Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic) by Whyixd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Auro in Faatufugaga Maualuga Competition Category.
AuroFaatufugaga Maualuga· 2021
Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic)
by Whyixd
Client: Whyixd
A' Design Award Auro Winner in Faatufugaga Maualuga Category
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The Design
About Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic)
O le Heaven Bloom o se faʻapipiʻiga feʻaveaʻi ua tuʻuina i le potu talimalo o se fale, na musuia mai le natura, i le Aai o Taichung, Taiuani. O le galuega ua fausia i fugalaau uʻamea faʻainisinia e 144 ua faia i le alumini ma le uʻamea lē ele (stainless steel). Na faʻaaogaina auala faʻamaeʻa eseese i luga o le uʻamea ina ia fausia ai foliga faʻapitoa ma lanu eseese. O fugalaau taʻitasi e aofia ai le silia ma le 50 vaega faʻainisinia ma e faʻagaoioia e se afi (motor). E matala mai fugalaau i fafo mai le puipui ma luelue i le musika o loʻo faʻalogoina. E fā fati e fesoʻotaʻi ma vaitau e fā o le tausaga, o lea ua fausia ai e fugalaau feʻaveaʻi se vaaiga e pei lava o le natura moni i totonu o le fale.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Auro
O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic), o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic) e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Heaven Bloom Faʻapipiʻiga Feʻaveaʻi (Kinetic) e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The work hangs on a building constructed by GoldenJade development corporation, along with WOHA, a singapore-based firm. The building itself is inspired by nature and led to the idea of creating an installation that imitates flowers. Whyixd intended to sow the seeds of the flowers into the concrete wall, blooming out of the surface and becoming a dynamic piece. The 144 mechanical metal flowers sway to the rhythm of the lobby’s background music.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Each flower of size 340mm x 330mm x 120mm, when closed, opens to a size of 340mm x 360mm x 160mm in full bloom.
- Tags
- Kinetic Sculpture, Art, Installation, Interior design, Public Art
- Production Technology
- Each flower of the work is consist of more than 50 pieces mechanical components .
The installation used aluminium and stainless steel, different finishes were applied to metal in order to produce special textures and colors . And motors drive the mechanical to operate. - Design Challenge
- The installation was set up on 7 meter-high marble facade so we need to cooperate with the construction company,such as cutting marble holes at precise position, installing wires behind the wall. And it is very challenging to develop the software system to control 144 motors at the same time. In the end, we develop a customized interface for generating motion for all the kinetic flowers in real-time.
- Research
- The study of the shape of Nanhu Rhododendron, the blooming movement of the flowers.We made different versions of motors and mechanical design to improve the mechanical smoothness.
- Inspiration
- The work is inspired by the special plant "Nanhu Rhododendron", which only grows in one of 100 mountain peaks in Taiwan "Nanhu Mountain". The Nanhu Rhododendron is adaptive in extreme climate on high mountains—it appears rusty yellow color before it blooms.However, when it’s in full bloom the flower appears like white snowflakes all over around the mountain peak.
We believe that this work could bear any poor conditions but still bloom elegantly, responding to the vitality of Taiwan. - Project Duration
- The project started in April 2017 and finished in August 2019 , and was positioned in the lobby of a building by Golden Jade Development Corp. in Taichung City, Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- The installations are set to four different melodies corresponding to the four seasons the ambient sounds collected from endemic species in Taiwan. Different patterns and movements allow the blooming flowers create a near-natural mesmeric scenario indoors, freezing moments in time, building a simulation of a unique phenomena in nature.
- Team Members
- Yen Po Yeh
Zih Jing Wei
Chieh Lin Chuang
Wei Cheng Yeh
Shih Pan Liu
Chung Fu Kuo
Meng Te Hsieh
Yen hsiang Huang
Jen Hsiang Cheng - Image Credits
- Design:Whyixd
Client:Golden Jade Construction
Sound Design: Ami Tseng , Hsu Tzu-Chuan
Video Directed,Photographed & Edited:Liu Che Chun
Photography:Koumin Lee
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