Bamboo Bamboo|Turn turn

HKRI Taikoo, Shanghai, China
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Furniture
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Furniture
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Element Bloom - Interior
Photo © Wen Studio
Exhibition
Photo © Wen Studio
Exhibition
Photo © Wen Studio
Exhibition - Close up
Photo © Wen Studio
Exhibition - Close up
Photo © Wen Studio
Experiment Process
Photo © Long Zhang
Experiment Process
Photo © Long Zhang
Experiment Process
Photo © Long Zhang
Experiment Process
Photo © Long Zhang
Experiment Process
Photo © Long Zhang
Retail Floor Plan
Dessin © llLab.
Exhibition Floor Plan
Dessin © llLab.
Section
Dessin © llLab.
Furniture Section
Dessin © llLab.
Force Experiment
Dessin © llLab.
Main Sketch
Dessin © llLab.
Architectes
LLLab.
Lieu
HKRI Taikoo Hui, 288 Shimen Yi Road, Jing'an Distrcit, HKRI Taikoo, Shanghai, China
Année
2024
Client
ELEMENT
Structural Consulting
LuAnLu Partners Structure Consulting
Construction
Studio EMCC
Lighting
ELA Lighting
Bamboo Consulting
Yi Zhu Fan Gong

The Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui offers an unconventional reflection on curatorial retail spaces. By thoughtfully curating the space, this project explores the sustainability of materials and, on another scale, integrates material properties and applications with the site. This approach bridges macro perception with micro perspective, allowing lifestyle to be conveyed through an unprecedented spatial experience.

Aligned with Element's sustainable branding philosophy, this project embraces bamboo to explore a spatial practice that tests the practicality and sustainability of materials. The Element Bloom pop-up retail and TURN TURN exhibition installation are interconnected, forming an ethereal landscape of flowing bamboo. This project marks the third phase of llLab.’s material research on bamboo.

In the first phase, Bamboo Bamboo, the Canopy and Pavilion were constructed in the natural setting of Yangshuo, Guilin, using native bamboo materials and traditional craftsmanship to weave nature into the design.
In the second phase, Bamboo Clouds were assembled in New York City, using engineered bamboo to transport a mobile nature beyond geography.

In this third phase, we aim to transcend the traditional understanding of bamboo and its applications. By delving into the material’s properties and limitations, we present an unprecedented spatial sensation.
Bamboo as one of the most important traditional building materials in the East, with the evolution from raw bamboo to engineering bamboo, the realm of material application expands to various scale. Engineering bamboo become a commonly used material like wood for building structure and cladding, yet, could we explore new application of bamboo with a completely new perspective?

Let's imagine being an insect in the natural scale, the fibre transforming into object, structure, architecture or even crumbled into powder to integrate into the wall of space. The material understanding transform from macroscopic comprehension into microscopic feeling.

Bamboo Bamboo | Turn Turn is a new bamboo experiment, the ethereal landscape of flowing bamboo, merely 3mm in thickness, embodies the essence of bamboo itself - resilient, flexible, and gently swaying upon impact.

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