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In the industrial world, most adults today are busying with their livelihoods. We are used to the surrounding environment and things in the crowded urban environment and ignored the original appearance of the world. My research project base on the basic four elements (earth, air, fire, water), which consist of our world, but lack of awareness of them in our daily life. As an interior designer, I have a responsibility to use spatial language to remind us of nature. Base on Gaston Bachelard's idea, the imagination of the four elements inspire me to think about the value of imagination. The project explores how the abstraction of four elements can evoke our imagination of the natural environment and guide people to understand the nature from the perspective of elements. Current research includes observation undertaking drawings of the sand, sky, sunset, river to explore the four elements. Moreover, a series of installation at home test out the ways of abstraction of each element. 

Next stage, I will apply my abstracting nature design strategies into paediatric hospital design. It aims to provide a better hospital experience to the long-term young patients. My proposed design guide them to know the world from the four elements and bring back to nature.