design firm whyixd placed 140 kinetic flowers in the lobby of a building in taiwan. the dynamic art installation ‘heaven bloom’ hangs on a building constructed by goldenjade development corporation, along with woha, a singapore-based firm. the building itself is inspired by nature and led to the idea of creating an installation that imitates flowers.
whyixd intended to ‘sow’ the seeds of the flowers into the concrete wall, blooming out of the surface and becoming a dynamic piece. the 140 mechanical metal flowers sway to the rhythm of the lobby’s background music. the individual flowers imitate the real ‘nanhu rhododendrom’, a flower that only grows in one of the 100 mountains in taiwan, nanhu big mountain.
the nanhu rhododendron is adaptive in extreme climate on the tall mountains—it features a rusty yellow color before it blooms. however, when it’s in full bloom, the flower appears like white snowflakes all over around the mountain peak. in ‘heaven bloom’ the warm soul of nanhu rhododendron is injected, making the mechanical flowers dance in the space.
project info:
design: whyixd
project name: heaven bloom
year: 2019
size: 7.3(m) x 1(m) x 7.8(m)
client: golden jade construction
location: taichung city, taiwan
sound design: ami tseng , hsu tzu-chuan
video and photography: liu che chun
designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
edited by: cristina gomez | designboom
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