Kengo Kuma: Horizontality and low scale of the building complements the discreteness and invisibility of the architecture.
Alvar Aalto: Verticality of the elements stresses importance in the landscape.
ELECTROLIQUID AGGREGATION
"Being low can be seen as invisible but it does not mean it doesn't exist. The highlights in the environment can be seen through this irony with the help of vertical elements."
TEXTURES USED
Light
When something is 'invisible', it seems 'non-existent'.
The black details on this texture are overpowered by the surrounded white space
making it look small and concealed.
Medium
The 'highlights' are usually 'emphasised''. Black
and white are contrasting colours. When the texture is repeated, the black highlights
the brightness of the white while the white emphasises the darkness of the
black.
Dark
'Invisible' does not mean nonexistence but it can
mean being 'unnoticeable'. This texture looks like a woven texture. It
seems unnoticeable due it its plain, simple continuous pattern.
"The highlights in the environment can be seen... with the help of vertical elements" - I added some vertical elements to Kengo Kuma's low scaled monument. The detail vertical elements follow a pattern similar to the shape of the joined monuments.
Being low can be seen as invisible but it does not mean it doesn't exist. The highlights in the environment can be seen through this irony with the help of vertical elements.