[ In-Site ]
NIE ZIJIE'S PORTFOLIO
FOR JOB APPLICATION
Bachelor of Architecture, Southeast University
Master of Architecture, Cornell University
Address: Apt5002, 120 Valentine PL, Ithaca, NY, 14850
CONTENTS
[NATURALITY & ARTIFICIALITY]
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[SPIRITUAL IN WORLDLY]
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—Buddhist Museum
[MULPLICITY OF WALLS]
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—Urban Design of Areas near Aurelian Wall in Rome
[POEM & LIFE]
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—The Painter's House
[PARALLEL SPACE] —E-Waste Treatment Plant
[PHOTOGRAPH] —Shadow & Light
—Xichong Memorial Centre
[REMODELING BORDERS]
[DRAWING] —Lost In Market & Processing Works
—Thermal Bath
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It was a story of origins—a creation story, in fact—a tale about the modern rage for perpetually new beginnings, fresh starts and makeovers; in short, a story about the genesis of genesis. —Herbert Muschamp, New York Times, February 28, 2007 33
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In China, cities are faced with a common problem that they are becoming increasingly the same. There are two main reasons for this problem. The first is the demolishment of the old buildings, the other is that forms of many buildings do not generate from the place, but the contemporary aesthetics. What interests me the most is how can we create a building which is both native and universal.
In this portfolio, I discussed several kinds of solutions to different urban problems, all of which are related to the memory of the place. Every here and now in a place is so unique and open to the interpretation of individual designs. Choices, such as to blend or to distinguish, to assimilate or to resist, not only insert personalities into places but also enable me as a designer to better understand who I really am and where my link to a place is, and that is exactly what I expect to find in my further study.
01 NATURALITY & ARTIFACIALITY Thermal Bath Translation of nature and artifact Solo Project, Tutor: Alejandro Beals & Loreto Lyon 08/2018-12/2018, Location: Ithaca, NY, America
We, as architects, are constantly confronted by this paradox: we design spaces, voids to be lived and occupied, but what define such spaces are the physical and tangible properties of matter: its resistance, weight, shape, joints, texture, colour. What materials are used and how they are combined, defines the experience of space. Therefore, my project is to explore how a single material and a constructive method, its structure and details, can bestow a particular atmosphere condition. Also, how materiality can relate a pieve of architecture to the histories and narratives of a place.
[ NATURALITY ]
Reinterpretation
Void
The iron wires reinterpret the tension between the wickers and the ground. The iron wires can collapse in anytime because of the elasticity. Therefore, the elasticity gives a strong tension betwee iron wires and ground.
The cur ves perfectly depict the tension of the wickers. Thus, the c o m b i n i t i o n o f va r i o u s c u r ve s compose the shape of the void.
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Structure & Material
The structure of the salt storage shares some similarities with the w i l l ow. T h e w o o d f r a m e a l s o contain a kind of tension inside of itself. Meanwhile, the thinness of the wood frame strenghtens this feeling of tension. The wood structure is restricted by the concrete walls, so that it will not collapse by the lateral force. As a result, the fragility of wood structure and the stability of concrete walls can form a new kind of tension.
[ ARTIFICIALITY ]
Salt Storage
Ridge Skylight
Wood Shingles Ventilation Window
Wood Entrance
Wooden Ribs(Main)
Wooden Ribs(Secondary) Wood Truss
Concrete Wall
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[ COMBINATION ] 3
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Lobby Rest Area Shower Room Fitting Room Sauna Room Swimming Pool
Ground Floor Plan
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Restaurant 35℃ Pool 38℃ Pool 40℃ Pool Children's Pool
Merging in Nature
First Floor Plan
Although the construction of the thermal bath destroy many trees in the site, but the building can provide people with a similar feeling of inside the nature. Moreover, the shape of the building also can merge in the forest with trees. Even the concrete walls in the ground floor are hided by the ground. 04
[ STRUCTURE & MATERIAL ]
Section A-A
Section B-B
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02 SPIRITUAL IN WORLDLY Buddhist Museum Study About Buddhist Culture in Putuo Solo Project, Tutor: Guo Yimin, Zhang Junjie, Liu Haiyang 03/2017-06/2017, Location: Putuo, Zhejiang, China
With the fade of the Buddhism, there is few modern Buddist buildings in China. People's impressions upon the Buddhist buildings are always ancient and traditional, so the Buddhism is gradually away from the most people. I intend to interpret the traditional Buddhist buildings into modern architecture language, so that people can get close to the Buddhism again. How to use a brand new space experience to express the spirit of the Buddhism is the key point in my museum.
