The whole story, in terms of splitting, is actually very simple. It is that an architect who is about to get married was commissioned by his rich and divorced first love girlfriend to carry out an old house renovation project in his hometown. Including on-site inspection, program comparison, customer advice and other stages. These countless wonderful reasons to get along provide the hero and heroine with time and again to be alone. As a result, just like the bridges of most love movies, the memories of the past slowly unfold, and the pure first love of the student days comes into view. Leaving aside the love scene, but looking at this film from the perspective of the heroine's residence, in terms of space, environment, and materials, this film is also very interesting.
First, from an environmental perspective. This is probably the earliest message of the whole film to the audience, and even non-architecture people can get a clear impression. The house to be remodeled is located in Jeju Island, South Korea, facing the sea and having an excellent view. At the same time, the house itself also has a garden, but it has been in disrepair for a long time. In terms of humanistic background, it can be seen from the heroine's mouth that this slightly old house is where she grew up and has many childhood memories. Even the initial musical enlightenment took place in a private music classroom not far away, which can be said to have a very important influence on the development direction of his life. After she entered university and became a married woman, she has been living in the urban area of Seoul, where her father lived alone. Until the heroine got divorced, she had a lot of money, and she hoped to return to Jeju Island to live with her father after his illness, and accompany him for more than a lifetime, so she came up with the idea of renovating the dilapidated house. So, how do architect students respond to these elements well? First, the whole house generally adopts white as the main color, which is a common but just right harmony, which is in good harmony with the facing sea, which makes the house feel warm and bright. It does look good, and it is also an effective boost to the residents - a woman who has just ended a marriage and an old man who has not had much time, encouraging them to look forward to life in a brand new home. Recreate another journey of writing yourself. Second, the whole house responds well to the best view side - the sea, so that every room looks bright and comfortable. On the first and second floors, the architects adopted the method of opening the windows horizontally on the entire wall, and at the same time leaving a more spacious place beside the windows for users to sit or place items. From the inside, the way of opening the windows horizontally is very atmospheric, but it does not lose a bit of freshness, and it does not have the discomfort of being completely exposed to the sight of outdoor pedestrians. And the way of opening the windows in this way, if I borrow a term from ancient Chinese gardens, I think it is borrowing scenery. The architect classmates "borrowed" a large piece of the outdoor sea into the room. The white walls are lined with the blue sea, like a boundless modernist oil painting, which is beautiful. I like a design like this. Third, why do audiences have a little romantic residue in their hearts after watching this movie, like a sweet candy? In addition to the love itself, the buildings in the film also have a lot of credit. I am not a red and professional person, but here is a classic connotation in the scientific concept of development to illustrate this principle: people-oriented. Why does the female lead want the male lead to build her a house? In addition to wanting to meet the first love, is it no other reason? Then I think that the price of money is too high. If you say that this is what the film needs, I agree to a certain extent. But one point I agree with the most is that because the heroine knows that the hero knows her, this architect classmate was chosen to remodel the old house for her. The architect classmate did not disappoint the heroine. The new building has well combined the original scenery. According to the results of the dialogue between the two during the first field investigation, some items that are of great significance to the heroine are selectively reserved. The small corners of the house, including the tall walls, the little feet in the goldfish pond, and the original simple and elegant tile roof of the house. These small corners not only inherit the history of the building itself, but the renovation of old houses is not completely from scratch, not completely created, but develops along the context, and at the same time makes the building have a human touch, truly "people-oriented", can make people and buildings A dialogue is created between the spaces, and the house is no longer a simple structure, but a home. After watching this film for many years, what reminds me the most is not the relationship itself. After all, the first love story is only those plots, but these small details. Every time I think of it, I can feel the architect classmates' heart for the goddess in college. That care and tenderness.
Second, let's talk about the form of space organization. At the very beginning of the film, the house is a one-story, very simple space division. In the original design, the architect classmate also designed a layer for the heroine. However, at the end of the design, perhaps the heroine has a new idea for the realization of personal value and hopes to regain her original enthusiasm for music, so she hopes to place a piano in a separate room inside the house. This contradicts the original spatial distribution: where should the heroine's bedroom go? I have to sigh at the wit of the architect classmates, and temporarily added the second floor as the heroine's bedroom (in fact, I am quite curious about whether technical problems such as foundations can really allow such a willful behavior?), and not only did it not make the house itself Aesthetics decreased. Moreover, the prominent second-floor space is well integrated with the roof garden designed by itself. When you wake up and go out, you will be greeted by the early sun, blue sea and blue sky in Asakusa. Come to think of it, it is a very good resident experience. And as far as my personal aesthetic is concerned, adding a higher floor can have the effect of dispersing the concentration of the scenery. In addition to the long horizontal windows, tall brick walls, and little feet in the goldfish pond mentioned earlier, the first floor has a lot of scenery. It's not that it's bad, it's just that in a place with little space, if too many bright spots are placed, it will create a little crowded feeling, but it will affect the original intention of these meaningful little details. But with one more layer, the space is opened up all of a sudden, making me feel less crowded. In addition, there is another detail. Although there is no specific image showing this place in the film, the overall feeling is there. In the video, the architect classmate mentioned that the space was raised to create a more spacious and bright first floor. Although the heroine didn't understand it, she was very satisfied with the effect. I think this is a good way to improve the space area, and the cost is not very high, and the degree of realization is very high. When the land area is limited and cannot be changed, if the floor height can be adjusted appropriately, the feeling of the whole room will be instantly improved, reducing the considerable degree of oppression.
Finally, as far as the materials for the construction of the house are concerned, since I have not seen much, I can only write a small part. As far as I can see, the entire house has wood, brick, glass, and concrete on the facade. The roof section is made of lawn and ochre tiles. The material with the most local characteristics is probably the stones that make up the wall, and the style is a typical Korean house style. In general, the room takes a fresh route, and the overall color matching is close to nature, but it is also somewhat simple and elegant.
Coincidentally, in the cafe design last semester, I chose a setback roof garden in terms of roof style, which was actually inspired by this movie. I have to say that the heroine Han Jiaren is very beautiful in her own right, but the scene that fascinated me the most was not her previous modern clothes, but her plain clothes and long skirts. She walked out of the bedroom on the second floor curiously and took off her shoes. Walking on the roof lawn, I saw the architect classmates who were asleep due to exhaustion. Then lie down beside him. The figure in the sun really moved my heart. Since then, there has been an increased sense of joy for the roof garden.
Writing this, I feel a bit like a tech nerd, doing a technical analysis of this sci-fi film that should have been simply shocked by its effects. The so-called "learning architecture by watching movies" is probably like this. Loving a person, building a near-perfect house for her, allowing her to enjoy the best view and scenery, perhaps, is the most romantic love story of an architect.
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