Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga by Bill Xiong

Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga by Bill Xiong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ArioTotonu· 2021

Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga

by Bill Xiong

Client: Poly Property Group

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga

Book Text: O le Past Time o se nofoaga autu mo faatauga o loo tu i Harbin, Saina, ma le vaega i totonu e 800 sikuea mita le lautele. O le mamanu e faavae i luga o measina faufale faaleatunuu. O le piliki mumu, o se lanu masani i luga o puipui i fafo o fale tuai i Harbin, ua aumai i totonu e fai ma puipui talaaga e faamanatu ai aso ua mavae. O se alalaupapa faatufugaga o loo faaali ai ata o tagata faigaluega mai se fale gaosi uamea, ma fesootai ai le avanoa ma le talafaasolopito o le aai. O luga o paʻu faigofie ua tuufaatasi ma faavaa apamemea ma auro faapea ma se faatufugaga tele, ina ia feiloai ai faasinomaga faasolopito ma mamanu faaonaponei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Past Time Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu mo Faatauga o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is located in Harbin. Harbin, as the Moscow of the East, has a special historical process and geographical location, which has created Harbin’s diverse culture and exotic atmosphere. Taking the responsibility of the inheritance of architectural culture, the designer extracted elements from traditional Harbin architecture and constructed a space with memories of the past and modern luxury.
Dimensions & Packaging: 800 square meters
Tags: History, Modern
Production Technology: Red brick background wall, large-scale art installation, artistic micro-jet photography works
Design Challenge: Balancing historical and contemporary elements is the difficulty and key point of design. Regarding the history of the city itself as a meaningful source of creation, it reflects and reorganizes the entire past years.
Research: The designer takes "industry·memory" as the design theme, and takes the historical events of the machine factory as the axis. In the processing of space and the grasp of the scale, the materials with temperature and the modelling with meaning are used to inspire our understanding of history. Enrich the story of the sales office, thereby creating an exhibition space with contemporary significance without losing modern art.
Inspiration: Red bricks are a common texture of the exterior walls of old buildings in Harbin. The designer incorporated the red brick walls as the exterior facades into the interior to evoke memories of the past. The art corridor is hung with photos of workers in the steelmaking plant, connecting the space with the history of the city and carrying the memory of urban development.
Project Duration: Heilongjiang, China
Operation Flow: The clean and minimalist leather is matched with the luxurious and beautiful bronze and golden frame, injecting modern elements into the historical tone, which is closer to the taste of modern people. In this way, historical relics and contemporary design perfectly meet here.
Team Members: Hard outfit: Miao Donghui, Zeng Zhiping, Su Wei
Soft outfit: Chen Dandan, Xiong Ruibin, Ma Wenshuai
Image Credits: All Images : Photographer Chen Yanming, 2020.