Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明 by Stanley Tay Wee King

Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明 by Stanley Tay Wee King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 照明產品及燈具設計 Competition Category.

鐵照明· 2022

Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明

by Stanley Tay Wee King

Client: Singapore Tourism Board

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明

虎豹別墅係一個為新加坡一個佔地8.5公頃嘅公園而設嘅文物照明方案，該公園建於一九三零年代，園內佈滿以中國民間傳說為題材嘅雕塑同場景模型。超過二十個雕塑景點都設有燈光照明，每一個都經過獨立處理，令其故事細節得以呈現。入口處嘅動態燈光表演吸引路過嘅行人入內參觀，而2700至3000K嘅暖白光則引領遊人沿住園內小徑漫步。由於此地受文物保育法例保護，設計上避免鑽孔，並特別設計訂造結構嚟固定燈具。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明是 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Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明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。Haw Par Villa 文物古蹟照明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: 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