The Moving Beauty
“The late Taiwanese aerial photographer and director Chi Po-lin taught us how to appreciate Taiwan’s spectacular beauty from the sky; the Taiwan Railways Administration shows us how to remember Taiwan’s four seasons through speeds.”
With 132 years of history, the TRA is a collective childhood memory shared by most Taiwanese people. A train journey is like a fast-forward movie. The paddy fields could be golden or green, during different times of the year. Cascading mountain views can be blurry at times, or coming with a hue of blue in grey. The sights outside the window construct our memory of train journeys, creating the “moving beauty.”
Incorporating Taiwan’s culture and spirits, we hope to represent Taiwan’s natural, authentic, pristine, humanitarian, and shared memory, to reconstruct the “moving beauty” in our mind. Through capturing Taiwan’s local colors, such as orange-red on high mountains in the fall and the pattern of granite from Hualien, we present the design concept of “autumn winds.” The dyeing and weaving handicraft of the indigenous tribes, as demonstrated by Atayal artist Yuma Taru’s fiber creation “Island. Four Seasons”, reveals the simplistic beauty of Taiwan. The exterior design maintains the color of orange, as seen in the Chu-Kuang Express, as remembered in our childhood memory. The shade of black covers the exterior generously, waiting to invite passengers to a luxurious visual enjoyment.
With the old soul from the TRA and the design prowess of the new generation, we are bringing a better future for your next train journey in Taiwan.
設計案 Project: 台灣環島觀光列車Taiwan Railway Railcar Project
業主 Client: 臺灣鐵路管理局
主設計師 Lead Designer: 邱柏文 Johnny Chiu / 王菱檥Nora Wang
助理設計師 Designers: 吳玗恆Heng Wu
地點 Location: 台灣Taiwan
空間性質 Function: Train
開始時間 Start date: 2019 Aug.
完工日期 Finish date: 2019 Dec.
空間攝影師 Photographer: 李國民 Kuomin Lee
