Light Architecture

2024.7.6-2026.3.20

Hefei, Anhui Province

China

Wu Jinyuan

Architecture is a vessel for light; space is the setting in which life unfolds.

In this project, the design seeks to reorganize the structural relationships within the living space through architectural means. By partially opening up the floor slabs to create double-height spaces, the design establishes vertical connections between areas that were previously separated by horizontal floor slabs. Natural light enters from above, gradually descending through the different levels to permeate the entire spatial system, creating subtle yet rich variations in light and shadow throughout the day.

Looking up from the ground floor, the line of sight extends naturally along the double-height structure, creating a continuous spatial relationship between the different floors. The spaces are no longer merely stacked on top of one another; instead, they establish a more dynamic layering within the vertical dimension, allowing residents to experience a sense of openness and order derived from the building’s scale in their daily lives.

In line with the homeowners’ lifestyle preferences, the design places the living room, kitchen, and dining area together on the lower level. This layout allows the homeowners to move directly from the garage into the home’s central communal living space, creating a more natural and seamless flow.

At the same time, the open-plan floor design allows natural light from the ground floor to filter down into the basement, ensuring that the underground space receives ample, soft natural light during the day and transforming the traditional experience of underground spaces—which are typically enclosed and reliant on artificial lighting.

In terms of spatial organization, the building’s volume gradually forms a clear vertical hierarchy: the ground floor serves as the core area for family interaction, featuring an open layout that accommodates daily life; the middle floor houses activity areas and guest rooms, with relatively light-weight volumes embedded within it to serve as transitional nodes connecting the upper and lower spaces; the top floor accommodates the master and secondary bedrooms, allowing the space to gradually return to a state of tranquility and privacy.

The overall design minimizes the use of decorative elements, allowing structure, proportion, and light to serve as the primary means of spatial expression. Soft furnishings are used only as subtle accents, ensuring that the architecture itself remains restrained and pure.

Here, a home is no longer merely a container filled with furnishings, but rather a micro-architecture that is constantly brought to life by the rhythms of daily living. As light, air, and human activity flow gently through it, the space reveals a more authentic and enduring vitality over time.

Point: A location (with no size)

Line: The path formed by the movement of a point

Plane: The area enclosed by lines

olid: A three-dimensional space formed by planes

建筑是光的容器，空间是生活展开的场所。

在本项目中，设计尝试以建筑的方式重新组织居住空间的结构关系。通过局部打通楼板形成挑空结构，使原本被水平楼板分隔的空间在垂直方向上建立联系。自然光由顶部进入，在不同层级之间逐渐下沉，贯穿整个空间系统，也在一天之中形成细微而丰富的光影变化。

从底层向上望去，视线随着挑空结构自然延展，不同楼层之间形成连续的空间关系。空间不再只是简单的叠合，而是在垂直维度中建立起更具张力的层次，使居住者在日常使用中能够感知到建筑尺度带来的开放感与秩序。

根据业主的生活方式偏好，设计将客厅、厨房与用餐区集中布置在地下层。这样的规划使业主在从车库进入室内后，可以直接过渡到家庭最核心的公共活动空间，动线更加自然流畅。

同时，通过开放式楼板的设计，一层的自然光被引入地下，使地下空间在白天也能够获得充足而柔和的采光，改变传统地下空间封闭、依赖人工照明的使用体验。

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在空间组织上，建筑体量在垂直方向逐渐形成清晰的层级：底层作为家庭公共交流的核心区域，以开放的形式承载日常生活；中间层布置活动区与客房，以相对轻盈的体量嵌入其中，成为连接上下空间的过渡节点；顶层则布置主卧与次卧，使空间逐渐回归安静与私密。

整体设计尽量减少装饰性语言的介入，让结构、比例与光线成为空间表达的主要方式。软装仅作为适度的点缀，使建筑本身保持克制与纯粹。

在这里，家不再只是一个被填充的居住容器，而是一座可以被日常生活不断激活的微型建筑。光、空气与人的活动在其中缓慢流动，也让空间在时间之中呈现出更加真实而持久的生命力。

设计师：吴金沅

You probably guessed it—see it and understand it.

So, what is Again and Again? Again and Again is an old friend. Placing see in reverse signifies communication— it also embodies the unique nature of longing to swim against the current.

Matrix, matrix. Design is subtractive manufacturing.

God drew the perfect circle, Prometheus created the perfect vertical. The rectangle is the foundational language of creation, Matrix rules arrange, Rigorous yet rebellious.

Thus, what else is there to see

Flexibility and adaptability lead to freedom. One of the most compelling aspects of spatial design lies in its ever-changing spatial planning and layout, and the signature geometry will adhere to this principle.

你大概猜到了,又/見即，观.

那麽，何爲又見.又見，又見.又見即是老友.將“見”反向放置即是象徵溝通也是又見想往逆流的獨特秉性

矩陣，矩陣.設計即，减材制造.

上帝畫出完美的圓形，普羅米修斯創作完美的垂直.矩形是創作的基礎語言，矩陣規則排列，嚴謹又叛逆.

如是，又見何爲.

靈活-靈活,于是獲得自由.空間設計的動人之處之一正是變幻莫測的空間規劃布局

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