The parti of any architecture project is its inspiration, its motivation, its reason and its abstraction. A parti is something unrelated to architecture, yet when called "Parti", the welcoming arms of architecture embrace this strange alien and it becomes a part of architecture. It becomes connected.
I have chosen the paper lantern as my parti. I arrived at this parti because of the iconographic impact paper lanterns have. I want to take that beauty and set it into the Californian landscape. The marriage of these two beautiful elements will create a sublime space that invokes a sense of transcendence to whoever may experience it. After all, events such as music, things such as art and milestones such as weddings are all celebratory expressions that lift the human spirit above the daily human experience. These things are special. I want my building to enhance and augment the spirit moving effect of celebrations.
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Will paper lanterns inspire a beautiful and transcendent building+location?
Will a beautiful building take away from any of the celebrations? (Music, Art, Weddings, etc...)
What are your favourite parts of a paper lantern?
Can I express the feelings of a paper lantern without the attached cultural origins? (ie, a Chinese paper lantern)
Would you want to spend a day, or an evening at a space that made you feel like the above images?
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