RETREAT:
                                                 [1] withdraw after being defeated or when faced with danger or difficulty.
                                                 [2] withdrawal into privacy.

to provide:
1. a place where allows no distraction, a place beyond everyday world.
2. a place where one can find calmness, quietness for his/her mind.
3. a place in where one will spend time, and be comfortable.

to allow:
1. visitors a chance to gather and interat with friends without thinking of their works and daily responsibilities.
2. one to have a place with silence to think and reflect by themselves.

to contrast:
1. with recent architecture which is visual domainated - built for eyes;
instead: time required to experience the space, thus evoking domesticity.
2. with the today's society where busy life and daily routine governs its settings.