Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá by Stanley Tay Wee King

Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá by Stanley Tay Wee King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti Ẹ̀rọ Ìtànṣán Competition Category.

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Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá

by Stanley Tay Wee King

Client: Singapore Tourism Board

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ìmọ́lẹ̀ Category

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The Design

About Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá

Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: Haw Par Villa jẹ́ ètò ìtànṣán ìní ajogúnbá fún ọgbà kan tó ní hektari 8.5 ní Singapore, tí a kọ́ ní àwọn ọdún 1930 tí ó sì kún fún àwọn ère àti àwòrán tí a gbé kalẹ̀ láti inú ìtàn àtọwọ́dọ́wọ́ àwọn ará China. Ó ju àwọn ère 20 tí wọ́n jẹ́ ohun àfẹ́sọ́nà tí a tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn sì ni a tọ́jú lọ́tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ kí àwọn kúlẹ̀kúlẹ̀ ìtàn rẹ̀ lè hàn kedere. Ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀ tó ń yí padà ní ẹnu ọ̀nà máa ń fa àwọn tó ń rìn kọjá wọ inú, nígbà tí ìmọ́lẹ̀ funfun onígbóná ti 2700 sí 3000 kelvin ń fi ọ̀nà hàn àwọn àlejò gba orí ọ̀nà. Níwọ̀n bí àyíká náà ti wà lábẹ́ ìdáàbòbò òfin ìtọ́jú ohun ìní ìtàn, wọ́n yẹra fún lílu ihò, wọ́n sì kọ́ àwọn ìlànà pàtàkì láti gbé àwọn ohun èlò ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà rọ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Haw Par Villa Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìtànṣán Ìní Ajogúnbá nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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.
Tags: lightingdesign, lightingconsultant, heritagelighting, landscapelighting
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