The designer considers a dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. He designs this installation as a way to visualize the metaphor of the surrealistic nature in a dream. Each curved member contributes to a part of a propagating dream. He places entire design setting on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air.
on the verge of academics and professional practice, educator and designer; a translator on behalf of 3D scan and RP
Shih received his Master of Architecture and Doctor in Architecture degrees from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. He is a professor in the Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, since 1991. He has been working on 1. Architectural design studios in graduate school and undergraduate for 25 years. From computer-aided design to traditional architectural space manipulation, I always like to try different technologies for reality and metaphor. 2. VR by object-based and image-based approaches; 3. RP of different materials and tools 4. 3D scan projects for cultural heritages, temples, historical settlements in Beipu and Jieufen, urban fabrics of Taipei, and as-built progress monitoring of construction schedule for 15 years.