River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata by Shang Cai

River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata by Shang Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Designatio Topiarii Competition Category.

AurumDesignatio Topiarii· 2023

River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata

by Shang Cai

Client: Shougang Real Estate

Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Designatio Topiarii Category

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The Design

About River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata

Nubes Fluminis est magna artis institutio sub divo posita, ad locum amoenum in Yubei, Chongqing, Sinis, creata. Institutio octo metra alta et triginta metra lata est, atque in tecto summae rupis flumen prospicientis stat. Plus quam quinquaginta milia compagum metallicarum polygonarum variae magnitudinis inter se connectuntur, ut formam nubis curvatam efficiant. Aperturae in superficie prospectus montis et fluminis subiacentis praebent. Piscina vadosa et machina fumifera circa opus collocatae sunt. Fontes lucis numerice moderati formae nubis colores et texturas noctu mutabiles tribuunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. River Cloud Institutio Artis Sub Divo Collocata cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: It is a large-scale outdoor design case of an art installation. It is 8 meters high, 30 meters wide and 6 meters deep, located on the roof at the top of the cliff facing the river.
It is demanding to express the image and connotation of the high-end real estate project named after "cloud". With lines, colors, and shapes, the designer creates a cloud form in line with the Oriental aesthetic. Through the interaction of clouds, water, and smoke in the environment, a beautiful space is created.
Dimensions & Packaging: Specification: 8 meters high, 30 meters wide, and depth of meters
Surrounding: Pool/green area of 2,000 square meters
Tags: Cloud, Spatial installation, Landscape, Lighting
Production Technology: More than 50,000 polygonal metal frames of different sizes are connected to each other to create a curved cloud shape. Through the holes in the clouds, one can see the opposite mountain view and the river view at the foot.
The designer arranges a thin pool and a smoke device in the environment of the cloud device, creating Oriental beauty and a sense of advance through the interaction of cloud, water and smoke.
Design Challenge: Clouds have varied colors and shape characteristics, and it is very challenging to represent cloud symbols in architectural form.
As a long-term outdoor installation, the designer chose a large number of different sizes of stainless-steel frames to combine and used hard materials to express the curve characteristics of the clouds.
At the same time, through the use of a number of point-like numerical control light sources, the device at night presents a dynamic effect of light and shadow flow and a crystal clear overall image.
The whole device is simple in material, stable in structure, and easy to maintain. It is a successful attempt to express the cloud symbol.
Research: 1. The cloud form that represented by the metal frame structure.
2. Numerical control lighting to create space device color, texture.
3. The interaction of cloud, water and smoke creates Oriental beauty and a sense of high class.
4. Enhanced commercial value with a space device.
Inspiration: "Cloud" has special aesthetic value and symbolic significance in the East.
In eastern culture, "cloud" contains a spiritual realm of randomness, freedom, harmony, and detachment. And the pursuit of natural nature is regarded as a high spiritual realm.
With lines, colors, and shapes to create a cloud image that can be widely accepted and understood. Viewers perceive the spatial morphological meaning and thoughts of the ever-changing cloud symbols through form, color, and light under the context.
Project Duration: Date of Design Start: 2022.07
Date of Completion: 2022.12
Address: Yubei, Chongqing, China
Operation Flow: In this case, the designer used a variety of interactive relationships to create an ethereal, elegant, and Zen space environment.
The interaction between the sky and the thin water allows the cloud-shaped installation to merge with the sky and the surrounding greenery.
The interaction between the main device and the environmental smoke device makes the cloud-shaped device produce a floating dynamic.
The interaction between the NC light source and the ambient light allows the device to present different textures and color changes in different light environments.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chong Qing Shen Sheng Space Aesthetics.
Image Credits: Alan Tan