MEMORY REALITY ESCAPE

Life and Death

is an extension of the river, the vertical axis of the river interacts with nature, and axis of movement passes through it.

The spatial proportion arrangement follows the three-act structure of classical films, presenting the spatial experience in a ratio of 30:70:20.

The story is driven by the stacking of emotional conflicts, and the arrangement of space constantly changes between positive and negative emotions.

Through the interplay of the city, body, consciousness, and nature, three main themes are created : escape, memory, and reality.

SUBJECT & BACKGROUND chapter 1 location : home chapter 2 location : city center chapter 3

There is a clear relationship between subject and background in the site. Order, focus, stacking, and shadows create visual blind spots, allowing certain parts of my architecture to be hidden outside the focus.

The memory of Tainan's old houses is an entry point that closely relates to the scale of life. The elusive sunshine enters through the treetops, which also extend into the opening, almost touchable. It allows people to slowly descend without feeling the sinking sensation.

As we enter the darkness, our emotions shift. Without sight, we use our hearing, sense of smell, and touch to perceive our surroundings. The newly opened path is next to the original waterway, and we can feel the echoes of water passing through it from the opening. The sound of footsteps and voices are amplified here, and we can feel the texture of the concrete. Here, we experience our own bodily functions.

The motivation for escape evokes the memory of the city. The light below presents a streetlike outline of the city, contrasting with the fragmented activities of people, projecting the current urban system onto the street memory of Tainan's past.

The exhibition space is a fragmented spatial experience of Tainan's alleys. The light enters irregularly through the displaced openings and structures above, creating a blurred and everchanging distance from nature that can only be perceived through sound and light reflection. As the exhibition space gradually rises, it slowly comes to the water surface, but becomes further away from the water, resulting in a sense of loss.

People escape to this place through the spatial script and artworks, project their own memories and events onto this site, gradually accepting and returning to reality.

location : the border of the city

Ascending alone into the water, the view is filled with pure waterways, with forests extending infinitely on both sides. It allows people to experience and recall the experiences they once had in the countryside.

chapter 4

location : the countryside

Extending into a pure bowl-shaped space, surrounded by the trees originally present on the site, which block out most distractions. People can easily sit or lie down in the circular bowl and quiet their minds, reorganizing their thoughts and rethinking on their inner selves.

Passing over the original route, and extending into an array matrix, people initially don't know that they are above the original hall. They observe people walking below in the street grid created by the light, experiencing this nonrealistic urban memory

the end location : reality

Returning to reality, rising up to face the city, he finally sees the original appearance of the site and discovers the building space that was once hidden in the landscape. Guided by the axis, he slowly walks back to the city from the natural landscape.