2009 Another look of Christmas "Rebirth Tree"
Date: 2009.12.7~2010.1.22(closed on weekends)
Place: Taishin Tower 1F lobby
A Christmas tree is the ultimate symbol of the holiday season, as it brings to one’s mind the idea of birth and life. Therefore, it is contradictory that Christmas trees are often a dead fir tree or a plastic tree, none of which holding a breath of life. This year’s Taihsin Bank Christmas Decoration designed by Noiz Architects features a tree landscape made of recycled Taiwanese Hinoki wood from a demolished Taiwan University Dormitory. The collection, shipping, and assembly process of recycled wood are all kept local and simple, although the overall form is generated by 3D computer software. The length of each plank of wood are adjusted and designated by the software and cut by laser-cutting machine. The mixture of recycled old wood and technology attempts to celebrate the value of tradition and the present, as the tree incorporates both the materiality of the aged and the sharp form of the new.
About Noiz Architects
NewForms of music in their infancy have often been taken as noise. The name of noiz / architecture, design and planning lakes cue from developments in music history, as an everyday reminder of the firm\'s commitment to unique and inslightful design solutions.
Keisuke Toyoda and Jia-Shuan Tsai founded noiz / architecture, design and planning in the beginning of 2006. Both foundation principles have significant work experience in Institutional, Commercial, and Residential Design in Japan, Taiwan, China and the United States.
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