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Jinyu Rao

Jinyu Rao

Los Angeles, CA, US

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On Softness

On Softness

What is softness? For my thesis, softness means soft contact to create comfort. So, softness is not only looking soft but feeling soft. What is an architecture of softness? In reality, most buildings are hard. What would happen if we replaced traditional hard structures with soft ones. Imagine if the walls were soft, if the door was soft, if the windows were very soft.
This thesis is about architectural softness, which emulates an aesthetic of cuteness, and the project is tested in a courtyard that embraces openness.

 
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