JCA Living Lab is on Dezeen !
"Our strategy is to bring back the traditional craftsmanship, and materials and revive the historical past for modern-day living," explained the practice
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Opening sky for the kids
In the city, we long for the sky; we long for the grass. We long to feel the drops of rain on our cheeks. We long to feel the sun on our skin. On this site, we have created a new environment in an urban world, full of possibilities. It is our goal to revive the city through these spaces, by providing a safe place for a person to relax in.
創造一片孩子的天空
在城市裡我們仍渴望天空，渴望土地，希望雨水直接打在臉上，希望陽光直射床沿，在這基地我們創造一個新型態都市生活的可能性，企圖活化城市的閒置空間，也讓空間的本體孵育使用者。
We explored the ratio between children and adults, streets and cities; the concept of sensing the exterior from the interior; the idea of experiencing the street from a singular residential unit. On the block that reciprocates to the city, we conducted an experiment related to time; the layering of different era. Beginning from the era where the Japanese occupied, to development after the establishment of the Taiwanese government, to the 10-year famine that took place, we left traces of all these historical events in the design. The use of Japanese wood, the traces of single dormitory in the 50s, the vines that grew in the backyard –let the future be built on these foundations.
我們實驗著成人，孩童，城市以及街道的比例，在室內感受室外，在單一住宅單元感受到街廓，由這個街廓去反饋城市，同時也進行一場時間的實驗，不同時空背景推疊，從日據時代昭和町，國民政府來台後的增建，近十年來的荒蕪，我們都刻意留下一點紀錄，日本木材會社的印記，五零年代單身宿舍隔間的痕跡，院子裡雜生的藤蔓，讓未來在這些基礎向上推疊。
There is a story in the decaying wooden buildings of ninety years. It is our vision to find a new way to use a piece of land. It does not have to be perfect. It does not express more than what is needed. It is just enough to breathe life into an old space. With the evolution of society, we are torn between evolving and remaining the same. Analyzing the lifestyle of modern families and then attempting to contain it in an historical living space is like learning to talk to elders. There are things that should be preserved, and things that should be changed. Instead of just dwelling on the past, it is our goal to bring history forward into the future.
頹圮的木造建築記載著90年來的故事，希望在這基地找尋一種新的使用模式，不必太完美，沒有多餘的設計語彙，剛好足夠讓這個老空間有新的活力。時代的演進在生活機能上產生了變化，我們在變與不變之間拿捏，拆解一個現代家庭的生活行為，置入歷史性的建物空間單元，好比在學習與一位老者對話，要所有保留也要有所不同，企圖將歷史進化，讓空間不只是懷舊。
Children have always been the main focus in a space. We give them space to let them jump and run freely. Every space is both a place to walk and a place to stop; a place to open and a place to close. The arrangement of spaces is what creates connections and interactions. The master bathroom is connected to the main living space, backyard and kitchen-dining area. The tub has become the element for summer external activities. The greenery plays a role in creating spatial fluidity where the sunlight and wind flows through it. The skylight of the roof shapes a light path, and carries a majestic tree and acts as a guide for the house, from the beginning to the end. The exterior red staircase reaches up to the roof, connecting the ground to the sky, and even the block to the city.
孩子一向是空間的主角，我們讓空間保持自由，讓他們走跳，所有的空間既是走道也是停留，既可開放也可以閉鎖，每個空間的配置都讓流動相互連結，主浴空間連結了主屋，後院，餐廚，浴缸也成為戶外夏日遊戲的道具。綠色植栽也扮演流動性的介質，光與風藉此流動與傳播，透明屋頂的陽光走道，承載一個大樹也引導到房子的盡頭，戶外的紅色的梯子直達屋頂平台，連結了上與下，更是連結了街廓與城市。
This is a design project that never ends, a place full of life and energy and a place for innovation and experiments. And we are not the only ones who get to design it.
這是一個永遠未完成的設計案，是一個有機的生活容器，是一個生活的實驗場域，我們更不是唯一的設計師。
Project: Living Lab / Client: JCA Living Lab / Lead Designer: Johnny Chiu / Nora Wang
Designers: 鄭筑嘉Marisa Cheng / Location: Taipei Taiwan / Function: Residential
Built area: 223 m2 , 67.4坪 / Start date: 2018 Mar. / Finish date: 2019 Apr.
Construction: 虹鋼鍛藝設計 / Photographer: Kuo min Lee
Johnny Chiu is invited by DESIGNART TOKYO, to share the topic of 1% for Art, in We Work Tokyo!
Session 3: 1% for Art 17:00-18:30
TIME ｜ Oct.20 2019
LOCATION｜ WeWorkアイスバーグ 1階 東京都渋谷区神宮前 6-12-18
Speaking at WeWork Tokyo for DesignArt Tokyo 2019
Moderated by Mori Art Museum's Reiko Tsubaki with Ryan Foote from RLFoote Design and Dane Currey from UAP
This year, Johnny Chiu returns to DESIGNART TOKYO, with the mysterious element that sparked human civilization -- FIRE!
