River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum by Shang Cai

River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum by Shang Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Gold in Landschaftsdesign Competition Category.

GoldLandschaftsdesign· 2023

River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum

by Shang Cai

Client: Shougang Real Estate

A' Design Award in Gold Winner in Landschaftsdesign Category

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The Design

About River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum

„River Cloud“ ist eine großformatige Kunstinstallation im Außenraum, die für eine Landschaftssituation in Yubei, Chongqing, China, geschaffen wurde. Die Installation ist 8 Meter hoch und 30 Meter breit und erhebt sich auf einer Dachfläche an der Oberkante einer Felsklippe mit Blick auf einen Fluss. Mehr als 50.000 polygonale Metallrahmen unterschiedlicher Größe sind miteinander verbunden und bilden eine geschwungene Wolkenform. Öffnungen in der Oberfläche geben den Blick auf die Berglandschaft und den tiefer liegenden Fluss frei. Rund um das Werk sind ein flaches Wasserbecken sowie eine Nebelanlage angeordnet. Numerisch gesteuerte Lichtquellen verleihen der Wolkenform bei Nacht wechselnde Farben und Texturen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Gold

River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Gold, einer überaus prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, wunderbare und herausragende Designs. Gold-Gewinner sind äußerst innovative, visionäre und glamourös blendende Schöpfungen, die das Genie, die Weisheit und die Meisterschaft ihrer Designer widerspiegeln. Von River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgepriesene, trendsetzende und monumentale Erfindung ist, die beispiellosen Mehrwert liefert. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Gold prämierte Design ist ein spektakuläres, respektiertes Projekt, das den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie in hohem Maße zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. River Cloud Kunstinstallation im Außenraum erzeugt intensive Gefühle des Verlangens, weckt Leidenschaft, ermutigt zur Kreativität und fasziniert uns.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: It is a large-scale outdoor design case of an art installation. It is 8 meters high, 30 meters wide and 6 meters deep, located on the roof at the top of the cliff facing the river.
It is demanding to express the image and connotation of the high-end real estate project named after "cloud". With lines, colors, and shapes, the designer creates a cloud form in line with the Oriental aesthetic. Through the interaction of clouds, water, and smoke in the environment, a beautiful space is created.
Dimensions & Packaging: Specification: 8 meters high, 30 meters wide, and depth of meters
Surrounding: Pool/green area of 2,000 square meters
Tags: Cloud, Spatial installation, Landscape, Lighting
Production Technology: More than 50,000 polygonal metal frames of different sizes are connected to each other to create a curved cloud shape. Through the holes in the clouds, one can see the opposite mountain view and the river view at the foot.
The designer arranges a thin pool and a smoke device in the environment of the cloud device, creating Oriental beauty and a sense of advance through the interaction of cloud, water and smoke.
Design Challenge: Clouds have varied colors and shape characteristics, and it is very challenging to represent cloud symbols in architectural form.
As a long-term outdoor installation, the designer chose a large number of different sizes of stainless-steel frames to combine and used hard materials to express the curve characteristics of the clouds.
At the same time, through the use of a number of point-like numerical control light sources, the device at night presents a dynamic effect of light and shadow flow and a crystal clear overall image.
The whole device is simple in material, stable in structure, and easy to maintain. It is a successful attempt to express the cloud symbol.
Research: 1. The cloud form that represented by the metal frame structure.
2. Numerical control lighting to create space device color, texture.
3. The interaction of cloud, water and smoke creates Oriental beauty and a sense of high class.
4. Enhanced commercial value with a space device.
Inspiration: "Cloud" has special aesthetic value and symbolic significance in the East.
In eastern culture, "cloud" contains a spiritual realm of randomness, freedom, harmony, and detachment. And the pursuit of natural nature is regarded as a high spiritual realm.
With lines, colors, and shapes to create a cloud image that can be widely accepted and understood. Viewers perceive the spatial morphological meaning and thoughts of the ever-changing cloud symbols through form, color, and light under the context.
Project Duration: Date of Design Start: 2022.07
Date of Completion: 2022.12
Address: Yubei, Chongqing, China
Operation Flow: In this case, the designer used a variety of interactive relationships to create an ethereal, elegant, and Zen space environment.
The interaction between the sky and the thin water allows the cloud-shaped installation to merge with the sky and the surrounding greenery.
The interaction between the main device and the environmental smoke device makes the cloud-shaped device produce a floating dynamic.
The interaction between the NC light source and the ambient light allows the device to present different textures and color changes in different light environments.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chong Qing Shen Sheng Space Aesthetics.
Image Credits: Alan Tan