Intangible - Research Retreat

The first project of this semester is Research Retreat, which is to design a building for six artists living in. We went to the site - Hospitalfield at the beginning of this semester. When I first saw the site, I felt that I was suddenly in the 18th century. An historical castle which is used as a hotel now, and big trees which are very tall and terrific. Peace and silent fill the whole site. 

The site  is at the end of Hospitalfield, its shape is  rectangle and it is  surrounded by tall trees and short walls. The most impressive thing to me was the trees' branches. Due to the winter season,  no leaves were on the branches. I tired to imagine my sight  a big picture, sky and cloud are the background, suddenly, the branches were no longer a part of trees', they became cracks, which divided the blue sky into different parts, and together with the sky, they formed an integrate and beautiful image.  

After some work when I came back,  I drawed the sketch on the left and decided to regard the "crack"  as one intangible thing and I wanted to engage it and the view of the image - sky and cracks in my design. Another intangible of mine came from the shape of the site - symmetry and rectangle, so I thought these two things maybe some important elements as well.

Next post I will talk something about the development of my design.