Echoes of Motion, Stones of Silence

When creating this series of drawings, I was deeply influenced by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). Not so much visually, but conceptually—I’ve long been fascinated by the contrast the film evokes: a world where life is chaotic and noisy, yet enveloped in vast, luminous stillness. In this coexistence of motion and quiet, tension becomes beauty. Through these drawings, I explore that same duality—between stillness and movement, presence and absence—seeking to capture the moment when architecture feels eternal. As the saying goes, “Architecture is the art of petrified silence.” When the sounds of construction fade, a building transforms into a museum of waiting—a space suspended in quiet anticipation.

The use of contrasting color tones—red and black—highlights the dynamic interplay between stillness and movement, a duality that evokes the Buddhist concept of Samsara, symbolizing not only the cyclical nature of human existence but also the evolving life cycle of architecture itself. This prompts the question: does architecture ever truly come to an end? Perhaps architectural forms do not conclude with decay or demolition; rather, they endure through transformation—into data, memory, simulation, or virtual experience—suggesting that architecture continues to exist and evolve beyond its physical and material boundaries.