RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

LOCUS

AMOENUS

LOCATION

China

STATUS

Completed

The concept of this model apartment is based on the literary topos of Locus Amoenus (Latin for “pleasant place”), which refers to an idealised place of safety and comfort where the physical design becomes part of cognitive configuration.

Through the reproduction of this imaginary garden, the viewer is transported into an place of endless leisure, where the cultural identity of its owners is reflected in the colours of the furnitures and textiles.

This design recreates a nostalgic temporal extension of domestic values reaching back into infancy, in order to emphasise the emotional centrality of the house as a physical symbol of the family