The Digital Trans-Formation of the Nature
精密機械製造是台中市最具代表性的產業之一，與自然環境永續共生則是台中市市民追求的最高價值。本設計企圖結合數位科技精密製造的技術與謙卑回歸自然的態度，讓台中城市文化館成為水湳經貿園區中，整合科技、文化與自然的活動據點，並象徵台中市傲立於世界的產業成就，以及面對大自然知所取捨的智慧。
Precision machine industry is one of the
most successful economic developments of Taichung. Sustainability of the
environment has been the highest value pursue by the citizens. This project
sets efforts to putting the technology of the precision machine industry on the
basis of humble attitude towards the Mother Nature. The Taichung City Cultural
Center will be the focal point that integrates technological, economic,
cultural, and environment friendly activities. The project will also launch the
landmark that symbolizes the proud achievement of economic development of the
region, and the wisdom of appreciating the unpretentious position towards the
natural environment.
透、漏、皴、瘦是詩書畫等各種藝術中源自於山水形態的技法，也是本設計形式創作表現的泉源。「流形」一詞在古文詩詞中被用來代表河嶽日星的自然形態，在現代則被用作數學專有名詞，代表在高維度空間中彎曲的低維度形體(manifold)。而根據流形數學定義所開發出來的數位繪圖與製造系統讓建築師可以把天地山水融於空間形式的創作之中。本設計主題「數位。山水。賦流形」語出於此。
Transparent, penetrative, wrinkle, and skeletal
methods are presentational skills derived from natural forms, which are often used
in various arts such as poetry, calligraphy, and painting. They are the form
formation methods for the design of this project. 「流形」is composed of two Chinese characters that represent “transitional”
and “formation” respectively. The term, in ancient poetry, is used for apprehending
the elegance of natural forms such as river, mountain and star. The term「流形」 is also used for translating the mathematical term “manifold”,
which means topological spaces with curvature in higher dimensions. Computer
aided design and manufacturing systems enable architects to design and
fabricate 「流形」or “manifolds” that embed natural
forms into the artifacts they design and build. Thereafter, the project is
titled as 「數位。山水。賦流形」, “The Digital Trans-Formation
of the Nature”.
物體的形態是一個時間的函數，是時空系統的一個過程。流形是從固體到流體、從靜態到動態、從簡單到複雜、從無機到有機、從實在到虛無、從直面到曲面、從二維到三維…
The form of object is a function of time,
or a section in the four dimensional space-time. Trans-Formation, or「流形」, characterizes the
transition from solid to fluid, from static to dynamic, from simple to complex,
from lifeless to living, from physical to virtual, from rectilinear to curved,
from two dimensional to three dimensional…
台中城市文化館的空間構成是一種全新的體驗，流動的視覺沒有了視點。她的整個形體是在不斷地變化，以連續的、動態的視點引導出對數位山水流形的空間體驗。
The Taichung City Cultural Center will
display original spatial experience with her spatial formation. The vanishing
point of perspective vanishes through the continuous transition of the eyesight.
Her body ceaselessly transforms, guides the viewers with seamless and dynamic
focal points for the appreciation of the remarkable experience within the Digital
Trans-Formation of the Nature.
