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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Space Cloud in Taipei, Taiwan by YUAN ARCHITECTS

January 31st, 2018 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: YUAN ARCHITECTS

In the exhibition area, the “rational and mechanical” modular scaffolding system conducts a dialogue with the life force of the dinosaurs that is “primal and organic”. While the rough scaffolding balances out the dinosaur’s gigantic scope, the gradient of the lighting, which seems to breathe, creates a spatial concept that is contrasting yet harmonious between the cold, blue-light scaffolding and the warm, yellow-light dinosaurs. The exhibition area is like a cloud in the space, fusing with the dinosaur to become one being.

Image Courtesy © Te-Fan Wang and Max Lee

Architects: YUAN ARCHITECTS
Project: Space Cloud
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Photography: Te-Fan Wang, Max Lee
Client: Inception Limited
Designers: Wenyuan Peng, Max Lee
Status: Completed in 2017

Image Courtesy © Te-Fan Wang and Max Lee

The main spatial elements of the design are the scaffolding and the light screens, which also indicate the line-volume contrast between the dinosaur skeleton and the full dinosaur in the exhibition. The “linear” scaffolding constructs the main spatial frame of the space, whereas the “planar” light screens climb onto the scaffolding, folding and forming white volumes that surround the dinosaurs, like melodic notes jumping forward rhythmically. Through frames formed by the hollow scaffolding and the gaps between the light screens, the features of the dinosaurs inside are gradually revealed. Those frames also form a vague boundary within the exhibition hall that blurs the areas of the inside and the outside.

Image Courtesy © Te-Fan Wang and Max Lee

The space features a belt of lights like a lightning bolt. As if a three-dimensional trail for sightseeing, it directs people’s attention among the scaffolding, creating diverse points of view from various angles, high and low. The viewers are like dinosaurs of different sizes looking at their companions. This design provides the viewer with unique feeling of interaction with the art.

Image Courtesy © Te-Fan Wang and Max Lee

Image Courtesy © YUAN ARCHITECTS

: Image Courtesy © Te-Fan Wang and Max Lee

: Image Courtesy © YUAN ARCHITECTS

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Tags: Taipei, Taiwan

Categories: Exhibition, Exhibition Center

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