TEMPLES symbols of the Putuo Island
Huiji Temple
Fodong Temple
Fayu Temple
Xiangyun Temple
Shancai Temple
Puji Temple
Changle Temple
Yueling Temple
HIERACHIES in most Chinese temples
Ground hierachy
Plan hierachy
Section hierachy
Guangji Temple
Yue Temple
Dule Temple
Different elevations of the ground represents different hierachies.
Different layers of the plan represents different hierachies.
Different floors of the building represents different hierachies.
Cultural Background The site locates on the Putuo Island, which is famous for Buddism. Putuo is one of the four Buddhist holy lands and now famous for three temples on the island: Huiji, Fayu and Puji temples. There is a main route connecting them together, and the site is also on this route. Therefore, the museum is intended to be another important symbol of the island.
Hierachy In most Chinese temples, hierachy is one of the most important construction principles, which emphasizes the order of the universe, including ground hierachy, plan hierachy and section hierachy. So the translation of different hierachies become the key word in my museum. 07
Traditional Ground Hierachy In traditional Chinese temples, Buddha sculptures are always on the highest elevation of the room. Moreover, since temples were built on the slope of the mountain, their grounds tend to get higher building by building. Typically, the most forward building's level is the lowest, and the building in the middle of the sequence is the most important.
Inner Ground
The original ground of the site, which only has two levels.
Amplifying the levels of the ground.
Reorganizing the ground, determing the main space's level.
External Ground
Putting the spiritual space and lighting yards onto the ground.
Adding the roof to make up for the destroyed topography.
Growing plants on the roof and making it merge into the nature.
[ GROUND HIERACHY ]
Exhibitions space Zen-experiencing space Lighting & transportation space Rampway
Roof greening with grass
Walking path & platform
Contemporary exhibition Storage
Restaurant & Tea bar Office
Historical documents reading
Transitional space
Spiritual space
Worldly space
The old temple in the site
Ground & Roof The lowest and the highest ground represents the worldly space, including restaurant, historical documents reading space, the contemporary exhibition, office and the storage. But the ground in the middle represents the spiritual space for exhibitions. The roof faithfully reflects the change of the inner ground's elevations, and hides the main body of museum under the external ground. 08
Rampway It guides people from spiritual space to the worldly space. When people go down, they can see the opposite sea
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Cargo Entrance The gravestones of the old Buddhist monks
Secondary Entrance
Tianfu Nunner
An old hut dating fr Qing Dynasty
Gravestone The gravestones of the old Buddhist monks
MERGE IN NAT
The traditional Buddhist buildings emphasize the harmony with the nature, so most temples with the green roof, making it become a complete topography again, and hide the main pa concrete cylinder inserting into the gro
Seashore South Sea Baibu Beach
Parking Parking lot for important figures
Business Entrance
Plaza People can choose to go on the roof or into the building
Main Entrance
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Puji Road The mainroad for the tourists on the island
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Business Sea Wind Restaurant Baibuge Hotel
TURE
were built on the mountains. To intensify this idea, I repair the broken site art of the museum under the green roof. Ultimately, people can only see a ound from a distance. 09
[ PLAN HIERACHY ] Traditional Temple
Modern Museum Bottom Floor Representational Simplistic Directionality Dim Single-scale Single-activity
Upper Floor
Abtract Complex Omnibearing Changable light Multi-scales Multi-activities
The plans of the traditional temples are divided into three layers, and the central space is the most important as the place for the Buddist sculptures. The outermost space is used as corridor, which represents the lowest level. In the museum, the hierachies are amplified, so it can provide more functions and experience. Moreover, the importance of the central space can be better intensified.
