Platine Beaux-Arts · 2025
Life Science Code Monument
- A' Design Award de Platine 2025 in Beaux-Arts
- CLIENT: Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 900,559
- Verification code 7CEA076FFC · Verify this award
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About Life Science Code Monument
Ce monument exprime la mémoire des sciences de la vie basée sur la séquence génomique de l'ADN, fondement des sciences de la vie. Le génome est la mémoire de la vie depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours, et le monument intègre des objets naturels qui ont nourri les populations, ainsi que l'artisanat transmis à travers les âges au Japon, comme traces de vie. Touchant aux origines que les peuples ont accumulées, le monument incarne les mystères des sciences de la vie révélés à travers les mémoires humaines.
About the A' Design Award de Platine
Life Science Code Monument est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Platine, une reconnaissance extrêmement prestigieuse décernée à des designs véritablement exceptionnels, élégants et magnifiques. Les lauréats Platine sont des merveilles de création, des témoignages des limites de la créativité intellectuelle, et démontrent le professionnalisme inégalé et le génie de leurs concepteurs. Ces designs sont censés être les œuvres les plus renommées, qui définissent l'esthétique d'une époque, contribuent au bien-être de la société et repoussent les limites de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie. Life Science Code Monument affiche un niveau d'excellence transcendant et rend sans équivoque le monde meilleur grâce à ses caractéristiques avantageuses et précieuses. Life Science Code Monument est une œuvre lauréate de l'A' Design Award de Platine qui éveille les désirs, inspire, enthousiasme, ravit et fait naître une grande joie.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Chugai Pharmaceutical's Life Science Park commissioned a monument to convey the mysteries and unknown possibilities of life science. As life science now drives drug creation by unlocking genomic information from human DNA, the monument compiles diverse memories etched in our DNA. This includes natural materials evoking Life and materials created by human hands, representing Science, aiming to embody the essence and potential of life science.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- This 6m x 1.5m x 2.2m monument embodies human and Earth memories. Its design, based on the human genome sequence, integrates diverse materials: ancient stones, local flora, native trees and medicinal herbs. A transparent stone base, evoking water as the source of life, is illuminated from within, highlighting the genome's varied expressions. The DNA derived design reveals life's mystery through shifting perspectives.
- Tags
- monument, life science, design, Art, hakuten, memory, Life Science Code
- Production Technology
- This monument crystallizes memories from nature, technology, and culture, archiving them for future generations. It juxtaposes normally incompatible memories, creating a unique landscape and prompting reflection on sustainability. Wood scraps were recycled into furniture, and metal scraps were reused, embodying circularity.
- Design Challenge
- This monument, while not directly generating profit, aims to inspire and provide spiritual support to life science researchers. It expresses the invisible mysteries of life science, a field filled with the unexplained, where researchers strive to improve human well-being. By touching the depths of people's hearts, this monument hopes to bring color and inspiration to their work, supporting their challenge against the mysterious world of life science.
- Research
- We were deeply moved to realize that our own DNA contains the inherited memories of the earth. Therefore, we carefully investigated various memories up to now, and collected a wide variety of memories, including natural objects created over a long period of time, human culture and technology, and memories of Chugai's pharmaceuticals.
- Inspiration
- Chugai's Life Science Park commissioned a monument to convey life science's profound mysteries. The design, mirroring drug creation through genome analysis, uses human genome sequences. The resulting patterns evoke life's beauty and complexity, encoding evolution and human essence. Integrating time-nurtured memories, the monument embodies life's enigmatic mystery. It stands as a testament to the intricate and beautiful nature of life, revealed through the very code that defines us.
- Project Duration
- This project was completed in May 2024
It is located at Chugai's new research facility in Totsuka, Kanagawa, Japan. - Operation Flow
- Researchers viewing this monument can draw inspiration from its unique landscape, filled with memories from nature, technology, and culture. Viewers' reflections become part of the monument, symbolizing the present moment alongside diverse memories. It aims to convey that genomes exist within us, hinting at unknown possibilities.
- Image Credits
- Photo by :Nacasa ＆ Partners Inc. | Akira Arai
