newitalianblood

The house by a quiet river, deep in the mountains. I have thought of filling water between the river and the house and planting lotus so that the dwelling would be conveyed by the lotus to the river and continue into the woods on the other side of the river. The architecture itself is basically composed of holes. It is divided into two wings, with the hole-shaped terrace in between serving to connect the wood in the back of the house with the woods on the opposite bank. Wall surfaces are also designed as countless holes. I have wished to create light walls that the wind would sweep through, using the massive material that is the stone. I have come up with the details of the ‘hole’: thin travertine plates sized 20cm x 600cm and 30mm thick would be suspended from the stainless steel flat bars 6mm x 18mm to constitute a porous checkerboard pattern.