Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging by Long Tsai Corp.

Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging by Long Tsai Corp. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerInterieur· 2023

Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging

by Long Tsai Corp.

Client: Long Tsai Corp

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging

De eerste Joodse tempel van Taiwan is geïnspireerd op het iconische olieverfschilderij Praying Hands van Dürer. Dit kunstwerk diende als basis voor het hele ontwerpconcept, waarbij gebogen lijnen de kernideeën en artistieke details van elke binnenruimte vormden. Parabolische en bovenleidingbooglijnen zijn op ingenieuze wijze door het ontwerp vloeid om kleine gebogen patronen te creëren, die er zowel willekeurig als georganiseerd uitzien.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Oracles Place Joodse Vereniging wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is Taiwans first Jewish temple. On the left and right of the entrance are the reception counter, the administrative office, the elders room, the wall of periodicals and the waiting area. In front is the central corridor opening. The curvatures of the corridors are used to guide the visitors visual focus to the colorful glazed glass display wall at the bottom of the corridor. The symbolic holy grail and Star of David patterns from the doctrine are transformed into a spiritual display.
Dimensions & Packaging: The space is 466 square meters
Tags: Interior Design, Jewish Association,Temple, Space, Spacial design
Production Technology: A kosher restaurant is planned on the left side of the corridor. The hall adopts a saturated peach base color and is laminated with interspersed copper gold mosaic lamps. The exquisite wooden wireframes outline the layers to vividly represent the fertile land of Canaan. The two sides of the high-rise cathedral ceiling are opposing pairs with 10 fan-shaped rib ridges. The proportion of the elevated arches harmoniously guide the radial ribs to disperse the thrust lines in perfect balance. The double-slope ceiling of the synagogue on the top floor is gilded with exquisite patterns. The seats in the hall are allocated using the gender partition concept.
Design Challenge: Additional heat and sound insulation were installed on top of the synagogue on the top floor to ensure neighborhood friendliness. The windows on both sides also have strengthened sound insulation and ventilation design to increase airflow and prevent chanting poetry or crowd gatherings from bothering the neighbors. In addition, baptism is the most important ritual of Judaism. The baptism pool must use natural running water. So the design team adopted the ancient method of one time concrete pouring, used Jinsha mosaic to cover the pool body and established rainwater recovery equipment on the top square and an underground water storage tank to supply water for the baptism pool.
Research: The planning time for the entire project is over 800 days, which is a prime example of painstakingly meticulous work. The architectures spaces are filled with spiritual symbolism and artistry. The diversified aesthetic presentation of images, colors, proportions, and humanities aims to cleanse and awaken the mind and merge the senses and then deeply interpret A strong and beautiful lasting relationship between man and God.
Inspiration: The entire project design concept originated from Durers oil painting Praying Hands. The arched lines of the palms in the painting are the source and inspiration of the design. Each interior space units core ideas and artistic details are curvature based. The parabolic and catenary arch lines are ingeniously transitioned to form small arched patterns that appear both randomly and orderly.
Project Duration: The project finished in Dec. 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: We have boldly subverted the tradition to select the most innovative materials, colors, image expressions, software, and hardware configurations while introducing advanced engineering technology into this synagogue architecture renovation project. At the social influence level, it plays a local cultural role or can even be upgraded into a bridge of cultural exchange between two nations. The spaces are open to the public and not limited to religious gatherings. The buildings art curation, theme activities, lectures and other activities allow more people to learn about Judaism.
Team Members: Wu Ching-I
Wu Peng-Han
Image Credits: Lucas K. Doolan & Studio Millspace