夜鶯與玫瑰Nightingale and Rose
 

一位年輕的學生
手中拿著一朵送不出去的白玫瑰
獨自在寒冷的冬夜
歎息
只因遍尋不著
心儀姑娘喜愛的紅玫瑰
花園外的一隻夜鶯
看到學生
因采不得紅玫瑰而傷悲
深深被他的真愛感動
為了幫助學生達成願望
夜鶯毅然用自己生命的羽毛
化為朵朵紅花瓣
灑落在屋內的每個角落
這是一個寒冷而寂寥的月夜
夜鶯在月色裡徹夜吟唱
尋著歌聲
學生找遍了每一個房間
都看不到夜鶯的蹤影
就在萬念具灰之際
發現了一朵紅玫瑰
在寒冬裡怒放
也燃起了學生一絲的希望
欣喜地將之拾起
然而
這只盛開的紅玫瑰
卻見它
漸漸的
緩緩的
在手中
散
落
飄
逝

 

家，是什麼？即使設計過這麼多住家，為客戶建立起一個個美麗的生活空間，但這個問題一直在腦海裡打轉。倒底家是什麼？
遇見這對情侶業主，愛情長跑了二十年，因為一棟房子，讓他們決定走向婚姻這條路！在經過幾次的溝通與傾聽，並從旁觀察他們的互動，就像是一篇童話故事，但也不似故事中千篇一律的夢幻結局。倒底這個共同建立起來的家，是一個巢還是一個籠呢？
王爾德所著的童話故事 『夜鶯與玫瑰』，給了本案一個很好的啓發，在這篇故事裡提到 『生命對一切來說都很珍貴。坐在翠綠的樹林裡，看著太陽駕著黃金馬車，望著月亮乘著珍珠馬車，都是讓人心曠神怡的事。山楂樹的香氣好甜美，躲在溪穀裡的藍鈴花也是，在山丘上迎風搖曳的石楠花更是如此。可是，愛情比生命更美好，一隻小鳥的心臟哪比得上人類的心臟呢？』。 原來家就是對於追求生命中所摯愛的，完全付出不惜犧牲所有的一種熱情，而這個熱情將足以支撐及克服未來的一切困境，不論築起的是巢或是竉都心甘情願！
本案客廳，以光棒及木棒交錯混搭方式，表現出類似鳥巢般使用異材質的組構関係，然而，從天花板包覆至牆壁的形式，又好像一個被覆蓋的鳥籠的様貌，在此，我們意圖採用一種雙關語意，來提出対於家的詮釋的另外一個思考的可能性。
空間的通透與流動也是本案的主軸。猶如夜鶯的飛行軌跡，將廚房、客廳以一字型流動方式安排，從戶外延伸到室內的最深處，產生了內與外的對話關係，而中性低彩度的室內色彩，讓晨㬢到日落多變的天光色溫，來決定家的情緒與溫度。

 

 

 

A young student
holds in his hand a white rose that cannot be delivered.
Alone in a cold winter night,he sighs,
for he searched high and low but could not find
the favorite red rose for the girl to whom his heart belongs.
In the garden, a nightingale
catches sight of him,full of woe, for a red rose he cannot find.
Touched by this true love,
to make his wish come true,
the nightingale plucks its feather of life,
turns them into red pedals,
and scatters them in every corner of the house.
Under the lonely moon,
the nightingale sings through the frosty night.
Allured by the beautiful melody,
the student seeks in every room
but sees not the bird.
Just when all hope is lost,
he discovers a red rose
in full bloom in the cold winter.
Hopefully,he picks it up in joyful surprise,
only to see
the thriving rose
gradually
slowly
slipping from his hand,
scattered,
fallen,
blown away,
forever gone.

 

What is “home?”Having had designed many homes and built beautiful living spaces for our clients over the past, this question continues to linger in our mind: what is “home”, exactly?
When we met with our new clients, we learned that, as a couple, they were together for two decades before finally deciding to walk down the aisle and embark on the journey of marriage. It was this house that prompted the decision. During many meetings of discussion and listening, we had also observed the way they interacted with each other, finding their story fascinating, yet not sharing the tired rosy ending like those in a fairy tale. So is the home they have built together really a nest or a cage?
Oscar Wilde’s story The Nightingale and the Rose served as an inspiration for our project. In the story, the author wrote, “Life is very dear to all. It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?” In the end, home is a kind of passion where everything could be sacrificed for the love of one’s life, and that passion lifts us up to overcome all odds. We are willing, no matter if that love is a nest or cage.
The living room in the project is, thus, fabricated by crisscrosses of lighting rods and wood sticks to represent the mesh of different materials in a bird nest. However, the mesh extends from the ceiling down to the wall, resembling a birdcage. Here it serves dual purposes, proposing two possibilities to interpret the home. The airflow and air movement are also essential elements in our project. The kitchen and living room are placed in a streamline arrangement to show the flight of a nightingale. From the outdoors to the innermost corners in the interior, a dialogue is created between the external environment and the internal quarter. The neutral colors in the house give away to the changing hues of the sky from dawn to dusk. The mood and temperature changes enrich the house, giving it layers and layers of experiences to savor….