Coastline Laulau by Yu-Han Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2020

Coastline Laulau

by Yu-Han Wu

Client: National Taiwan Normal University

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Coastline Laulau

O Coastline o se laulau na fa'aosofia mai le si'itia o le maualuga o le sami e mafua mai i le vevela o le lalolagi. O luga o le laulau e faia i le acrylic, e ta'ua fo'i o le PMMA, ma fa'afoliga i le vevela maualuga e fa'aali mai ai le manino o le vai o le sami. O le fausaga lalago e faia i le michelia compressa ma le pine, ma o le la'au e fa'atusa i le maualuga o mauga. Na filifilia le la'au malo ina ia le suia le fausaga a'o fa'avevelaina. O le pito le'i lelei o le laulau e fa'amanatu mai ai se talafatai ua tafia e le sami, ma o le tu'ufa'atasiga o mea faufale e mafai ai ona pasi le malamalama i vaega eseese. O le laulau e 350 mm le lautele, 650 mm le loloto ma 500 mm le maualuga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Coastline Laulau, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Coastline Laulau e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Coastline Laulau ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The clearness of the sea is represented by liquid acrylic, and the height of the mountain is mainly wood, creating a combination of different materials that echoes the light of the layers.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 350 mm x Depth 650 mm x Height 500 mm
Tags: A Global warming, B Sea-level rise, C Art, D Table
Production Technology: The table top is mainly made of PMMA, and the table is mainly made of michelia compressa and Pine.
Design Challenge: Liquid acrylic material is selected as the table top. Liquid acrylic shaping requires high-temperature heating. Therefore, hard wood is selected so that it will not deform during heating.
Considering the above, in the end, the desktop wood is chosen to use the hard texture Michelia compressa wood.
Liquid acrylic color grading is also one of the big challenges. It takes a lot of time for each test to get the best color and transmittance.
Inspiration: Taking the rising sea level caused by global warming as the starting point, the coastline was eroded by the seawater and showed an uneven appearance, making the table more layered.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2017 in Taiwan. And finished in June 2017 in Taiwan. And was exhibited in Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in June 2017. For the second time in Taipei Pavilion of fashion in November 2019.
Operation Flow: This is a table with good light transmission and beauty.