Prize(s) Winners in Visitor Experience & Museum Exhibition
Lighting Design/Product Company YI.ng Lighting Design Co.,Ltd.
Lead Designers Ping Yi Liu, Wen Ying Chu
Client Taiwan Power Company
Photo Credits Yu-Chen Chao
Completion Date October, 2023
Project Location Matsu Beigan, Taiwan
Entry DescriptionMatsu, a small Taiwanese island chain just. The interior of Matsu Beigan Power Plant, a decommissioned power plant from the Cold War and a government-designated off-limits area that few people have seen, is open to the public for the first time from the 2023 Matsu Biennale, where visitors can learn about its cultural history through the lighting as a cyberpunk art space.
To enter the power plant, one must first pass through a 30-meter-long passageway, which is lit by vintage German explosion-proof wall lamps with a color temperature of 2,700 K. The faint, nostalgic lighting takes one into a tunnel of history. The control room is a space where the staff used to observe the operation of the thermal power generators. The instrumentation is visually enhanced with accent lighting, and the interior of the equipment cabinets are illuminated with amber light as a metaphor for the operation of the machines.
In the past, all daily life on Matsu depended on the electricity generated by this power plant, which was like the heart of the island. The generator room is like the fiery core of the heart. Everything is an abstract design of energy conversion. Through the faint red and orange light atmosphere, the value and significance of the old machinery and equipment are presented.
