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James Wescoat. Chen, Yan Jie Christina. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture 2018-05-23T16:33:03Z 2018-05-23T16:33:03Z 2018 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115748 1036986856 This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2018 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-136). Humans live with Nature, live in nature, and build within nature... We can find ideologies from ancient Oriental philosophies to some of the exemplary architectural practitioners/theorists of our own time that find validity in integrating the human living space with nature. Frugality, simplicity and synchronization of the environment heightens human experiences and purges excess energy. However, the contemporary trend of thinking has been one that views nature as sources of extraction, either scenically or resources wise. The reverence to the mountains and rivers has largely been lost in the shifting of historical paradigms. The appearance of certain cultural/religious institutions means something. And the disappearance of them also denotes something equally profound. The specific area of focus here would be a small piece of abandoned temple ground located on a mountain adjacent to the mid-section of Yangtze River called Lushan. Located in a relatively remote but accessible part of the mountain, a retreat complex that can host up to thirty people has been given a great amount of consideration. The project calls for an effort to look into ways of reuniting the modern beings with a landscape that is as large as a mountain, as small as a piece of stone brick and as old as the human history records. To take a step back in order to make two steps forward, and to empty itself so it can be full again. by Yan Jie Christina Chen. M.Arch. M.Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture 136 pages eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Architecture. The almost empty that Is full : a patient search in nature Thesis application/pdf 2019-10-04T21:35:42Z Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="7db29f71-c4df-439e-84a6-5ed10dc6cefb"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>The almost empty that Is full : a patient search in nature</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2018</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Chen, Yan Jie Christina.</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Architecture.</Keyword> <Abstract>Humans live with Nature, live in nature, and build within nature... We can find ideologies from ancient Oriental philosophies to some of the exemplary architectural practitioners/theorists of our own time that find validity in integrating the human living space with nature. Frugality, simplicity and synchronization of the environment heightens human experiences and purges excess energy. However, the contemporary trend of thinking has been one that views nature as sources of extraction, either scenically or resources wise. The reverence to the mountains and rivers has largely been lost in the shifting of historical paradigms. The appearance of certain cultural/religious institutions means something. And the disappearance of them also denotes something equally profound. The specific area of focus here would be a small piece of abandoned temple ground located on a mountain adjacent to the mid-section of Yangtze River called Lushan. Located in a relatively remote but accessible part of the mountain, a retreat complex that can host up to thirty people has been given a great amount of consideration. The project calls for an effort to look into ways of reuniting the modern beings with a landscape that is as large as a mountain, as small as a piece of stone brick and as old as the human history records. To take a step back in order to make two steps forward, and to empty itself so it can be full again.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>