Film / 02:20
Bothie
Shelter.
A winter room for extreme cold. A walkthrough film shot in Harbin, cut with the project drawings and stills.
Bothie Shelter / Harbin / Year 1 · 02:20 · sound on.
Short cut / 00:40
A winter
teaser.
A 40-second vertical cut for social channels: the snow, the warm threshold and the single room inside.
Download the 00:40 shortRead the film transcript
00:00 Bothie Shelter. A winter room for extreme cold. Sylvia Wang. 2026.
00:08 Harbin, Heilongjiang. Winter temperatures can fall below −30°C.
00:20 A single warm room.
00:32 A deep entrance, a bench, a stove.
00:50 Timber, water, light.
01:01 A room to eat, meet and stay warm.
01:08 A compact envelope. Pitched roof, deep porch.
01:20 Vestibule, stove, bench. One warm room.
01:32 Warmth as a public resource.
01:44 Harbin. −30°C. 130–140 days below zero.
01:56 What is the minimum architecture for survival and dignity in a cold climate?
02:08 Sylvia Wang. Spatial design. 13230412669@163.com. 2026.
Credits
Filmed and edited by Sylvia Wang.
Walkthrough footage from the Bothie Shelter project.
Drawings and stills from the Year 1 portfolio.
Ambient score generated for this film.
Note
This is a project film, not a showreel: it follows one room from the snow outside to the warm interior. It is designed to be viewed with sound.