Architectural Design
The vast majority of buildings we encounter cannot be called architecture; they are merely engineering overlays that meet economic and urban regulations. Indeed, buildings should meet functional needs, but more importantly, they should establish a dialogue with the surrounding environment through their form. From this perspective, most buildings are mute. Internally, the isolation between floors in most buildings means that users can only meet in elevators, which goes against the original intention of architecture to facilitate communication. The French architectural design firm IFAD creates a mechanism for dialogue and interaction between buildings and their surroundings through spatial displacement and form shaping, showcasing the externality of architecture. Internally, based on a 'flowing plane,' they utilize the multi-level nature of contemporary architecture to create a 'multi-dimensional flow' three-dimensional space, allowing elements such as people, sightlines, and climate to move freely within the space.