As an Architecture student, model making is an inevitable part of my life. To me model making could be unforgiving, it is a test of perseverance and endurance. I have a habit of using a handheld vacuum (image above) to freshen up my room after every model making session, thus this gadget marks the end of my every "battle". This vacuum is not a usual one, besides of balsa fragments and dusts, it is capable of cleaning up my exhausted and anxious mind, it sucks away all regrets of the past, prepares me with a freshened mind for the upcoming challenges. Every time I hear the noise of the vacuum, it reminds me of the end of a project, it is a sound of triumph. This vacuum has been with me since my very first model making project, it is my comrade in arms, so I would like to use it as my object to honour it. With its elegant and streamlined design, I am confident of calling it 'the architect's vacuum'.
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| Porsche Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany |
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With the availability of modern technology, curved and streamlined architecture is made possible, liberating us from the cold and rigid era of the International Style. The handheld vacuum's streamline feature resembles some innovative form of modern architecture. More importantly, it resembles architecture as a temporary shelter for dusts and fragments, this inspires me that humans deserve to be sheltered in beautiful spaces, as even dusts and wastes have such an elegant shelter. As a next generation architect, the vacuum reminds me to think out of the box, be innovative and always consider humans first in any design situation.
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