Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo by Whyixd

Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo by Whyixd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo loBugcisa obuHle kunye nokuFakwa kwoBugcisa Competition Category.

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Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo

by Whyixd

Client: Whyixd

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Ubugcisa obuHle Category

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The Design

About Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo

I-Heaven Bloom lufakelo olushukumayo olubekwe kwindawo yokungena yesakhiwo esiphefumlelwe yindalo eTaichung City, eTaiwan. Lo msebenzi uqulunqwe ngeentyatyambo zentsimbi ezishukumayo ezili-144 ezenziwe nge-aluminium nentsimbi engenakubola (stainless steel). Kwasetyenziswa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokugqibezela entsimbini ukudala imizobo nemibala ekhethekileyo. Intyatyambo nganye iqulethe amalungu omatshini angaphezulu kwama-50 kwaye iqhutywa yinjini. Iintyatyambo zivuleka ziphuma kumphezulu wodonga zize zijiwuzele ngokomculo ongasemva. Iingoma ezine zinxulumene namaxesha amane onyaka, ngoko ke iintyatyambo ezishukumayo zenza umbono osondele kwindalo ngaphakathi.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Heaven Bloom Ufakelo Olushukumayo idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

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