Here are my thoughts about the concept photo as a dumbass architecture student who nearly fainted when I saw this pic(aka an analysis using the basic Vitruvian principles of architecture)

First thoughts, slightly messy though

This composition perfectly respects the vitruvian ordering principles of architecture: axis, symmetry, hierarchy, datum, rhythm, repetition and transformation.
Axis: all the lines that run through the middle point
Symmetry: almost everything can be reflected on the vertical axis

Hierarchy: our attention is drawn to the middle so the middle parts are more important than the exterior ones
Datum(something the whole composition is built in and around of, it serves to organize the whole composition): we can see it in the square wall at the back

Rhythm(typically associated with music but in architecture is used for reoccurring patterns in regular intervals): the vertical lines of the wallpaper are a prime example of this.

Transformation(this one is the most complicated and vague principle but it’s also where it gets interesting. It’s the reusing of motifs in different ways in a composition):

Floral motifs: we can see these on the vases, his pants, the chandelier, the rug and the couch.(also on the door handles and on the lining of the ceiling but this isn’t as obvious)
Vase motif: we can see these on the vases but also on the violins and the curves of the couch

Trapeze motif: used throughout the pic, often to frame and confine the center of the composition. We see this in the doors, in the walls except for the back one, the ceiling and also the rug on the floor.

These are all rectangular shapes that look like trapezes bc they are viewed from an angle. They also remind me of the BTS logo.

Frames: we can see these in the picture frame, the door frames, the golden frame around the red velvet of the couch, the wooden frame around the ceiling and the white frame along the floor.

Even more interesting is the way that this room seems to be a sort of alcove. On three sides there is more of the green wallpaper that seems to have the same orientation as the back wall, and the floor seems to get cut off at the bottom, thus forming some sort of frame again.

So basically the room seems perfect. But that isn’t actually true. A few things are off, such as the figure in the framed picture and Tae. In architecture, we often use contrast to draw attention to things. For example here we can see a couple of things that seem jarring.

Tae is an obvious one. He is one of the only parts of the composition that isn’t aligned with the vertical axis of symmetry. The same thing happened with the figure in the framed pic, though it is less obvious. So both of the human figures go against the perfect order.

The other thing that goes against this is the frame around the room I mentioned earlier. Just by cropping the pic or zooming in a little it would have been so easy to not include it so it is definitely intentional.

This makes me think it was left to show that this is a view of the composition from the outside. At first glance from an external POV everything looks perfect but then we see some very jarring things.

For example, the juxtaposition of the closed door and the pic of the outdoors is very representative of the time we spent locked indoors with only ourselves, longing to leave this confined space that is our room but can also symbolize our brain.

(Remember that the room could symbolize tae bc he curated it himself).

[end of the thread unless I think of something else to add]

I found something(more frames): the violins and chandelier frame the picture frame and tae’s robe has a dark fringe(frame)

The room is also extremely small, especially when you compare it to the size of the doors which makes it feel pretty stifling, which is how a lot of us felt during this pandemic. Thank you to @naneopji for helping me find this

This is even more about the asymmetry thank you for adding on https://twitter.com/taestrawberet/status/1323029121639829504?s=21