The Intertidal In-between
Shen Yang-Ting, Yeh Yu-Hsiang, Huang Lien-Kai, Hsiao Hui-Yu, Cudjuy.paalingulj, Tu Meng-Tse, Huang Po-Sen, Liu Hsia-Tung, Hsiao Wan-Chen
The Intertidal In-between echoes the arc of a fishing net as it spreads under tension during the traditional qiān gǔ seine fishing practice of Taoyuan, and evokes the collective memory of people pulling together in unison toward the sea. The work combines DLT curved timber construction with a sloping landscape to translate the topographic character of the western coast's intertidal zone, shaping a spatial field that can be traversed, dwelt within, and perceived. Moving through the work, visitors experience a transition from high to low, from control to yielding — their bodily rhythm shifting in turn, inviting them to feel how tides and terrain shape movement. The construction employs digital fabrication and reversible assembly strategies to produce a minimally invasive curved surface structure, in response to the sensitive environmental conditions of the intertidal zone. Rather than asserting itself as an object that dominates the site, the work lies close to the ground and merges into the landscape — transforming the coast from a background to be looked at into a public space to be entered again and again, allowing people to reunderstand, amid the shifting of wind, light, water level, and time, the dynamic relationship co-constructed between people and nature.
- Artwork No.S06
- Dimensions8 x 4 x 3(m)
Shen Yang-Ting, Yeh Yu-Hsiang, Huang Lien-Kai, Hsiao Hui-Yu, Cudjuy.paalingulj, Tu Meng-Tse, Huang Po-Sen, Liu Hsia-Tung, Hsiao Wan-Chen
This team is led by Professor Shen, Yang Ting and Associate Professor Yeh, Yu Hsiang from the Department of Architecture at National Cheng Kung University, and is composed of members with backgrounds in architecture, digital fabrication, and construction practice, including Huang Lien Kai, Hsiao Hui Yu, Cudjuy.paalingulj, Tu Meng Tse, Huang Po Sen, Liu Hsia Tung, Hsiao Wan Chen. The team has long focused on digital design, robotic-assisted construction, contemporary timber structures, and architectural construction systems, conducting research and creative work from the perspectives of material life cycles, fabrication logic, and environmental response. This project takes digital fabrication as its core methodology, exploring the generative relationships among landscape, structure, and public space through iterative verification between parametric design and physical making — seeking to translate advanced architectural technologies into land art forms that can be perceived by the body and actively participated in, opening up dynamic connections between architecture and environment.