Serendipity

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    2 exterior render views of project
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    Exterior view of entry into project
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    View of interior courtyard and tea room
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    Interior render of couple sharing tea while looking out into courtyard
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    Render of woman sitting in spa pool and looking out into courtyard
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    Render of woman drinking tea on a mezzanine and gazing outdoors
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    View of person in spa pool
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    View down a hallway of tree in courtyard
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
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    View of tea room
    Jikyung Jeon / Maulshree Gupta / Wendy Yuan
Author(s)
Jikyung Jeon
Maulshree Gupta
Wendy Yuan
Project Date

Serendipity.

Away from the bustling city,

Let me inhale this tranquility!

Standing in this virtual reality,

I share exchanges of mutuality

With nature, with water, with my own curiosity.

What a memorable discovery!

Titled “Serendipity” (pleasant accidental discoveries), this project proposes a unique architectural experience. Through captivating renderings and immersive cinematography, viewers are guided through a sequential spatial narrative of a spa with an adjacent teahouse. Located on an imaginary forested site at the edge of a lake, the group engages in an intimate dialogue with the landscape features, and experiments with the visitors’ sensory interactions. Their bodies became tools to capture wonderful moments: when birds chirp; when foliage rustles; when water flows; when the fragrance of tea is inhaled… Come and have a sip! Or a dip!