Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa by Aditi Anuj

Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa by Aditi Anuj is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Hana Noʻeau a me Hoʻokomo Hana Noʻeau Competition Category.

GulaHana Noʻeau· 2024

Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa

by Aditi Anuj

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa

He kahua kiʻi hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Cascading Canyon i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka Grand Canyon. Ua hana ʻia kēia hana noʻeau me ka pepa, a ua pelu lima ʻia a hoʻopili lima ʻia ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa. ʻOi aku ma mua o 40,000 mau ʻāpana origami modular o ke ʻano Sonobe e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻili, i hoʻohui ʻia me nā pepeiao a me nā pākeke i kūkulu pū ʻia. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho no kahi wahi he 8 ma ka 4 ma ka 8 kapuaʻi, a ʻekolu ona māhele: he pale hope, he pōhaku nui, a me kahi pōhaku liʻiliʻi hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he noho. Hele nā malihini ma waena o ke kahua a nānā i ke ʻano, ka waihoʻoluʻu, ka mālamalama a me ke aka, e hana hou ana i ka manaʻo o ka hele ʻana ma waena o ke awāwa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Cascading Canyon Kahua Kiʻi Hoʻonohonoho ʻIa i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Walking through the Grand Canyon unveils a spectacle of textures, expansive vistas, and the mesmerizing dance of light on the Origami Sonobe walls. It's an immersive artistic installation where one can intimately engage with nature's breathtaking wonders, feeling them come alive at their fingertips. The interplay of light within the canyon's layers amplifies the experience, making it even more enriching.
Dimensions & Packaging: This installation is designed for an 8ft x 4ft x 8ft space. It has three parts in total. First one being the bakdrop, the second one is a lage rock in the middle and the third one is a smaller rock with the provision of one sitting on and becoming a part of the canyon itself.
Tags: origami art, origami installation, origami artwork, grand canyon, paper art, paper art installation, art installation,
Production Technology: The artwork is primarily made of paper, completely hand-folded and hand-attached. There are more than 40,000 origami modules which were folded for this installation. These modules are attached to each other because of its inbuildt quality of flaps and pockets which all connect to each other to make it into any form or structure that one desires. This type of origami is called Modular Origami and the name of this module is "Sonobe".
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this art installation was to transport it from one place to another. But with a little bit of brainstorming, we were able to figure out the logistics for packing and sending it to Delhi from Jaipur.
Research: For thr research of this installation, I took help from varios picures of the Canyon on the internet to get inspired by the forms, colours and light and shadow. I also read about the Canyon, about its history and how it was created.
Inspiration: The Grand Canyon inspires this art installation where in the idea was to recreate the feeling of walking through the canyon by bringing in the elements like the form, the colour as well as the light and shadow.
I've never visited the Grand Canyon myself, but I've always been captivated not only by how stunning it might appear surrounded by those majestic, almost divine rocks, but rather by the potential emotions it could evoke in me.
Project Duration: This Artwork was specially designed for India Design 2024, held in New Delhi, India. The dates for the exhibition were 15th to 18th of Feb. The work on this Installation started in November 2023.
Operation Flow: This art installation can be experienced when walking through it physically.
Patents: None