Press Release
A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Goes to The Glory Of Jun Hun 1975 Cultural Preservation and Restoration by Taiwan Power Company
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Taiwan Power Company for cultural heritage and culture industry design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Glory Of Jun Hun 1975 Cultural Preservation and Restoration by Taiwan Power Company has been granted the A' Design Award in the Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design category. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding The Glory Of Jun Hun 1975 Cultural Preservation and Restoration
The Glory of Jun Hun 1975 is an immersive cultural heritage exhibition set in the former Jun-Hun Power Plant on Bei-Gan, Matsu. The plant was completed in 1975 and remained closed for decades. The 237 square meter site spans two floors and is entered through a 30 meter tunnel carved into the mountain. Vintage explosion-proof wall lamps light the tunnel walls, and recorded generator sounds recreate the noise of the power generation era. Lighting, sound and dance performances guide visitors back to the Cold War period. The design preserves the fragile structure without damage.
About Taiwan Power Company
台灣電力公司 （Taipower） 成立於 1946 年 5 月 1 日，負責在臺灣、澎湖、金門和馬祖地區生產、傳輸、分配和銷售電力。作為臺灣最大的電力公司，台電是經濟部下屬的國有企業，在執行臺灣的能源政策方面發揮著至關重要的作用。該公司肩負著提供穩定電力的使命，同時採用環保且具有成本效益的方法，以滿足社會發展的多樣化需求。台電的使命是把握環境、社會和技術的趨勢，與時俱進，履行保護地球的責任，並專注於開發可再生能源和低碳能源。此外，它還將發電廠與當地資源相結合，以維護生態保護。 台電的願景是成為一家優秀且值得信賴的世界級電力事業集團。它旨在通過與電力行業的國際基準進行比較來加強其運營能力、提高績效並持續改進。公司傳承「專業、簡單、勤奮、責任」的精神，秉持「開放、多元、綠色、人文」的態度，強化公司治理。 台電的經營理念以「誠信、關懷、服務、成長」為基。公司以誠信為基礎，積極瞭解人類、環境和社會的需求，並履行企業社會責任。台電致力於提供安全可靠的電力服務，並建立共用學習的文化，以培養員工的成長能力。
Award Record
This recognition makes Taiwan Power Company a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award
The A' Cultural Heritage Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs that preserve, protect, and promote cultural heritage. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cultural heritage designers, culture industry professionals, cultural heritage specialists and museum designers from all countries. Entries typically include cultural heritage projects, cultural conversation, preservation and restoration and protection projects. Awarded cultural heritage designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/cultural-heritage
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/163343
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/163343
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!163343
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/357394
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/4dSy0Ih
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Glory Of Jun Hun 1975 Cultural Preservation and Restoration
- Function
- Cultural Preservation and Restoration
- Category
- Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Social Impact
- Colors
- Maroon, Chocolate, Firebrick, Brown and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Taiwan Power Company
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #163343
Credits
- Team
- YI.ng Lighting Design Consultants(Wen-Ying Chu, Ping-Yi Liu), Nai-Yu Kuo, You-Yuan Lin, Wen-Pin Yu, I-Ling LIU, Yu-Jun Wang and Yu-Chen Chao, Flaneurs
- Image Credits
- Image #1~#5:Photographer Flaneurs, 2023. Vedio:Landfilms,Taiwan Power Company, 2024. PDF produce: Taiwan Power Company, 2023.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project utilizes lighting designs by YI.ng Lighting Design Consultants and sound compositions by musician Yu-Jun Wang , alongside on-site creative performances by three groups of dancers to guide the audience through the boundaries of time back to 1975. Through the interpretation of light and sound, the audience's senses are fully immersed in the flow of time, as if stepping into the Cold War period across the strait, experiencing the challenges of wartime power supply.
- Inspiration
- The project takes the historical space of the Bei Gan Power Plant (also known as the Jun-Hun Power Plant) as its venue, with "The glory of Jun-Hun 1975" as its theme. This allows the "Jun-Hun Power Plant, completed and commissioned in 1975," to be presented to the public for the first time during the second Matsu International Art Island, following the lifting of martial law in Matsu in 30 years, through the collaborative efforts of interdisciplinary art teams. By doing so, we aim to evoke an appreciation for the challenges of wartime power supply as well as the value and preciousness of peace.
- Research
- To authentically blend into local characteristics and historical elements, our design team had to go to Matsu to do their fieldwork. We gathered historical background, architectural features, environmental sounds, and voices, then transformed these concepts into local expressions through lighting art, sound art, and dance art. The follow-up results of the project were also impressive, It attracted approximately 27,000 indoor visitors, created 613 reports from domestic and international media and reached an estimated audience of around 1,280,538 people.
- Challenge
- Due to the location being an abandoned power plant from the Cold War era, it has long been in a state of disrepair and is a derelict site now. Besides refurbishing it to provide suitable space for artists to perform, there are safety issues due to the deteriorated steel frame supporting the mountain walls. Therefore, the most challenging thing at the time was to preserve the existing conditions and allow art performance in a non-destructive manner.
- Realization and Technology
- In addition to integrating lighting design and musical composition, this project features on-site performances by three groups of dancers with the theme of time travelers, leading the audience to transcend the boundaries of time. Through the combination of environmental elements, lighting, and sound, we aim to create an immersive experience that stimulates all five senses, allowing each piece of work to resonate with the historical significance of the power plant.
- Operation and Interaction
- Upon entering the control room of the power plant, one must first pass through a 30 meter long tunnel carved into the mountain. The YI.ng Lighting Design Consultants hope to lead the audience back to the past and evoke a sense of the repression during wartime through lighting design. Besides, the sound artist Yu-Jun Wang integrates the thunderous sounds recorded from the operation of generators at the Nan-Gan Power Plant. This gesture also pays homage to the predecessors who pioneered the establishment of the power plant by carving through the mountains.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is a continuity plans, it had implemented across the entire Matsu Islands from 2021 to 2023.
- Specifications
- The power plant renovation area dimension is 237 square meter(2 floors), main frame structure is tunnel. The walls of the tunnel are adorned with 2700K vintage German explosion-proof wall lamps. Moreover, sound artist integrates the thunderous sounds recorded from the operation of generators at the Nan-Gan Power Plant. This creates the illusion of the Jun-Hun Power Plant reverting to the deafening noise of its power generation era. Additionally, three generators manufactured by MAN GmbH in Germany are being reactivated after retirement.
- Keywords
- Taiwan, Secretive power plant, Bei-Gan, Matsu Biennial, Taiwan Power Company, Jun-Hun, Cold War era
