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Image: Architect Tadao Ando | Telstar Logistics | Flickr
BREAKING THE BOUNDARY
Usually, nature is thought of as something “outside”. But what happens when the line between “inside” and “outside” blur? How can we bring nature into architecture?
In his book Natural Architecture, Alessandro Rocca writes about the notion of architecture as “sheltering” us from nature. (1) In fact, his book Natural Architecture explains how nature can be “exposed” through design — to ultimately fight this convention where architecture is only a “shelter”.
While this is very interesting, I can’t help but wonder if there are other novel ways to “expose” nature —- indoors.
You are only limited by your imagination.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS?
Why would it be important for a worker, for instance, to feel nature while in their office? Wouldn’t it hamper productivity?
Actually, the opposite is true.
By integrating nature with Read more
