House of Dream 公共藝術 by Ge Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 美術設計 Competition Category.

鐵美術· 2021

House of Dream 公共藝術

by Ge Xu

Client: China Academy of Art

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 美術 Category

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The Design

About House of Dream 公共藝術

《夢想之家》係一件安裝喺中國深圳嘅公共藝術雕塑。呢件雕塑以不鏽鋼、LED燈光同單向反光鏡壓克力板製成,尺寸為闊320厘米、深120厘米、高400厘米。日間,反光表面映照周圍環境；入夜後,變化嘅燈光營造出一個向內延伸嘅空間。參觀者可以與作品互動,改變其燈光效果。呢件雕塑回應咗現今大量新建住宅樓宇外觀趨於相似嘅現象,並喚起人哋對家嘅記憶。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

House of Dream 公共藝術是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計House of Dream 公共藝術將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。House of Dream 公共藝術因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This sculpture is located in ShenZhen,China. Due to the rapid development of many Chinese cities, the design of many residential buildings looks quite similar. People's understanding of home is no longer what it used to be, and the buildings in communities are monotonous rather than diversified. In terms of this sculpture, it would like to animate the space and remind people of their memories of home using lighting. From the visual sense to the spiritual exploration, people can feel the warmth from the old houses and create a poetic dwelling.
The works interact with people and change the lighting effects.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 320cm x Depth 120cm x Height 400cm
Tags: Public art, light, installation art, environment, artwork, exhibition
Production Technology: Stainless steel, LED, PC sheet with one-way mirror
Design Challenge: The particularity of lighting and new materials is made full use of to create a changeable inward space, which not only is a perfect combination of lighting and sculpture but also needs to take the different effects during daytime and at night into account.
The works interact with people and change the lighting effects.
Research: This works strives to draw lighting into the creation of public art, thus creating a new expression mechanism with the properties of light and new materials. Instead of being a tool to illuminate the sculpture merely, lighting is an essential part of artistic expression.
Inspiration: Home is like fire and water.It illuminates memories as well as things that Couldn’t be recalled. House of light reflects its surroundings in the daytime，Like a hard shell to protect family. whereas at night,the reflection of light extend the space to Infinity and lead to the abyss of human hearts and souls.
Project Duration: The project has been displayed at ShenZhen International Art Exhibition in May 2020.
Operation Flow: It reflects the surrounding environment during daytime, and forms an inward space with the changing lighting at night.
Team Members: Xu Ge
Image Credits: Xu Ge, 2020.