Recipient of several awards including the 2014 Golden Pin Design Award in the Interior Design category and 2013 Perspective Award in the\u00a0Institutional\/ Public Space category, the\u00a0Golden Moon<\/strong> is a temporary architectural structure that explores how Hong Kong\u2019s unique building traditions and craftsmanship can be combined with contemporary design techniques in the creation of a highly expressive and captivating public event space.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Entrance By Night<\/strong> (Photography by Grandy Lui)<\/p>\n

Designed by Hong Kong & Antwerp-based architectural design\u00a0practice Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design (LEAD)<\/strong>, the installation was first built for the 2012 Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Wonderland and was on display for 6 days in Hong Kong\u2019s Victoria Park. The Golden Moon revisits the concept of a Chinese lantern and makes a direct link to the Mid-Autumn Festival legend of Moon Goddess Chang\u2019e who can only meet her husband Houyi on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is at its fullest and most beautiful.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong>Crowd during nighttime<\/strong> (Photography by\u00a0Pano Kalogeropoulos)<\/p>\n

To symbolize the passionate love burning between them, the 6-storey-high, spherical moon lantern is clad with abstracted flames in fiery colours and patterns. The Golden Moon was built in only 11 days and shows how, through a combination of state-of-the-art digital design technology and traditional hand craftsmanship, complex geometry can be built at high speed and low cost with the simplest of means.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Entrance By Night<\/strong> (Photography by Grandy Lui)<\/p>\n

It rethinks the premise of digital design by anchoring the paradigm in a strong materiality. With nearly 500,000 visitors during its 6-day lifespan, the pavilion used its dynamic space, structure, colour, texture and light to trigger a sensuous response from its visitors.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Entrance By Night<\/strong> (Photography by Grandy Lui)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Exterior<\/b>\u00a0View<\/strong> (Photography\u00a0by Hong Kong Tourism Board)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Exterior View perspective\u00a0<\/strong>(Photography by Grandy Lui)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the video of the making of the Golden Moon:<\/strong><\/p>\n