+3.0m Floor Plan
+6.0m Floor Plan 1 2 3 4 5
Lobby Restaurant Introducing Space Buddhist Music Displaying Zen-Experiencing
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Historical Documents Reading Historical Relic Store Exhibition Store Store Power Distribution Room
+10.0m Floor Plan 11 12 13 14 15
Motor Room Equipment Room Information Consulatation Sculpture of Buddha Exhibition Contemporary Exhibition
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Janitor's Room Guard Room Office Meeting Room Multimedia
+14.0m Floor Plan 21 Cultural Relic Exhibition 22 Painting Exhibiton 23 Souvenir Sale
PAINTING EXHIBITION In painting exhibition, people can feel all of the four layers in the spiritual space. In the exhibition space, the sunlight shines on the wall of the central cylinder, so that it can be sensed as the center of the space. Owing to the contrast of the light and shade, people will know that is the way out. 10
[ SPIRITUAL & WORLDLY ] Scale I
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S Buddhist music displaying
lighting corridor
Zen-experiencing
Buddhist sculptures exhibition
W restaurants
historical documents reading
contemporary exhibition
The size of spiritual space differs from large to extremely narrow, endowing visitors with variable experience. In contrast, that of worldly space is basically appropraite for people without many changes.
Light S zen-experiencing
Buddhist sculptures exhibition
cultural relic exhibition
W restaurants
historical documents reading
contemporary exhibition
The light of spiritual space is mostly indirect and dim, creating a myterious and ritualistic atmosphere. In contrast, that of worldly space is bright, which is enclosed mostly by glasses.
Activity S zen-experiencing
sculpture of Buddha exhibition
cultural relic exhibition
W restaurants
historical documents reading
contemporary exhibition
The activities in spiritual space include zen-experiencing and various budda-related exhibitions, which are quiet and still. In contrast, that in worldly space include restaurants, reading and temporary exhibition, which are relatively active.
Spiritual The Zen-experiencing space is used for people to experience the power of the zazen. They can see the reflection of the sky on the water, and water is the most bright part in the space. This scene will enlighten people to meditate.
Worldly The historical documents reading space is open to the old temple in the site. The conversation between the old and new building further displays the museum's connection with the Buddhism. 11
[ SECTION HIERACHY ]
Classified
The hierachy in section means that the lighting condition of each floor in spiritual space is diffe close to the outer world. Moreover, each floor corresponds to one certain exhibition accordin darkest. The painting is suitable for natural light, so its
Worldly Spiritual
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Section A
Narrative
People will experience the process from worldly space(entrance) to spiritual space(exhibition space(nature) again. The light will change from bright to dim, then from dim to bright again,
Dim (display paintings )
Dark (display cultural relics)
Darkest (display sculpture of Buddha)
d Lighting
erent. The light gets brighter than that downstairs, which indicates people that they are getting ng to its lighting condition. The sculpture of Buddha is suitable for artificial light, so its light is s lighting condition is the best among the three floors.
orldly
Section B
Seqence
n). When getting to the top floor of the museum, they will finally come back to the worldly so that people can feel the purifying process for their souls that the Buddism brings to them. 12
03 MULTIPLICITY OF WALLS Xichong Memorial Centre Dapeng Bay Cemetery Area Architectural Design Group Project, Co-Worker: Jiani Suo; My role: cooperated in everything, Tutor: Zhang Tong 04/2016-06/2016, Location: Shenzhen, China
In Xichong Memorial Centre, I have discussed the meanings of the walls. The idea comes from the form of the cemetery, which has tiers of gravestones. I intend to portray my architecture as a monument, in memorial of the dead and the history of the Xichong checkpoint. Since this area also funtions as tourist attraction, it has two kinds of emotions—relaxed and grief. Moreover, the architecture has to satisfy different kins of functions. Therefore, the walls should be divided into different kinds to correpond to various requirements.
The project is aimed to mourn the dead in the cemetery, I want to create two emotions in my architecture, so that people can be affected by the active space to recover from the grief as soon as possible.
Xichong Memorial Center coexists with old Xichong checkpoint
Footbridge-Tourism
Xichong Checkpoint-History
Cemetery-Sweeping Tombs & Funeral
Multi-functions The site is located beside the Dapeng-Bay cemetery and the Xichong checkpoint. Also, there will be an overline bridge go through this site. How to integrate these three elements as a whole is the key for our design.
mourning people tourists
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[ Condition & Requirements of Site ] Dapeng Bay Cemetery
Three Periods of Checkpoint
In use The checkpoint cuts down the road
Deserted Cars get through on checkpoint's abolishment
Renovated The cemetery can be arrived by bus
Bus station will be built for the cemetery
A footbridge will be built as a landscape line
The footbridge passes by the checkpoint
The footbridge's branch leads to the cemetery
City Planning
Subway will pass through the whole cemetery Route
Connect the bus station with cemetery
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Open &
The project is faced with the highway and between two mountains. So the noise. However, the site is rather narrow, that's the reason why I ch a retaining wall beside the highway. For mourning peopl
& Closed
o the architecture should be away from the road to reduce the effect of hoose a linear method to design. For passerbys, the building will be like le, the linear wall will guide them to enter the cemetery.