Collaborating with the award-winning Lovinflame, which spent 10 years exploring fire, using a water-soluble, non-toxic fuel that only ignites at 104 Celsius, to produce real, safe, clean-burning, magically orange flames. Johnny will attempt to redesign the sensuality of Lovinflame's fire into various interpretations of Mount Fuji, a symbol of the spirit of Japan.
The installation will be on Tokyo's fashionable Omotesando boulevard at FrancFranc's premium brand “MODERN WORKS AOYAMA Limited Store”, newly opened in April this year to much acclaim. We invite you to come play with fire together and allow your senses to experience a glorious redefinition of your relationship with fire and spirit.
「2019的驚喜，你發現了嗎?」
看似簡單平凡的金色氣球，其實暗藏著我們最深的祝福
JCA今年首度設計紅包袋，邀請大家和我們一起刮開未知，揮別過去，一起找出2019年，屬於我們的好日子。
“Did you find our surprise for this year?”
It’s the first time for JCA to design red envelopes, and we prepare a surprise for all our friends. This year, we would like to invite all of you to scratch off the unknown, say goodbye to the past, and let’s find out the great fortune in 2019!
May your days glitter with surprise and unforgettable moments of happiness!
柏成設計很榮幸今年亦受邀於臺北市政府為城市論壇設計主視覺，2018年台北上海城市論壇的主題為「永續的城市、永續的發展」，在城市經濟發展，日益躍升的同時，也面對地球資源耗竭危機，城市應建立包容、永續的經營，來推動、社會發展與環境保護。
上海與台北，來自相同的東方底蘊，城市景觀也有許多相似之處，好比舊城廓的磚造街屋，市中心不斷拔高的現代建築，我們汲取老屋紅磚與帷幕大樓之顏色，以活潑鮮明的色調，輝映快速代謝、新舊雜陳的城市情境。循環永續本是沒有起點，沒有終點，不存在於單一時間軸上，我們發想自德國數學家莫比烏斯（August F. Möbius）的莫比烏斯環，將數學無限循環套上2018數字輪廓，結合雙城城市意象，以線條化、簡約化為核心思路，傳達本次「循環永續」的視覺概念。
Taipei Shanghai Forum 2018, JC Architecture redesigning the graphic image of another historical forum where the two cities come together.
As this year's theme evolves around circular economy, we focus on the idea of bricks (old) and glass (modern), redesign these two contrasting materials into a mobious strip, forever intertwining culture and future, together.
Happier café, designed and built in Taiwan from 2016 for a 6-month installation inside an old air force library in the middle of Taipei. The project won lots of international awards, such as Japan GOOD DESIGN Award, American Best of year Award, IIDA Interior Design Competition, INSIDE Award, Taiwan Interior Design Award, China I-ding International Award, Golden Pin Award, etc.
As a short-term project, Happier cafe ends is 2017.
But this year, Happier café is invited by 2018 DESIGNART TOKYO, going to exhibit in Tokyo Midtown!
With new material to reproduce Happier cafe in Tokyo, we hope to bring a new perspective of Taiwan to Japan, and look forward to bursting different thinking for both of our countries.
Welcome to visit and enjoy it!
Produced by Johnny Chiu DESIGNART TOKYO 2018
｜DATE 10/19 Fri - 10/28 Sun
｜TIME 11:00-21:00
｜LOCATION Tokyo Midtown,
ガレリア3F IDÉE SHOP/IDÉE CAFÉ PARC 前渡り廊下
｜WEBSITE http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/jp/event/designtouch/designart/
JCA is always trying to reach out to the world with designs, and find opportunities that can collaborate and share our vision across the globe. We are excited to announce the great news that we have just signed an agreement with MUKAarquitectura of Spain to collaborate projects that will span from Asia to Europe.
今年夏天，一項橫跨歐亞兩大洲的設計合作計畫，正式開始。
柏成設計一直致力於國際化的思考與跨領域的結合，期待將設計帶入生活的每一個角落。帶著這樣的願景，我們展開了與西班牙設計公司 MUKAarqhitectura的合作計畫，藉由兩位員工來台交換，於台灣設計專案的合作，能攜手促進台灣與西班牙的文化與技術交流。
Johnny Chiu has known Moisés Royo Márquez, the founder of MUKA over 10 years, an award-winning architect and practice that has been able to redefine the new Spanish design.
During this summer, JCA will have 2 MUKA employees in Taiwan to be working together on several projects, joining forces and fostering cultural and technical exchanges between Taiwan and Spain.
What that means is that investors that want to work in Asia and Europe can leverage our joint infrastructure to address projects globally. The future is always born of new alliances that strive to facilitate communication and work.
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MUKA: http://mukaarquitectura.com/
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