Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike

by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Client: Underroof

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike

Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike dị na Taoyuan, Taiwan, na-atụgharị uche n'ihe nketa mmepụta ihe site n'inweta mkpali mmụọ site na ụlọ ọrụ ntọ ọka nke oge ochie. Nhazi ya gosipụtara ogidi buru ibu na ahịhịa ndụ ndụ, na-akwalite nkwekọ n'etiti mmadụ na okike. Ogige etiti na-enye ohere ka ìhè anyanwụ mepụta ọnọdụ ọhịa kwụ ọtọ, na-egosipụta mgbanwe oge. Ngwaọrụ Ebili Mmiri nke ọnụ ụzọ mbata na ọkpọkọ ọkụ igwe na-emepụta mmetụta dị n'okpuru mmiri. Nhazi a na-emepụta oghere nke okike, nke mbugharị ebe ndị ọbịa nwere ike ịchọta ebe mgbaba n'etiti ncheta obodo, na-ejikọta akụkọ oge gara aga na ọdịnihu nwere nkwekọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Essencare Ụlọ Ọgwụ Ịma Mma Ahụike na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: To encapsulate the urban memory of Taoyuan, an industrial hub in Taiwan, this project "reimagines" the essence of industrial remnants within the space, specifically referencing a historic flour factory with large columns, reflective of the city’s past landscape. By integrating a strategic patio, sunlight floods the interior, transforming it into a vertical forest that embodies the rhythms of the seasons and the passage of time.
Dimensions & Packaging: The long side of the site is 20.5 meters long and 7.4 meters wide, with a total area of 140 square meters.
Tags: Medical Beauty Clinic, Post-Human, Industrial Ruins, Coexistence with Nature, Hyper-Reality
Production Technology: At the entrance, a Water Ripple Device features a metallic plate that refracts light and shadow, creating an ethereal underwater ambiance. Inside, expansive "mechanical water ripple light tubes" simulate cascading waterfalls, immersing visitors in a transcendent aquatic experience.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge lies in crafting an organic migratory experience within a constrained space. While it is essential to "reproduce" the cylindrical form emblematic of industrial ruins, this must be achieved without overt visual prominence. Each area will present a distinct landscape, facilitating free movement and exploration, allowing individuals to discover hidden spaces that resonate with their inner moods.
Research: In the context of the "post-human era," aesthetic medical clinics must prioritize the creation of immersive spatial experiences. This project not only preserves the memory of an industrial city but also redefines it through a new narrative, constructing a hyper-realistic environment that resonates with urban heritage.
Inspiration: Emerging trends in medical aesthetics have reshaped East Asia, intertwining futuristic narratives of the "post-human" with daily life. This design draws from the concept of the "post-human era," envisioning how a medical aesthetic clinic in a post-industrial city can evoke the collective memory of its surroundings, turning the clinic into a prologue for post-human exploration.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2024 and finished in November 2024 in Taoyuan.
Operation Flow: This project juxtaposes two distinct forms of industrial remains. The first, the "large column," serves as a sanctuary for rest and privacy, while the second, the "small column," is enlivened by the encroachment of wild flora. This dichotomy invites a dialogue on the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature within the narrative of the post-human era.
Team Members: Designer: Yawen Liu
Designer: Wenche Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.