Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị by Stanley Tay Wee King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Ìhè na Ihe E Kwụnyere Competition Category.
IgweÌhè· 2022
Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị
Client: Singapore Tourism Board
Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ìhè Category
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The Design
About Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị
Ederede Akwụkwọ: Haw Par Villa bụ atụmatụ ìhè ntọala ọdịbendị maka ogige ala nke dị 8.5 hectare na Singapore, nke e wuru na 1930s ma jupụta na ihe ọkpụkpụ na ngosi eserese dabere na akụkọ ọdịnala ndị China. Ihe karịrị 20 ihe ọkpụkpụ na-adọrọ mmasị ka e ji ìhè mụnye, e sitekwara na nke ọ bụla mee ihe n'ụzọ nkeonwe iji mee ka ihe gbasara akụkọ ya pụta ihe. Ngosipụta ìhè na-agagharị dị n'ọnụ ụzọ na-adọrọ ndị na-agafe agafe ka ha banye n'ime, ebe ìhè ọcha na-ekpo ọkụ nke dị site na 2700 ruo 3000 kelvin na-eduzi ndị na-abịa eleta n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ. Ebe iwu nchekwa ọdịnala na-echebe saịtị a, e zeere ịgwuwa ihe, kama e wuru ihe owuwu ahaziri ahazi iji jide akụrụngwa ìhè ndị ahụ.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe
Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Haw Par Villa Ọrụ Isi: Ìhè Ntọala Ọdịbendị maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The design is a balancing act between staying true to the sculptures’ stories, while making them more accessible than before. The sculptures can only be enjoyed when visitors visit the park, so the first design intent was to use moving lights situated at the park’s entrance to draw visitors into the park. Once inside, visitors are then led naturally by the lighting to the most important sculptures. Each sculpture’s lighting is then handcrafted to showcase the stories to the greatest effect.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The entire Haw Par Villa park is 8.5HA in area. We lighted up more than 20 individual sculpture attractions, the smallest of them about 10 sq metres in area, and the largest about 200 sq metres. The highest light structure we built was over 5 metres. Many kilometres of wiring and cabling was laid to enable power delivery to the new lights. It was a massive engineering undertaking.
- Tags
- lightingdesign, lightingconsultant, heritagelighting, landscapelighting
- Production Technology
- There are too many different kinds of lighting products used to individually mention. More importantly, all SKUs were customized at the factory to our exact specifications - length, luminosity, color temperature, throw of the light, and other details. In this way, most products are bespoke, even though the SKUs are readily available. The key product we used for the realization of the moving light show is the Gobo projector made by Martin Harmon, and we worked closely with them to enable a moving slide show. We also build a structure from scratch to house the Marting Harmon projector.
- Design Challenge
- This project is on a national heritage site, protected by conservation laws. Drilling and hacking are strictly prohibited. Many natural first-choice solutions cannot be used, and we had to constantly create new solutions from second-best options to get the desired lighting effect. A lot of our time was building structures that would give us total installation flexibility. And because each sculpture was unique, it was like 20 individual projects, with no economies of scale.
- Research
- We did both cultural and technical research. Culturally, many of the dioramas are famous Chinese folklores, and we needed to dive deeper into these folklores in order to light them properly. In a battle scene of the Eight Immortals, we studied old books to know the 'order of battle', so key details would be lit. Technically, we used rapid prototyping to quickly cycle through variations for the best solution. We tested whenever we could, at our office, on-site, and using miniatures.
- Inspiration
- Built by the Tiger Balm family in the 1930s, Haw Par Villa is an oriental park containing sculptures and dioramas from the epic to the macabre. Over the years, visitorship fell steadily due to changing tastes. The brief was to breathe new life to these sculptures through lighting, and re-engage a new generation of visitors with its timeless folklores. We are honored to win the proposal competition to work with the Singapore Tourism Board (the park custodian) on this national commission.
- Project Duration
- The project started in February 2020, and all installations finished in December 2020. However, the project was suspended from April - July of 2020 due to pandemic lockdown. The project is situated in the Republic of Singapore.
- Operation Flow
- The moving light show is situated right at the park's entrance, so that when passers-by experience the light show, they will develop curiosity about the contents inside the park. Warm white (2700-3000K light) is chosen so when visitors come into the park, it feels like a resort, increasing its comfort level. Lighting on the main dioramas are then hand-crafted for overall effect of drawing the visitors into the details.
- Patents
- Illuminating Asia SG Pte Ltd
- Team Members
- Stanley Wee King Tay
Aries Lay Hoon Goh
Addison Yu Ann Goh - Image Credits
- Illuminating Asia SG Pte Ltd
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