Luring you to relax to the max. |
Architectural philosophy encourages balance and symmetry with contrast. This makes the overall impression stick to the mind and the recall effect impresses on people and makes them repeat the design in their own home projects. Contrast eliminates boredom and puts spice and life to the composition. Here, bamboo and wood in design proves very effective.
All-concrete is always an eye sore for me. When mixed with metal, it becomes a bit tolerable, especially if the metal is colored strikingly contrasting. But a triad mix of concrete, wood, and metal is altogether something else. It makes me want to rush into the edifice to see what's inside. It sparks up active interest.
Bamboo creates a vacation mood, an idea of rustic relaxation even if one is amid the hassle and bustle of city life. Better if the hardness of bamboo is made pliant by the sight of soft cushions or its simpler rendition to lengthy strips. Bamboo and wood in design lends life to the coldness and rigidity of concrete and metal.
A mix of concrete, metal, and wood is often the spice of design. |
I believe city architects should well consider the above when designing urban abodes for the busy and stressed urbanite. To lessen the toll of work pressure and tension, architects have the duty to re-produce the peace and calm of the countryside in the work place and at home, or at least recommend the same to their clients, stressing their importance.
And in this task, bamboo and wood in design would prove invaluable. In Deep Asia, bamboo always brings back time to the simple old days of our ancestors at the same time that we realize the needs of the present. Seeing bamboo puts us somewhat in a meditative mode. Deep Asians find the sight of bamboo and wood in design quite conducive to healthy and beneficial rumination of what is real, needful, and soul-satiating.
That's my ideal HOUSEpinoy--always putting hints of the province in your daily routine. Thus, I like gathering Pinoy architectural ideas I see around and composing them into a blog.
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