Elaine Lin Zeng

ELAINE LIN ZENG NEGATIVE SPACE drinking vessel models HENGJING group installation FLORAL BOX flower shop design SKYHOUSE case study representation

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EVER SENSE WATER drink water spatial design 16-19

NEGATIVE SPACE

drinking vessels design

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恒 · 静 HENG JING -----a state of mind that feels infinitely quiet Are you seeing me?

From the ashy grey metals, from the lake green glasses, from the scratched old woods.

Are you seeing me?

At the end of tunnel, only light and shadow, pouring on my ankle.

But I see you, Travelling through each grid, each panel, each plank, quietly like a breeze I see you, With me, at all times.

Because you are, another me.

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Rows of ashy grey lockers stand along the wall. They are so quiet for one moment, or could ring a temple bell on top of the mountain. Rows of glass panels stand on another side, slim and long, quiet as a green lake. Between the lake and mountains are the woods. Every scratch on the planks seemingly tells a history of how this place begins.

The hallway is dark with the one and only dimming light on. When every man made is gone, all’ve been left is the white glimpse from each end, and the indistinct shadows from within the glass. My soul is indulgent in the shades, with many more shadows on the reflective glass of lake and metal of ground.

When I am lying on the lake, I see another me in another world, an identical world. It exists in the same time, in the same universe, but we will never meet.

We lost in time, we lost in this infinity, right here.

Group Installation with Jamie McGlinchey and Catherine Lepine

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FLORAL BOX

FLOWER SHOP DESIGN Inspired by Japanese minimal style, the use of light material such as sheer fabric or paper, their integrity of geometric shapes, and ikebana flower arrangements, the design also present a mix of contemporary atmossphere with the lighting concept: how the shopfront is to be seen as a light box that is visible at the street corner; how the spotlight effect being amplified at night to project the geometry with flower shadows to side walk, interacting with outdoor environment; how the change of daylight project the shape and pedestrian shadows indoor for the ambience adapting to the street.

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SITE FACADE

EXTERIOR

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INTERIOR AMBIENCE

8 One of the most important features and concepts is the two storey high, backlit, frosted glass wall that connect the ground and basement level. It is used as both refrigerator for the flower storage, as well as a feature wall that only color of flowers are visible without actually knowing the type of flowers. This wall would make the selection easier by classifying flowers by colors and florist take the liberty to select best seasonal flowers for customers.

MATERIAL IMAGING

LIGHT SHAPE SHADOW

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floral design

floral design

RECEPTION 10

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DOUBLE HEIGHT DISPLAYROOM

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PEAK FROM STREET

THE SKYHOUSE REPRESENTATION

Case Study, Sketches and Flipbook

Flipbook in collaboration with Yishan Zhang, Grace Cheung

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EVER SENSE WATER

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Ever since the rise of breathing lives, water is an infinite need. Every sense have you felt, that is brought from water?

This design is to bring up the senses transmitting from one single act: drink water, and try to connect and interact more than one drinkers or audience.

By turning on the water faucet, it triggers a series of mechanism from flow of water from both sides, to turn on the flipboard, color cards change gradience like ripples, meeting and dissolving into each other. The energy turns to sound to enact the cymatic fountain.

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EVER SENSE WATER

Mechanical Testing Flipboard Model

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