factory Shared Kitchen

Title

Lunch break

Take

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Where Shared Kitchen

Yuki comes to the shared kitchen everyday at her lunch break.She likes to chat with other friends here.

Because there is a supermarket near the factory,the workers from outside companies also can come to the factory.So they have the chance to cook their dishes by themselves.

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The Scene of the Factory Metal Processing Factory Title

Metal Processing

Take

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Where Metal Processing Factory

It is the metal processing factory.With the robotic arm,work can be easier for employees here.The metal already done will be transport to upstairs and become the elements of appliances.

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The Scene of the Factory Staff Only Title

Take a rest!

Take

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Where Meeting room and lounge

It is the place only for the workers.

All the employees join the meeting everyday before working.

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Notation

Causality People who come to the appliances factory will see the”cause”space for many places.When they making their own appliances,they also can hear or see the process of making products.They can see the rollers, robotic arm and other mechanism which we could’t see in our daily life. Besides,if they just come here to have a lunch,they could see someone cooking at the same time. And especially in metal processing factory underground,people just can see a little space, so people would be more curious about what happened there.In this design,showing the“cause”space for people is the main idea.

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Model Scene

ths Causality of toaster

ths Causality of coffee machine

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ths Causality of pan

Model Scene

Bending the metal plate for coffee machine

Monitoring the machine working

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the Lounge for workers

Model Scene

See the employees working in the Factory

Customizing own coffee machine

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Hear the sound of machine working

Production

Reflect in Database

Location

3 Tailor Shop

Site

Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan

Actor

Yuji

Scene

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Miracles of the Namiya General Store This picture is from a novel,Miracles of the Namiya General Store.

The novel talks about a grocery store where could help people solve their problems by delivering letters. People just write down their annoyance and deliver the letter to the mail box in front of the grocery store.On the next day,they will get the answers and commands in a milk box back of the store .Also,people who answer for it may probably receive the letter from the past or future.

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Space-time Crack

Apparently,through the iron door’s window,people who are from the different world can deliver the letters to each other.However,as somebody deliver the letters into mailbox,it cross the tunnel space and go into the Space-time . The Crack can connect many different spaces which have different time and speed.Therefore,in the Space-time Crack,after delivering the letters,they are transported at high speed and compressed strongly.And finally people who lived in the different world may receive the letters. To conclude, the delivering process actually is a interface of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions

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Reflect in Database

With the Space-time Crack,people from different spaces can exchange their experience and solutions to each other.To help others solve their problems,people have to think deeply and take out some experience in the past.When people are thinking, many ideas mix together,such as something already seen from others or something already learned by oneself.

Before getting the answer, many ideas reflect and bounce to each others in the database.In fact,it's a process of fusion and deletion. And finally the final answer emerge in people's mind.

Thus,owing to the past experience, people can make the decision and attain their target.

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Absorbing the knowledge and

Making the database sweller

broadening the horizens

Data stored in human’s body start to reflect.

The director has something to say…

Thinking is a process of reflecting in human’s database.In other words,when people have to accomplish an mission,like solving a problem,making a design or even having the test.People all have to experience the “Reflect in Database”process , which is from absorb,swell to reflect.

The overlap of interface allows people see more spaces

Reflect in Database The reflection on material experiment

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Location

Tailor Shop

Site

Taipei Daan District

Actor

Yuji

Ln. 205, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Da’an Dist

Civic Blvd

Civic Blvd

Site location

Tailor shop

Site Taipei Daan District The site is in Taipei Daan District,where is the core area of Taipei City.There are many well-known stores and restaurants. And it has always been the most popular commercial area in Taipei City. The site is in very lively shopping area. Besides,there are lots of tailor shops around the site.

Location Tailor shop The scene location is in tailor shop.As people try to make a suit.,they all have to experience “Reflect in Database” process.

In the first process, people have to increase the quantity of their ideas or their sense of fashion.

And then,people start making clothes by themselves and discuss with others.

Finally they can design the unique suit for customers.

The Scene of the Tailor shop

Title

Let's go to work!

Take

1

Yuji is experienced in making the suits.He has worked in tailor shop for many years. Now he is

Where The extrance ot the shop

going to work.This is the way which he must pass through everyday.

As soon as Yuji goes into the shop,he says hello to the lady sitting at the

Title

Good morning!

Take

2

Where Sevice Counter

service counter.She's just been in the store for a few days. She desires to learn more about tailoring.

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The Scene of the Tailor shop

The first step for making Title

Choose favorite type

Take

3

a suit is to pick up the cloth. According to the customer’s body

Where Fill of clothes

shape,Yuji gives opinions to them.And then they will choose the suitable clothes together. Also Yuji measures the body shape for the customized suit.

Before starting to make the suit, photographer

Title

Say cheese!

takes some body photos

Take

4

on every customers which

Where Photography room

gives Yuji a reference to design.

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The Scene of the Tailor shop

Title

Professional skills

Here is the Yuji’s

Take

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studio at the first floor.

He is making the script

Where studio

on paper.

Title

Lots of serious expression

is a studio for the senior

Take

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designers.They have their

Where Studio

The place inside the glass

own and enough working place.

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The Scene of the Tailor shop

Title

Lots of body shape

Take

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The place above the studio exhibits the previous work.Most

Where work exhibition

of them are classic.

The designers can come here to look for the styles of many clothes.

Yuji usually goes through this place.That reminds him of the life when

Title

When we was young

Take

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Where sewing room

he just entering the tailoring industry. In fact,the beginners have to learn how to operate the sewing machine for a while.

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The Scene of the Tailor shop

Title

The space looks so deep!

Take

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This is a scene by who just changes their clothes to the suit which is

Where Fitting room

making by Yuji.You can see the indoor of the tailor shop is very transparent and wide.

The Customers and

Title

Looks so handsome!

Yuji are looking at the

Take

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mirror for the final

Where Near the mirror

suit.The customer is very satisfied with this clothes!

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The Scene of the Tailor shop

Title

Pattern making

Here is the co-working

Take

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space for who is interested in tailoring.

Where Co-working Spaces

There sometimes hold the course here.It can make people sew the clothes by their own.

The scene from the top to first floor.

Title

A lot of designers are working

Take

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Where C o - w o r k i n g Spaces

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Notation

Reflect in Database There are some basic process of designing suit,which is from fabric cutting, pattern making,sewing and designing.People who is good at tailoring might learn it from the beginning.As they learn more and do more,their "Experience point in Database" get higher.

Making their experience point to grow faster is the main idea of this design.Using less wall and transparent material make people see other workers directly.The senior designers work at first floor,but they must go upstairs to have the course.People get their Experience point higher by communicating or observing others.

Thus,people improve themselves by “reflecting in many database.”

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Model Scene

the service counter

From first to second

From second to

floor

third floor

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Model Scene

They are learning how to

Sewing studio

make the patterns.

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Ironing place

Model Scene

Professional studio

Trying the new suit

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Holding the classes

Epilogue

In this theory book,I totally explore three topics,including “Incomplete of Complete”,”Causality “and “Reflect in Database”.They individually correspond to traveling, working and living,which are hidden behind the scenes.

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Feb - June ,2022

Director /Author : Yating Chen

Advisor : Hideki Hirahara Feb - June ,2022 Contemporary Architectural Theory Studio : Notation Dept. of Architecture.Tamkang University 75