“林茂水阔，天人合一”， 林盘是川西居民和谐处理建筑和自然环境的绝佳例子。一方面，它反映的是传统居住空间和自然环境“采菊东篱下，悠然见南山”的紧密关系，另一方面，林盘也展现了中国传统文化中“物化的自然”这一普遍概念, 即自然并不是一个独立的元素，而是人们改造，利用和文化投射之后的结果。

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从林盘的原型出发，这也是我们在这个小房子的设计中想要探讨的问题，我们把它归纳为两个互为关联的角度：

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从自然看建筑：我们希望房子和环境成为彼此的一部分。在这里，建筑有着消隐的体量和柔软的边界，室内室外通透连接，没有明显的界定。

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从建筑看自然：建筑也为人们提供了从一个独特角度体验自然的可能性，环境的体验此时此刻成为自然在人内心的投影，春夏秋冬是这里的主角，建筑只是安静而沉默的剧场。

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I-mesh纱线网格新材料的使用，为我们所设想的像云一样柔软而通透的建筑边界提供了可能性。我们希望这个建筑用现代的语言演绎川西林盘的传统故事，赋予这片美丽土地新的生命力。

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“The forest is lush and the waterway is broad, this is where you see the harmony of men and nature”, LinPan is the perfect constructed example showing how the local western Sichuan residents organize buildings and environment. One hand it shows the ideal relationship echoes between dwelling and nature, like an ancient Chinese poem “I picked a chrysanthemum near my house’s east fence, while seeing the South Mountain peacefully faraway”. On the other hand, “Nature” in Chinese context is not
an isolated element, but a consequence of people’s utilize, transform and culture projection, we call this “personalized nature”.

From the prototype of LinPan, we are trying to approach two subjects in this small building, they could be further concluded into 2 perspectives:

From Nature to Building: we expect building become part of nature. This building should possess a vague massing and a soft boundary, nature flows in and out of the space, there is no clear definition of built and unbuilt.

From Building to Nature: we hope this building provide an alternate way for people to encounter the surrounding environment. Here, nature is an experience rather than an observation, it tells its own story through four seasons, time, and light, building only serves as a silence stage.

The use of I-mesh material also provides us the possibility to present a soft and transparent architecture existence, like a piece of could floating between the forest. With this proposal, we hope to tell a traditional
western Sichuan LinPan Story with contemporary architectural language, bring new vitality to this beautiful site.

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