Authentic BTC Taipei / Soar Design Studio

Authentic BTC Taipei / Soar Design Studio

- Space :
119 m²
Yr :
2022
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Lead Architect :
Ray Chang

Textual content description offered by the architects. Situated in a quiet alley close to the Zhongshan MRT station, occupying the primary flooring of an outdated 4-story duplex condominium constructing, the positioning captures a typical view of nostalgic Taipei. Proper reverse the positioning, a conventional temple known as “You-chou”, which means “in want”, additional enriches the native scene and elegance of Taiwan. For the previous 4 many years, the home served as a basic workplace. We opened up the kitchenette and turned it into a part of the gallery area, whereas the unique crimson embossed flooring tiles nonetheless present traces of the outdated home. The yard, as soon as an prolonged warehouse, is remodeled into an out of doors backyard. As well as, the doorway wall was pushed again for an inside courtyard “between” out and in, introducing the view from the entrance yard to blur the outdated boundaries of area and usher in a way of intrigue.


Spirit for design, options, and inspirations. We wish to disrupt the stereotypes of an exhibition corridor by presenting it in a means that’s nearer to a gallery and an exhibition area. We wish to change the concept of lighting for the guests.


Immersion in nature. Talking of the moments or areas for individuals to understand the great thing about lighting, I feel it’s in nature, within the mountains, someplace within the ethereal. They arrive from the time I spent as a toddler among the many timber and at the same time as an grownup within the forest. When within the wilderness or forest, individuals would use a lamp or make-up fireplace to encompass themselves with heat. Such pure however heat imagery is the environment I wish to create for this gallery. Once I method the undertaking BTC lighting gadget, the pure view of the mountain and the forest comes into thoughts as the important thing. I wish to current a stupendous image of the lighting via the metaphor of the mountains, utilizing the natural association of yakisugi as a touch for the “backlit” forest, making a déjà vu of pure environment. The round routes additionally would remind the guests of meandering within the mountains, anchoring their senses and subconsciousness again into nature. It will deliver up a extra “immersive” expertise and creativeness for the viewers as they transfer round and have a look at the lighting units on show.


The free and round routes additionally make it extra enjoyable to take a look at the displays, because the views proceed to alter and create a better number of impressions for the area. Individuals may simply neglect they’re really indoors. The “borrowed surroundings” of the back and front yard not solely blurs the boundary between the inside and exterior but in addition provides a way of nature and ambiguity to the area. The gallery is designed with and with out the sunshine, both means, that includes a stupendous view. It’s our hope that viewers would uncover lighting units to be of aesthetic use, not simply useful. The immersive method encourages viewers to really feel the area and the lighting units, shedding mild on deeper reflection and contemplation.


Jap Imagery. Except for nature, the wealthy native imagery of Taiwan within the neighborhood additionally conjures up us to mix oriental impressions and textures with western lighting craftsmanship for the brand new exhibition area early within the design course of. After cautious thought, we resolve to leverage jap portray expertise to current a way of nature. The “scattered perspective”, a typical method in jap work, is the primary design method. All of the surroundings is stacked in a single area: the image of the forest and the standard brick home in Taiwan; the newly planted timber and pots in the back and front yards are additionally a part of the surroundings so that individuals can really feel nature and the seasons within the area; the vegetation and rocks extending from the skin into the home correspond to the periodic supplies; the crimson lanterns (oriental lights) lit up within the palace throughout the alley at dusk and the western lights within the exhibition corridor are mirrored via the glass in a steady visible sense, all of that are designed to overlap within the area utilizing the idea of scattered perspective.


On the similar time, occupied with the impression of nature in the entire undertaking, we hope to current the pure “chi” environment and once more rework the methods of jap portray (panorama portray and ukiyo-e/ floating world) into the area: the theme of the three types of water in nature (strong, liquid, and fuel), the white spots on the ceiling and partitions allude to snow (strong state), and in ukiyo-e portray. In Ukiyo-e work, snow or waterfalls are sometimes depicted in pointillism. The white flowers within the forest of lights and the countertop are clouds (fuel state), that are supposed to deliver the viewer into the figurative world of jap work. The principle goal is to introduce a way of cloud and fog within the forest and to current a way of movement within the area in a dynamic composition. The clouds are additionally used as chandelier locks, whereas the fog is usually used to separate product classes and portray traces. Beneath sure situations, the fog countertop could also be remodeled right into a sales space or tabletop.


Lastly, we use a clear wave board, a typical materials in native communities, to precise the feel of rain and discover its essence. It’s a clear factor that mediates between objects, as in jap work, figurative diagonal traces are sometimes used to precise rain (see the well-known Ukiyo-e portray: Ohashi Atake Yutachi). We additionally hope so as to add a contact of environment to the area with this experimental method and to create a particular native feeling by utilizing frequent supplies obtainable to peculiar households in Taiwan. These pure components, remodeled between summary and figurative via the idea and strategy of jap portray, are stacked on prime of one another, telling the assorted experiences and visions of the designer for nature and the creativeness of the fusion of issues with the British handmade lighting show.


We hope that guests will immerse themselves on this pure and East-meets-West area, step-by-step seeing the entire image within the movement, totally different landscapes as they transfer. Lastly, by trying again on the finish of the corridor, they may see the entire image of a forest, as in the event that they have been captured within the imagery of nature and the mountains. To create mottled, the pure coating with pores and the native feeling of the oyster shell can be matched with the pure components in the entire room.
