Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom by Ting Han Chen

Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom by Ting Han Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award in IJzer in Virtuele en Digitale Kunstinstallaties Ontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerDigitale Installaties· 2026

Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom

by Ting Han Chen

Client: Play Design Lab

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Digitale Installaties Category

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The Design

About Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom

Boektekst: Vigilscape herconfigureert een conventionele rouwomgeving tot een serene, waardige ruimte door middel van omgevingsprojecties en generatieve wolk- en deeltjesvisualisaties. Taferelen ontvouwen zich in een afgemeten tempo dat is afgestemd op de ceremoniële cadans, waardoor een temporele progressie ontstaat zonder aandacht of interactie te vereisen. Het ontwerp biedt configureerbare modi voor verschillende rituele contexten, waardoor één ruimte boeddhistische, christelijke en andere geloofsgevoelige behoeften kan ondersteunen via backend-scènewisseling, terwijl de operationele flexibiliteit voor het personeel en een rustige sfeer voor families en geestelijken behouden blijft.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom 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. Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom 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. Vigilscape Primaire functie: Generatief Ritueel Heiligdom 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

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

Unique Properties: A slow-technology immersive space for chanting rituals, this project uses environmental projections and algorithmic cloud-particle scenes unfolding at a measured tempo aligned with ceremonial cadence. Rather than creating a spectacle, the system is designed to provide calmness, dignity, and psychological comfort during moments of farewell.

Its distinctive value lies in enabling one ordinary mortuary room to serve multiple faith-based ritual needs through configurable projection modes and backend-controlled interactive guidance. This allows funeral service staff to quickly adapt the atmosphere and ceremonial content for Buddhist, Christian, and other religious contexts without requiring separate dedicated spaces. By integrating multi-faith flexibility, spatial efficiency, and culturally sensitive experience design, the project offers both operational value for service providers and a more respectful, personalized environment for grieving families.
Dimensions & Packaging: Wall projection installations with edge-blended panoramic playback; particle-driven visuals with programmable parameters (mode selection, tempo, motif density, session duration). Timeline choreography triggers milestone motifs at set intervals.
Tags: virtual installation, digital art installation, projection mapping, generative particles, slow technology, ambient interface, mourning space, ritual design, transitional architecture, culturally adaptive atmosphere
Production Technology: A site-specific three-wall projection environment deployed in the mortuary of Tri-Service General Hospital. Particle-based animations generate culturally attuned atmospheres. Funeral directors select modes (Chinese, Western, Neutral) and run a timeline-based sequence where motifs emerge gradually as symbolic milestones. Ambient soundscapes support contemplative focus without requiring interaction.
Design Challenge: The key challenge was designing support without intrusion in a culturally sensitive setting. The room needed to transform a clinical space into a contemplative atmosphere while avoiding spectacle, distraction, or religious mismatch. Achieving this required slow pacing, restrained visual density, and mode-based adaptability that funeral directors could operate reliably in daily practice.
Research: Type of Research: practice-based design research. Research Objectives: apply slow technology and ambient design to support long mourning rituals. Methodology: site implementation + temporal choreography design. Data Collection and Research Tools Used: observation, informal interviews, photos/diagrams/annotations. Participants or Experiments: mortuary director, funeral staff, families in ritual use. Results: improved sense of temporal progression and cultural fit. Insights and Impacts: configurable, slow-paced atmospheres can reframe mortuary rooms as transitional spaces. Effect: informs emotionally sensitive immersive architecture.
Inspiration: Inspired by the need to ease families’ anxiety in conventional mortuary chanting rooms, the project draws on grief-support research, ritual cadence observation, and slow technology design principles. Generative particle imagery and environmental projection mapping were developed as a controllable time-scale ambience, offering culturally adaptable modes without intrusive interaction.
Project Duration: The project started in Jun 2024 and was completed in Nov 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan, for the mortuary of Tri-Service General Hospital. The installation has been operated during extended chanting ceremonies, with configuration handled by funeral directors according to family preferences and ritual context.
Operation Flow: Operation is intentionally non-intrusive. Staff select one of three cultural modes and start the session. The room then plays a slow, continuous sequence where imagery unfolds over time and milestone motifs appear at intervals, giving families a sense of progression during long chanting rituals. No user interaction is required, preserving ritual attention.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Wonann Funeral Technology Co., Ltd. and Tri-Service General Hospital Mortuary