Never think of gardening if you have no taste 

The atrium area on the ground floor
In the center of Xiaoyun Mountain Villa, there is an open atrium. It runs straightly from the ground floor to the top, connecting many public spaces of the house and enables family members to see each other. On both sides of the atrium, the reception room faces the central hall. Anyone who comes here for the first time will know the basic etiquette as well as the thick and continuous family culture of the host. 

A good house should be oriented towards heritage and continuity. Its dimension should be broad not only with visible space, but also with invisible mind of the owner. Along with the flowing of time and the increasing of age, the meaning of life, the members of the family together with emotions are overlapping gradually. As Tongjun said in the book Southesat Villa, a good garden is first of all a taste of viewing things and a light vision of nature in unexpected places. Also as Gongwang Huang said, choosing a name is the first important thing of landscape painting. The process of thinking of a name is to ask questions and to inspire yourself. The name is a clue by following which memory revives. 

As for landscape design, several black geometric blocks float in there and flowers adorn them, which represents the owner’s gaze toward life when he is in tranquility of heart. As we know, the way of flower arrangement stands for life, and the way of life leads to spirit. The atrium is based on a whole copper plate, making it a reflection in the water. Xiao means sunset from the mountain while Yun means clouds floating in the sky. Thus the name of Xiaoyun Mountain Residence is derived from the family and assembles visions of prosperity in the future. 

Be home, an artistic space Art and leisure area in the ground floor “I hope that when guests visit here, they will first walk through a long corridor to experience the atmosphere of the family and brightness of the building. Light flows from the top layer to the atrium, where you’ll slow down and do not speak loudly with the brilliance of the private art gallery.” The twisting curve is consistent with the stairs.

 If life has a boundary, it starts from the removing the burden of both body and heart, which is quite similar to sculpture. The core mechanism remains awake after the elimination, which is just like the five elements operating by themselves, sunshine, air, water, and also the big bang. (By Bolin Yang) Under the name of the residence, the designer has come up with ten kinds of happiness such as seclusion in the mountains and lakes, a private talk with friends, amusement in the morning, walking alone in a tranquil forest, esteem to the family tradition, a smell of the plum blossom, fishing in the pond, self-cultivation in the cloudy mountain, a night talk beside the furnace, climbing up the stairs, a family feast at home. 

Therefore, happiness has become the key word of the ground floor.