Wabi-sabi aesthetics has re-entered the public eye in recent years. It is regarded as a simple and restrained way of appreciation, challenging people's standard concept of beauty. The "simplicity" in the form of expression lies in the "minus" in decoration and transformation, which is rough and plain. Beneath the surface, there is a calm and distinctive personality, which is true from architecture to pottery to flower arrangement. And when wabi-sabi aesthetics occurs in architectural space, what will it look like to bring the "Zen" spirit into life?
Exposed concrete poet Tadao Ando's architectural work CasaWabi in Mexico
Located between the beaches and mountains of Mexico, Casa Wabi is based on the concept of 'Wabi-Sabi'. It uses the contemporary essence of geometric concrete walls and a traditional paddle roof with tropical style to show the coexistence of tradition and contemporary spirit. A 312-meter-long concrete wall outside the building highlights the original beauty. Facing the South Pacific and the setting sun, the orange-red light reflects through the projection to show the natural color and texture of the concrete, perfectly integrating Japanese aesthetics and tropical style. As one body.
▲ CasaWabi Photo: freundevonfreunden.com
▲ CasaWabi Photo: freundevonfreunden.com
▲ CasaWabi Photo: freundevonfreunden.com
Japanese architect Satoru Hirota gives Tokyo temple "Tōyūji" a new look for wabi-sabi
The Tokyo temple "Tōruji", which is over 400 years old, was built in the Edo period. It experienced air raids during World War II and was rebuilt in 1949. After many years, it was renovated in 2016 by the well-known local Satoru Hirota Architects. The design is given a new lease of life. Different from the previous impression of temples, the building facade uses clear water molding and cedar wood to restore the temple to create another sense of solemnity. The shape retains the traditional gable and roof shapes, while also introducing garden architecture that is very important to Japanese art. The scenery is "Dry Landscape". The white river sand covering the river simulates the landscaping technique of mountains and rivers, providing a large amount of green space and green gardens, giving the space a healing effect. The temple, where tradition and modernity coexist, meets the monks' expectations for renovation.
▲ Tongrui Temple Photo: thepolysh.com
▲ Tongrui Temple Photo: thepolysh.com
▲ Tongrui Temple Photo: thepolysh.com
Ukrainian architecture SHKRUB House integrates Japanese wabi-sabi atmosphere to interpret a modern interpretation of traditional residences
SHKRUB House, a house designed by Ukrainian architect Sergey Makhno for his family, was built in a contemporary Ukrainian style under the influence of Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy, mixing modernist concrete structures with traditional Japanese thatched roofs. The house is filled with a lot of Ukrainian Ceramics, the entire wall is covered with traditional Ukrainian ceramic tiles, clay veneer, linseed, rye and wheat mix, using the regular beauty of collage. Huge windows on the building’s façade bring natural light and views of the Japanese courtyard into the home’s public realm, creating a modern interpretation of a traditional home through the incorporation of natural materials and organic forms within the building’s massing.
▲ Photo: mujieliving.com
▲ Photo: mujieliving.com
▲ Photo: mujieliving.com
▲ Photo: mujieliving.com
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In Porto-Vecchio, southern Corsica, France, the house is wrapped in rough raw concrete, repeatedly covered by hand with a coating of cement, lime and local sand to ensure the building fully blends into the surrounding landscape. Low-key, low-saturation colors present a wabi-sabi atmosphere, giving the residence a warm and stress-relieving atmosphere. Large concrete-framed openings on the building’s façade bear witness to a timeless dialogue between trees, the natural environment and the building’s original concrete structure.
▲ casa p Photo: thedesignstory.com
▲ casa p Photo: thedesignstory.com
▲ casa p Photo: thedesignstory.com
K Studio&Studio BonarchiWabi-sabi style hotel with modernism and local tradition
Kalesma Hotel, located on the Aegean Sea, means "invitation, call" in Greek, symbolizing the warm and hospitable spirit of the Mykonos people. K-Studio's interior design combines modernism with local tradition. The studio Drawing on the laid-back island living experience to reinvent Mykonian hospitality, we designed quaint "villages" composed of white bungalows and villas. The soft minimalist tones and local stone settings blend with the surrounding rugged landscape. Echoing, the levels are spread out on the island's northwest ridge around a central "plateia" or public space, which is uniquely positioned to allow guests to take in the surrounding lush tropical landscape while swimming, dining, and unobstructed views to the Aegean Sea sunrise and sunset views.
▲Kalesma Photo: Yiorgos
▲Kalesma Photo: Yiorgos
▲Kalesma Photo: Yiorgos
▲Kalesma Photo: Yiorgos
Nowadays, more and more Wabi-Sabi architects use fair-faced concrete technology to decorate the outer surface of the wall.
Architect Chen Bingxin uses low-key and precise modern water molding methods to present the spirit of modern craftsmen.
The home space is decorated with elegant accessories in earth tones, conveying a sense of returning to nature.
interior space-Avenue of Stars➦
construction space-Taichung Fu's House➦
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