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Work Title
Interior Architect
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Work Title（EN)
Interior Architect
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Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words.
I designed three spaces for solitary dining, reading and practising. They will be an alternative way to combat loneliness.
Loneliness is a societal health issue that can affect everyone and companionship shouldn't be the only way to relieve it. We have been educated from a young age to participate in groups, people who prefer to be in solitude are seen as outliers often. All of them are subject to this bias that is implanted in our society and we all internalize it from a very early age.
Also, in the "Designed" world, we usually feel obliged to design socially engaging spaces rather than through improvement of quality in the very experience of being alone.
Solitude has become a negative state that people want to avoid. But it should be a natural, justified and equalized option and it could be an alternative way to eliminate loneliness.
Loneliness is feeling alone and not liking it, it's a feeling.
Solitude is being alone and content, it's a choice.
If you can master solitude. You'll never feel lonely again. We need more space for solitude in the city, also in our lives.
I designed spaces that help people to master solitude.
In 'Grassland' people are free to hide in freestanding flexible cork-rubber partitions. Roaming between them is not easy, the deeper you go, the more undisturbed you get. When you choose a stool, wrap the partition around it by magnetic grain, you can enjoy disconnect and remain in solitude for a period. -
Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words. （EN）
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Work Specification
Size: variable.
Material: Cork, bark, glass, magnet, plywood, glass, steel. -
Work Specification（EN）
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Media CoverageURL
https://2020.rca.ac.uk/students/xia-bi
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Video URL
https://vimeo.com/434522610
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Your OfficialURL (Website, Instagram, Facebook)
https://www.instagram.com/bbxax/
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Your Profile
An interior architect
Graduated from Royal College of Art, London -
Team Members
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Entrant’s location (Where do you live?)
London, UK
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Solitudism
Others
Solitude has become a negative state that people want to avoid. But it should be a natural, justified and equalized option and it could be an alternative way to eliminate loneliness.
Loneliness is feeling alone and not liking it, it's a feeling.
Solitude is being alone and content, it's a choice.
If you can master solitude. You'll never feel lonely again. We need more space for solitude in the city, also in our lives.
I designed spaces that help people to master solitude.
Loneliness is feeling alone and not liking it, it's a feeling.
Solitude is being alone and content, it's a choice.
If you can master solitude. You'll never feel lonely again. We need more space for solitude in the city, also in our lives.
I designed spaces that help people to master solitude.
