I wanted to borrow my design idea of a home from nature.So I what is man’s natural habitat? If we take away technology and innovation that have been made over the centuries, where would man live? Caves.
As at today In China alone over 20million people live in caves. I believe a part of us must desire some form of this environment if this is meant to be our natural habitat. So my train of thought for this design project is to bring to some feeling of a cave into a modern day home. Not in the claustrophobic, dark enclosed space that one might envision, but a feeling of comfort, harmony, tranquility, natural beauty, and solidity a cave provides. .
What is a cave, or more so what are the main elements that make a cave?
WATER AND ROCKS!
They are completely opposite in structure yet they complement each other perfectly.
Water shapes & defines Rocks
Rocks define the path (shape) for the flow of water
Most of the world is made of water and rest mostly of rocks, either together or separate.