ERIC CHEN's TALK

Eric Chen XuanCheng 陳宣誠 | ArchiBlur Lab

1978, born in 2002, Department of Architecture, Central Plains University, 2006 National Tainan Art University Institute of architectural art graduate, is currently the National Tainan Art University Institute of artistic creation and theoretical research doctoral students, at the same time for the Central Plains University Department of Architects full lecturer, Shun days building. culture. Art center art consultant, curator, creative and theoretical laboratory (Archiblur Lab) presided over the architect and construction breeding field navigator.

BODY AND LANDSCAPE AS A WAYS OF SEEING

URBAN ARCHIPELAGO PROJECTS

Made as drifting platforms that can fill urban spaces, the “Urban Archipelago projects” trying to develop a new architectural scale that is able to drift and change between the body, the city, and the landscape, transforms different areas into theaters, school zones and stages. Built with a combination of tectonic elements and formal conditions, the designs investigate the capacity of people to engage with evolving urban morphologies and different methods of making art.

URBAN FLOATING ISLANDS

The city area of historical Taipei is where many governmental organizations are located, forming the gap between government area and housing area.

How do we create something direct to link the gap in between?

“Moving architecture" that is able to move, grow, and gather into the urban gaps of city area. The states of Urban Floating Islands respond and intervene with their architectural surroundings to transform the selected urban gaps into villages, stages, schools, hospitals, and night market. Thus, it makes changes to the place and connects people. The moving architecture is able to drift and change between the body, the city, and the landscape. The constructions are inspired by the infinite number of spontaneous solutions that can be seen in Taiwan’s streets, squares and parks, especially at night selling food. These floating islands are basically constructed with simple elements such as window, roof and wall, but act like a car. It connects to local people where it travels and settles. New routes and social relationships are therefore triggered by the architecture, which accepts and reinterprets freedom of Taiwan’s urban space.

Architecture is not just a building. Urban archipelago is transformed into an artistic field through movable architecture, wandering between urban corners and carrying out various reflections on urban development and construction. Redefine architecture. We should not stereotype the word ‘architecture’ as a building. There are many ways to represent it by different forms by extending all kind of possibilities. Also use different approach to think the relationship between each other.

Why would you create this architecture? We should think back the meaning of architecture, beneath of architecture. Try hard to find meaning, identity to know what is important and what can keep. People nowadays should be aware and appreciate history of the place. Every works of Eric Chen always related back to the people and contribute to the local. Looking at these small architectures created are content and meaningful.

Lastly, Eric said to rethink architecture in a way of being able to actively find out issue, instead of being passive waiting for the issue to come in the future.

What is the context, part and element of this place?

Try to use body and landscape to rethink the places in Taiwan.