Work> Taiwan Design Expo - The Terminal
An exhibition (Design) exploring the relationship between people, cities and technology, exhibited in 2020.
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Located at the Hsinchu Municipal Stadium, “The Terminal” is the main venue of the Taiwan Design Expo 2020. We were invited by BIAS Architects & Associates to co-plan this venue. As the name suggests, from a digital perspective, we will dig deep into the intricate relationships between people, cities, technology, and design, to help you understand the invisible urban wisdom.
Collaborating with the Hsinchu City Government, we researched and gathered insights from behind-the-scenes workers on related issues, compiling documents to reconstruct the current understanding of this concept. By deconstructing and reorganising the information, we created an experience where audiences can physically explore how digital technology transforms society.
Using the stadium’s original structure—upper spectator seating and lower athletic fields—we divided the exhibition into two main areas. Through curated pathways and spatial design, we connected these segments to form a tangible digital world, guiding visitors on a journey into a virtual city.
This ramp to the spectator’s seating serves as a corridor into the digital world. Its narrow, upward path, paired with flowing images on both sides, guides the audience forward, symbolising their transformation into "digital technology" as they are compressed and streamed into the digital world.
At the end of the ramp, a visual ritual is built, which virtualizes the body. Using the characteristics of a partial mirror, an interface with a superimposed switch between being virtual and being real is constructed. When the audience passes through, the body will instantly be deconstructed into a digital image. To describe this straightforwardly, this is the portal to the digital world.
The Hsinchu Monster represents the city's progress, powered by citizen participation in creating a smarter city. Through design translation, this "collective intelligence" becomes the “Heart of the Hsinchu Monster” within the venue. Audience choices in six key life areas are collected and, using AR and lighting, turned into nutrients feeding the Monster’s heart.
The nearby Hsinchu Monster Monitor displays participant attributes, emphasising that the city thrives through collective efforts. This highlights how public engagement drives urban progress and shared prosperity.
Using large-area splicing screens as image carriers, through generalization, various information distributions are organized, where the visualization of geographic information, such as transportation, AI, and weather is included. Various appearances of Hsinchu is displayed, simulating the scenario of situation room, where we can imagine how city managers pay attention to the city’s operation and assist in its progress.
The "concrete terminal" is the venue's spatial and conceptual core. Designed as a massive structure, it invites both distant viewing and exploration. Using diamond gauzes with balanced transparency, layered and stacked as projection screens, it showcases the process of collecting, sorting, and applying visual data. The layered images create a light box, where information flows in a three-dimensional space.
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