Part B: Bamboo Wall House Analysis - Diagram

The diagrams below are to identify and extrapolate the three Key Design Elements within my Exemplar House - the Great Bamboo Wall, which represent my Architect's Approach to 'Delight', 'Commodity' and 'Firmness' in design.

'Delight' in Design, how the Great Bamboo Wall acts as a 'Delightful Experience'.

The Great Wall historically partitioned off two cultures, but this bamboo wall not only demarcates but also unites like and culture.  Skin of Bamboo, Spirit of Bamboo in Japan there is a famous children's tale about how Princess Kakuyahime, the Moon Goddess, was born inside a stalk of bamboo.  People could believe this story because bamboo has a special skin, and a soul. [1]

'Firmness' in Design, in Design, how the Great Bamboo Wall acts as an 'Environmental Filter'.

The main idea of the Great Bamboo Wall was to learn from the formality of the Great Wall of China - runs almost endlessly along the undulating ridgeline, and is integrated into the surrounding environment.[1]

'Commodity' in Design, how the Great Bamboo Wall acts as a 'Container of Human Activities'.

Approaching the Space (circulation)

Function of Space

Reference:
[1] Kengo Kuma & Associates. 2008. Great (Bamboo) Wall. http://www.kkaa.co.jp/E/main.htm (accessed March 4, 2010).