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[ Walls-Study ] Emotions of Walls
Spirit
Border
Activity
monument of death
division of space
footpath for visitors
Overseas Chinese
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Citizen
Body
Mountain
Visitor
Relative
Rock
Walking
Sweeping Tomb
Plant
Running
Highway
Plant
Car
Sea
Mourning
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Life
Death
Commemorate
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checkpoint (old building)
Intersect
Different space between walls represent different functions, creating a new border for the valley.
Bend
Centralize
The walls bend to form different r o u t e s , a n d t h e h i g hway i s connected with the cemetery.
The central space is used as mourning hall. It represents the spirit of the location.
Overlap
The overlapped space have two directions, which also means two different atmospheres.
Comparison By comparing different wall-space in scale and end, I find that they have certain relation with the space emotions:
Scale
End
Death
Life Scale
The taller the space is, the emotion of it can be more nagetive. The shorter the space is, its emotion can be more active.
End The dim and closed end can make the emotion of mystery and stifling. The open and bright end can make the emotion of comfortable and pleasure 17
Spirituality People will mourn the death of their relatives here, the light on the platform can offer them with comfort. The increasing tendency of space to get larger makes the platform more holy and spiritual
[ Space Organization ] The ground floor is mostly used for exhibition and rest. It will display the history of the people who buried in the Dapengwan cemetery. The old Xichong checkpoint will be transformed into a service center which can provide food and consulting service.
The first floor is mainly used for mourning ceremony. It contains a large mourning hall and several private mourning rooms. Outside the mourning hall serves as the information consultation
ground floor
first floor
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loby cafe exhibition I rest area exhibition II exhibition III business equipment room office yard waiting hall information consultation
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contemporary exhibition mourning hall consultation service restaurant private mourning room guard room 18
The wall also serves as the showcase The skylight prevents the direct light into the lobby
Difference
Since different walls should represent different functions, so they ha distance of the walls is decided by the visitors flowrate. The heights of The thicknesses of the walls are decided by the functions, with the insula
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ave to differ from each other in distance, height and thickness. The f the walls are decided by the layers and the requirement of the form. thickened walls can also function as showcase, seats and acoustical ation. 19
04 REMODELING & CONNECTION Urban Design of Areas near Aurelian Wall in Rome China-Italy Co-teach Program Group Project, Co-Worker: Zhou Qian Ying, Wang Xuan; My role: cooperated in everything Tutor: Tang Peng, Shen Yang, Simona Salvo, Federico Dematteis, Luca Reale, Yang Hui 09/2015-11/2015, Location: Rome, Italy
In this project, I mainly discuss the way to renovate the old city. The wrecked Aurelian Walls has formed some negative space in the Rome, but they are significant symbols of the city. So the borders of the walls become important to deal with. Our strategy is to remodel the boders of the walls in both micro and macro scales. In this way, the walls can be sensed as continuous again, and the space around the walls can be activated as well.
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Before Green
Before Traffic
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Before Function
In the past, the Rome was formed along the Aurelian Walls. However, nowadays, the walls are demolished or cut down, allowing the expension of the city.
Before Public
After Green
After Traffic
After Function
After Public
We renovate various borders in the site, forming a series of public space, and connect the different elements with the contimuous greenline along the wall.
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MACRO B
In the site, the walls and the green belts along them are both broken, so we reproduce the in macro scale. In this way, people can feel the co
MICRO B
We renovate different micro borders along the greenline border, making different areas have the walls can become part o
BORDER
continual linear sense of the wall by connecting the green belts, forming a greenline border onnection between different parts of walls again.
BORDERS
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[ Borders ]
Restaurants: The previous chaotic artists' houses are demolished to build a series of unified buildings, which mainly function as restaurants, and create a series of plaza for the tourists and the residents around here. The plaza also performs as the start of the touring route.
Sports Center: The football field was previously hidden by the deserted houses, so that few people could get there and use it. Therefore, we use a sports centre to replace them, re-opening the football field to the public, and improve the borders along the cemetery as well.
