OMG XΙΙΙ: Το Σπίτι Γύρω Από Τη Λίμνη, Στη Σιγκαπούρη

Ε ρε τι κουνούπι θα μαζεύουν εκεί πέρα, με την υγρή ζέστη στην ατμόσφαιρα και τόσα νερά γύρω τους… Κατά τ’ άλλα όμορφο φαίνεται…

omg που λέει και το σπιτόσκυλο. Εκπληκτικό.

Η ιδέα της λίμνης μέσα στο σπίτι…είναι παλιά!
Εδώ, την περιγράφει ένας Βρεττανός αρχιτέκτονας το 1772:

«….and others, called Miau Ting, or Halls of the Moon, of a prodigious size; composed each of one single vaulted room, made in the shape of a hemisphere; the concave of which is artfully painted, in imitation of a nocturnal Iky, and pierced with an infinite number of little windows, made to represent the moon and stars, being filled with tinged glass, that admits the light in the quantities necesiary to spread over the whole interior sabric the pleasing gloom of a fine summer’s night.
The pavements of these rooms are sometimes laid out in parterres of flowers; amongst which are placed many rural scats, made of fine formed branches, varnished red to represent coral: but oftenest their bottom is full of a clear running water, which falls in rills from the sides of a rock in thecenter; many little islands float upon its sursace, and move around as the current directs; some ot’ them covered with tables for the banquet; others with feats for musicians; and others with arbors, containing beds of repose, with sophas, feats, and other furniture, for various uses.»

A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, William Chambers

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