24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store by Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
BronzeInterior· 2021
24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store
Client: Lightwell
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store
24 Frames of Lightwell is an experiential retail store in a renovated 50-year-old building in Taipei, covering 353 square meters. Commerce, fashion, art and nature are brought together in one space. A subtractive design approach limits the environmental impact of the renovation. Existing materials are reinterpreted to highlight the texture of the old building. Modern terrazzo panels are used in the select shop, and the original terrazzo staircase is restored. A lightweight treatment of the lightwell and facade creates 24 frames that shape the interior and how visitors sense the surroundings.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- "24 Frames of Lightwell" is an experiential space bringing commerce, fashion, art, and nature together in a renovated 50-year-old building in Taipei. The project offers solutions to old walkup-apartment renovation through material selection and subtractive design operation with minimal environmental impacts. The lightweight approach is applied to the entire lightwell and facade for the creation of "24 Frames" that influence the interior environment and magnify how visitors sense the surroundings
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 353 m2 of the space area
- Tags
- rebirth, renovation, old building, experiential retail, retail, select shop, gallery, lightwell, frames, taipei
- Production Technology
- In terms of material selection for generating a newborn atmosphere in the old building, the project uses reinterpretation of the existing material to highlight the texture of the old building. For instance, "modern terrazzo panels" are used in the select shop while the existing "terrazzo staircase" are restored by oil-painting. The biggest challenge during construction is to figure out the restoration method since the building was built in 1967 and many material and technique was lost.
- Design Challenge
- As the project aiming to conserve the urban fabric and offer potential renovation solutions, the biggest challenge during construction is to figure out the restoration method since the building was originally built in 1967. For instance, "Goose yellow terrazzo staircase", "scattered wood-patterned concrete ceiling", "neon green mini tiles" are common building materials and techniques in 60’s- 80’s in Taiwan as well as the housing typology of "walk-up apartment", but cannot be found nowadays.
- Inspiration
- Currently most of the implemented plans for urban regeneration and development in Taipei are being carried out by reconstruction. The newly built tall walls block the surrounding environment and cut off the urban fabric. In contrast, this project offers another solution to walkup-apartments renovation with minimal environmental impacts, which is to create the "24 frames" as a framework of the space allowing client to integrate various fields together perfectly in a 50-year-old building.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2019 and built in May 2020 in Taipei
- Operation Flow
- Through the "24 frames", playful interactions are created among surroundings, visitors and the artworks.
- Team Members
- Lead Designer: Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih
Fashion Consultant: Eileen Ueng
Business Consultant: Ping-Tao Lee
Project Management: Zihting Lin
Architectural Engineering Designer: Wei Ren Chen
Artist of the Lightwell Installation: Tak-Leong Kou - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Dean Cheng, Lightwell, 2020
Image #2: Photographer Dean Cheng, Facade, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Lewis Lee, Geometry, Light and Shadow, 2020
Image #4: Photographer Lewis Lee, Concrete Texture, 2020
Image #5: Photographer Lewis Lee, The Inner Layer of the Frames, 2020
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