Architecture is the art of space, as well as the art of forms. Excellent architecture not only provides users with unusual space experience, but also turns into the memory of the times because of its unique visual art image. These visual memories are closely linked with the creators of the buildings. These individuals, with vivid characters and different life experience, form a colorful visual world, record the pace of the times.
We selected five masterpieces of five famous architects. Based on their unique visual images, we designed the "Light of architecture" series of lamps. The five works are CASA MILà by Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), The German Pavilion in Expo Barcelona of Mies Van der Rohe (1886-1969), the Marseilles Unite Habitat of Le Corbusier (1887-1965), and the Brasilia Cathedral of Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012).
Buildings and lamps are not the same scale. We selected the most distinctive features of image, plan, details from these buildings, abstracted them and added lighting functions to make familiar and innovative practical objects. If the works created by architects are the translation of the environment and their own experience, then our design is the derivative creation based on the translation. The adjustment of the scale strengthens the expression of the work and achieves a sense of familiarity that lost for a long time. The building was originally a container of space, but now it becomes a container of light. The softness of CASA MILà, the Cascade of Fallingwater, the flow of the German Pavilion, the randomness of the Marseilles Unite Habitation, and the bloom of the Brasilia Cathedral are injected into different artifacts. Under the light, classic works and outstanding architects are emerged and honored again.
All the works are handmade by the craftsmen of MINAXDO, an intangible cultural heritage team. These works are made of rosewood and teak, applied with the Chinese traditional tenon and mortise structure, and painted with lacquer to show a perfect state.
One critical principle in architectural creation is the scale. Appropriate scale is a prerequisite for a successful product design. The conversion between different scales and the use of the visual image of classical architecture have become an important method for us to create the products of "light of architecture" series. Together with abstract generalization, the creation has been expanded to a new field of thinking, as stated in the " The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons ": " In depicting the external traits of an object and capturing its hidden momentum or spirit, it is advisable to vary one’s style in accordance with circumstances; in choosing one’s wording and poetic rhythm, one should mentally weigh all possibilities before deciding on the best one in response to a call from deep within."