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[ Borders ]
Tourist Center: This place was occupied by several negative bars, which seemed to be dangerous. Moreover, the sunken road blocked the connection between the bars and the residential areas. So we replace part of the bars with a tourist center to improve the borders of bars sorrronding the hill, and make a way from the residential area to the sunken road.
past
Bars: The bars in the sunken road mostly were rather nagetive, without any people visited, making the whole path along the hill nagetive. So we broaden the sunken road and tranform it into green ways. Also, we improve the borders along the hill by renovating the bars, making them more unified and positive.
slope
bars now bars bars
green way
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[ Borders ]
Museums: The old buildings were deserted, so many refugees moved into them, making the area nagetive. So that we transform the buildings into museums, displaying the history of the Aurelian Wall, and integrate them together as a whole.
Terrace: The space along the river was filled with bushes and trees, blocking the view of the Tiber River, and the slope was rather steep, preventing people to get close. So that we turn the steep slope into steps, and create a terrace along the river, allowing people to get close to the river.
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05 POEM & LIFE The Painter's House A Study About Countyard And The House Solo Project, Tutor: Han Xiao Feng 9/2013-11/2013, Location: Nanjing , Jiangsu, China
Nowadays, many cities in China are faced with the construction in old blocks, such as Hutong in Beijing. However, most of the new buildings are strange among those old houses. In this project, I intend to think the way for new buildings in the old blocks. With the crowded space and special forms in the old block, how to make my building coexists with houses around harmoniously but still look obviously different is the key point in my design.
In The Old Block
The old residential area is rather crowded without any public space. Also, the road enclose with walls
enclose with yard
divide with crossed walls
is narrow, so that the houses' pravicy is limited. Moreover, most houses' lighting is poor for the close distance between each other. In my house, I use the wall and the yard to inhence the privacy. And the yard can allow the lighting and activity space. Also, the terrace can provide the public space to have contact with the outside people,
add the open space
add the terrace
open large windows
as well as the view towards the old block.
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living room dinning room and kitchen exhibition room toilet yard study room living room bedroom terrace drawing room gallery
Ground Floor
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06 PARALLEL SPACE E-Waste Treatment Plant Ecological Building in Roosevelt Island Group Project, Co-Worker: Guoyu Wang, Junda Liu, Haoming Wu; My role: cooperated in everything Tutor: Tei Carpenter, Jesse LeCavalier 06/2018-07/2018, Location: Roosevelt Island, NYC, USA
The e-waste has been increasing every year. The environment problem and health problem caused by it are threatening many people's life. The aim of our project is to discuss how to develop a system to digest main kinds of e-waste and convert them to some basical materials that can be used again. The project is located on the south of Roosevelt Island, so the huge consumption of e-waste by NYC people can provide the building with enough "food". We propose that the machine and people should have their own circulation, so that the efficiency of program can be promoted and fewer people need to be used.
[ Self-Sufficient ]
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Popularity of Cellphones
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1 Micr obial Treatment Shredding
3 Magnetic Separation
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India Taiwan Malaysia Hongkong
Melting
The e-product has been more and more popular in every family, so the treatment of e-waste has become a severe problem. Most of the e-waste will be transported to some asian or african countries for treatment. Due to the poor protection, many people's life are threatened by the e-waste. In our program system, the plastic, glass, LCD and battery will enter different loops, part of which may share some same processing programs. Finally the output of the program will be saled for reuse. Some of them will go back to the loops to help the treatment process. 1 Mix-used Space 2 3D Moldeling 3 Marketplace 4 Exhibition Area 5 Conveyor Tube for Glass
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[ Parallel Space ]
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OTHER
Draw
Lost in Market We assume a plan for the future market that people have already forgotten to walk in the city. They can freely wander in the market without worrying about the exit. Because they can always find the exit through the big gardens which penetrate into the market, and lead the way out.
WORKS
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Processing Work I first put hundreds of points randomly in the screen. Then I use cos and sin function to control the points run in a curve trace. The trace they have passed will not disappear, so that different traces can overlap together to form different lightness of the curves.
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Photog
Shadow I try to represent the image of the tombstones in Seljuk period in Armenia. So I use the frame to hold many small panels, which can represent the abstract images of tombstones. When they combine together, they can cast the shadow of the image of past Seljuk tombstones in Armenia.
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Light This is a photo of Noguchi's paper lantern. The soft light just like the waves. However, they are actually the combinition of cones. The contrast between the soft and sharp right presents the property of paper—soft but sharp.
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