Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw by Stanley Tay Wee King

Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw by Stanley Tay Wee King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award na Bakal in Disenyo ng mga Produkto at Kabit na Pang-ilaw Competition Category.

BakalPag-iilaw· 2022

Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw

by Stanley Tay Wee King

Client: Singapore Tourism Board

A' Design Award na Bakal Winner in Pag-iilaw Category

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The Design

About Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw

Ang Haw Par Villa ay isang disenyo ng pamanang ilaw para sa isang 8.5 ektaryang parke sa Singapore, itinayo noong dekada 1930 at puno ng mga eskultura at diorama na hango sa alamat ng Tsina. Mahigit 20 atraksyong eskultura ang inilawan, at bawat isa ay binigyan ng partikular na pagtrato upang maihayag ang mga detalye ng kanilang kuwento. Isang gumagalaw na light show sa pasukan ang humihikayat sa mga dumaraan na pumasok, habang ang mainit na puting ilaw na 2700 hanggang 3000 kelvin ang gumagabay sa mga bisita sa buong daanan. Dahil ang lugar ay protektado ng mga batas sa konserbasyon, iniwasan ang pagbabarena at gumawa ng mga espesyal na istruktura upang isuporta ang mga fixture ng ilaw.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Bakal

Ang Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal, isang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga mahuhusay na disenyong tumutugon sa mga propesyonal at pang-industriyang kinakailangang inaasahan sa mga mahusay na pagkakadisenyong likha. Ang mga nagwagi ng Bakal ay nagpapakita ng dakilang husay, mataas na espesyalisasyon, dalubhasang pag-unawa at kakayahang malikhain ng kanilang mga lumikha. Inaasahang ang Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw ay isang lubos na pinahahalagahan, hinahangaan at minamahal na likhang praktikal at makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal ay nagsasama ng pinakamahuhusay na kasanayan ng industriya at may mahuhusay na katangiang teknikal na may kasamang kaalaman at talento. Ang Haw Par Villa Pamanang Ilaw ay iginagalang dahil sa kaingatan nito at idinisenyo upang maghatid ng mga pagpapabuti sa kalidad ng buhay na tumutulong gawing mas mabuting lugar ang mundo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The design is a balancing act between staying true to the sculptures’ stories, while making them more accessible than before. The sculptures can only be enjoyed when visitors visit the park, so the first design intent was to use moving lights situated at the park’s entrance to draw visitors into the park. Once inside, visitors are then led naturally by the lighting to the most important sculptures. Each sculpture’s lighting is then handcrafted to showcase the stories to the greatest effect.
Dimensions & Packaging: The entire Haw Par Villa park is 8.5HA in area. We lighted up more than 20 individual sculpture attractions, the smallest of them about 10 sq metres in area, and the largest about 200 sq metres. The highest light structure we built was over 5 metres. Many kilometres of wiring and cabling was laid to enable power delivery to the new lights. It was a massive engineering undertaking.
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Production Technology: There are too many different kinds of lighting products used to individually mention. More importantly, all SKUs were customized at the factory to our exact specifications - length, luminosity, color temperature, throw of the light, and other details. In this way, most products are bespoke, even though the SKUs are readily available. The key product we used for the realization of the moving light show is the Gobo projector made by Martin Harmon, and we worked closely with them to enable a moving slide show. We also build a structure from scratch to house the Marting Harmon projector.
Design Challenge: This project is on a national heritage site, protected by conservation laws. Drilling and hacking are strictly prohibited. Many natural first-choice solutions cannot be used, and we had to constantly create new solutions from second-best options to get the desired lighting effect. A lot of our time was building structures that would give us total installation flexibility. And because each sculpture was unique, it was like 20 individual projects, with no economies of scale.
Research: We did both cultural and technical research. Culturally, many of the dioramas are famous Chinese folklores, and we needed to dive deeper into these folklores in order to light them properly. In a battle scene of the Eight Immortals, we studied old books to know the 'order of battle', so key details would be lit. Technically, we used rapid prototyping to quickly cycle through variations for the best solution. We tested whenever we could, at our office, on-site, and using miniatures.
Inspiration: Built by the Tiger Balm family in the 1930s, Haw Par Villa is an oriental park containing sculptures and dioramas from the epic to the macabre. Over the years, visitorship fell steadily due to changing tastes. The brief was to breathe new life to these sculptures through lighting, and re-engage a new generation of visitors with its timeless folklores. We are honored to win the proposal competition to work with the Singapore Tourism Board (the park custodian) on this national commission.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2020, and all installations finished in December 2020. However, the project was suspended from April - July of 2020 due to pandemic lockdown. The project is situated in the Republic of Singapore.
Operation Flow: The moving light show is situated right at the park's entrance, so that when passers-by experience the light show, they will develop curiosity about the contents inside the park. Warm white (2700-3000K light) is chosen so when visitors come into the park, it feels like a resort, increasing its comfort level. Lighting on the main dioramas are then hand-crafted for overall effect of drawing the visitors into the details.
Patents: Illuminating Asia SG Pte Ltd
Team Members: Stanley Wee King Tay
Aries Lay Hoon Goh
Addison Yu Ann Goh
Image Credits: Illuminating Asia SG Pte Ltd