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maybe the
daylight is one
of the most basic elements
when I think about architecture
because
I like to make a space where
people can move freely so that means
I normally don't make some hierarchy
or
order to try to make
some free circulation, which people can make by themselves.
To achieve that space
it's very important to bring the natural light
homogeneously from everywhere. We always
try to open up
the architecture
like open the door, open the window
to have fresh
daylight, a fresh wind, trying to create
a kind of continuity going
cross the architecture, so a kind of freshness
is something we appreciate
to have, even staying
inside, outside. One of the
important idea for us with the
Rolex Learning Center is to have a
open space. One room
where people
can walk freely. There's no end
If you wish you can
explore, you can walk until
wherever you want to go. There's no wall, there's no end.
There's always the light, sunlight
can come from beyond
There's always something happening beyond the hill.
So kind of a circulation,
space continuing from here to there
this is one important
try that we did in this project.
One of our ideas is not to use
too much artificial lighting
during daytime to let
people feel comfortable to stay.
The Rolex Learning Center is
a kind of learning space but at the same time a meeting space
where people can make
new ideas
or some compensation, so our idea
was to make one huge space
with a big potential where people can meet each other
but at the same time it's very important that everyone can
make, own some privacy
and some quiet space to concentrate to the learn.
so that is a very challenging thing
and also
there is
also every area is kind of
important to get also the
natural light.
Actually
it looks like a hill outside, or garden, and at the same time
because of the interior all space has loop
and also looks very open but very
deep space and then the ceiling height
is not so high. So that means that outside
it's also one the challenging things to get
natural daylight everywhere so
that's why we use
some reflection from the courtyard or
the ceiling to bring the natural daylight
to the deep area.
I visited
the place
ten, twenty times afterwards, but also sometimes my friends
visit it and explain the different
situation. People feel,
it looks, like they are enjoying
the space. They sit
on the floor, the study beside the window
- sometimes they are running - there are so many people coming and and coming out,
it looks like a park. This is a
one of the most important ideas that we were trying to
present the architecture
like a park. There's no border, there's
very open, inviting everybody
to come in. That's why I appreciate
always when I come to the
Learning Center, people look like enjoying
the space. We are very happy to see that,
yes.