Taylor's Booth Exhibition

Taylor's Booth Competition/ Exhibition

@ One Utama, 8th of November!

The Green Future Starts with Green Thinking

Most applications of green technology in our architecture today is trivial if not an ad-hoc design to an existing architectural agenda. This phenomenon can be traced back to the lack of knowledge, or even the lack of conviction to design green. We believe that the use of this faux facade of green technology to stand in for moral integrity in design is the result of very syncopated thought processes that course through our architectural paradigm.

With that in mind, we cast this booth with its allegory as a reminer of what our focus should be in the application of green tech, a reminder that we have to look into ourselves and find our true calling to being green. We hope that this tome will encapsulate the importance of the mind (brain) as the precursor to designing and building with green technology.

The booth is presented as a white cube, stark against the background, with silvers of light spilling out from within its womb, like a glowing alien object. As one approaches the booth, he/ she now realizes that it is made of semi permeable material, a facade of elastic that allows the hand and the head to slip through the ephemeral skin of white and peek into the exhibited models within it. The insides are designed like neurons and each of the neurons hold a student's model delicately within its supple encasement. As one interacts with the membranous exterior, he/ she chances upon an opening, a slit where indications that something had pried it open. Intrigued, the viewer steps into the heart of the brain and experiences the sensation of being enveloped by light and delicate floating objects, almost as if an invocation has caused the viewer to be transported into an alternate, almost surreal awareness.




Tang Li Qun