2024 - Dreamweaver Pavilion

This design is defined as a therapeutic installation piece placed in a natural rural campus. The installation is constructed using prisms, curtains, and steel frames in a simple way, aiming to utilize the changing angles of sunlight at different times to create different scattering effects inside the installation through prisms, and therefore, provide users with a constantly changing unique visual experience over time, enriching their sensory experience, alleviating learning pressure, and healing emotions.
The simple construction method makes the installation easy to assemble and move, allowing it to be individually or group arranged in various locations in the campus, and then become a series of scattered small nodes, injecting new vitality into space in a cost-effective way. The small-scale design can accommodate certain recreational activities while providing users with a private, relaxing space atmosphere, achieving its healing effects. The presentation form based on natural light enables the light beam effects to present unique effects at different times and locations due to changes in time, weather, and surrounding environment, which make it a comprehensive and personalized product of time, space and users.
We selected a lightweight steel structure as the framework, suspending and securing connection points that not only support the hanging fabric but are also closely linked to the light-guiding system. The cables extending from these nodes anchor the structure to the ground, serving a dual purpose: on one hand, they ensure the stability of the entire structure, preventing any unnecessary swaying; on the other hand, they fix the fabric, creating a stable and private space.
The light-guiding device consists of two main parts: a light-guiding tube made of mirrors and a prism located at the bottom. The function of the light-guiding tube is to collect sunlight from various directions, while the prism at the bottom scatters these rays into a dazzling array of colorful light spots, which dance on the fabric of the enclosed space, creating a dreamlike effect of light and shadow.
In the choice of fabric for the enclosed space, we used a unique fabric woven from phosphorescent fiber. This fiber has the magical ability to store light; after absorbing visible light for ten minutes, it can continue to glow in the dark for more than 10 hours, emitting a rich variety of colors. We specifically chose a warmer and more comfortable color – yellow, which not only adds a touch of warmth to the space but also symbolizes hope and light.