Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova by Stanley Tay Wee King

Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova by Stanley Tay Wee King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Vy in Famolavolana Vokatra sy Fitaovana Jiro Competition Category.

VyJiro· 2022

Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova

by Stanley Tay Wee King

Client: Singapore Tourism Board

A' Design Award Vy Winner in Jiro Category

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The Design

About Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova

Ny Haw Par Villa dia drafitra fanazavana lova ho an'ny valan-javaboary 8.5 hektara ao Singapore, naorina tamin'ny taona 1930 ary feno sarivongana sy diorama mifototra amin'ny angano Sinoa. Mihoatra ny 20 ny sarivongana mahaliana omena fanazavana, ary tsirairay avy no karakaraina manokana mba hampisehoana ny antsipirian'ny tantarany. Fampisehoana jiro mihetsika eo am-baravarana no mitarika ny mpandalo hiditra ao anatiny, ary ny jiro fotsy mafana miisa 2700 ka hatramin'ny 3000 kelvin no mitarika ny mpitsidika manaraka ny lalana. Satria ny toerana dia arovan'ny lalàna momba ny fikajiana harena, dia nihodivitra ny fandavahana ary nisy rafitra manokana natao mba hitazonana ireo fitaovana fanazavana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Vy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ny famolavolana Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova, fankasitrahana malaza omena ny famolavolana tsara izay mahafeno ny fepetra ara-barotra sy ara-indostria andrasana amin'ny famoronana natao tsara. Ny mpandresy Vy dia mampiseho fahaiza-manao lehibe, fahaizana manokana ambony, fahatakarana manam-pahaizana ary fahaizana mamorona an'ireo mpamorona azy. Andrasana ho famoronana ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana izay azo ampiharina sady vaovao ny famolavolana Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ity dia mampiray ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny indostria ary manana toetra ara-teknika mahomby mifandray amin'ny fahalalana sy ny talenta. Ny famolavolana Haw Par Villa Fanazavana Lova dia hajaina noho ny fitandremany ary natao hanome fanatsarana ny kalitaon'ny fiainana izay manampy hahatonga ny tontolo ho toerana tsara kokoa.

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