6. Nonterior
Liu Yuntong
Languages:
Chinese, Italian, English.
Education:
2018 - 2020, Royal College of Art, MA Interior Design, London, UK.
2014 - 2017, Istituto Europeo di Design, BA Interior Design, Rome, Italy.
2014 - 2014, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Foundation, Rome, Italy.
Work experience:
2018, Jilin Province Architectural Design Institute Co.Ltd., China:
- Participated in the design of Changchun FAW Gate.
- 2018 Changchun Automobile Expo FAW Pentium exhibition design.
- Premer research of FAW 4s store peripheral products design.
Exhibition:
2019, Kortrijk creative week, Kortrijk, Belgium
2017, Maxxi Museum: IED Graduation show, Rome, Italy
“I believe that space can tell true feelings and stories.”
In 2020, I am still finding direction and exploring more possibilities for spatial design. Although this state brings me an uncertainty feeling, it always excites me and drives me to discover more stories. Comparing with the design itself, which makes me feel more obsessed about is the process of absorbing and learning.
Artifact: Night watch story — The booklet in the base of the Artifact compares the commutes and living arrangements in Soho vs Zone 7.
Artifact: Basement detail — A series of real flat plans found on Zoopla decorating the base of the artifact is showing the remarkable contrast of living conditions between Zone 7 and Soho.
This project aims to research night-time occupations in Soho, and explore their neglected needs. These were far-ranging and included important health (sleep and digestion related problems) social and family issues.
Careful analysis of alternative ways of resolving this problem i.e. closer living released no credible alternatives. The project will, therefore, consider an extreme design response and by selecting a narrow street corner in Soho, will attempt to expose the needs of night-time workers who are becoming increasingly saturated by the rapid growth of Soho’s night-time economy.
This 1:10 site model has been cast using elements of tobacco, ground coffee and other materials, that represent Night-shift workers’ typical diet during their working time, to epitomise their identity. Scribed into the base of this model are decorative diagrams showing housing scenarios for real night-time workers, comparing their current space standards and costs of living in Zone 7 of London to that of living in Soho.
As Soho venue owners capitalise on a growing night-time economy and as more money is directed to them by local authority schemes, how much of this is going back to support the challenging lifestyles of night-time workers, who play a huge role in generating this value?
Careful analysis of alternative ways of resolving this problem i.e. closer living released no credible alternatives. The project will, therefore, consider an extreme design response and by selecting a narrow street corner in Soho, will attempt to expose the needs of night-time workers who are becoming increasingly saturated by the rapid growth of Soho’s night-time economy.
This 1:10 site model has been cast using elements of tobacco, ground coffee and other materials, that represent Night-shift workers’ typical diet during their working time, to epitomise their identity. Scribed into the base of this model are decorative diagrams showing housing scenarios for real night-time workers, comparing their current space standards and costs of living in Zone 7 of London to that of living in Soho.
As Soho venue owners capitalise on a growing night-time economy and as more money is directed to them by local authority schemes, how much of this is going back to support the challenging lifestyles of night-time workers, who play a huge role in generating this value?
Medium:
Jesmonite, MDF, FoodSize:
33 cm x 35 cm x 55 cmA day in the life of the night watch cafe —
A week-long cafe galley provides proper food at late night and a gathering place for night-time workers to have discussion and events. Meanwhile, it’s also a spatial demonstration, collecting and demonstrating their real voices and the gallery part allow the public to explore their stories.
The ambition at the end of this week is to deliver useful messages to relevant organizations and hopefully trigger policy-level help for them.
Spatial demonstration: Night watch Cafe & Lovett's lamppost
Proposal: Auditorium 5 PM-7 PM
Proposal: Cafe gallery 7 PM-9 AM
Proposal: Street exhibition 9 AM-5 PM
Proposal Plan: Auditorium
Proposal Plan: Cafe gallery
Proposal Plan: Street exhibition
Lovett's Lamppost: Details
Lovett's Lamppost: Instruction
This Project was born following a 24-hour observation in Soho, where the night-time story of this unique district of London gradually unfolded.
This initial observation triggered research of night-time occupations in Soho, exploring their challenging lifestyles and especially questioned the level of support offered to them from local authorities and venue owners, for playing a huge role in generating a valuable night-time economy, which many were capitalising on.
This was done by exploratory talks with night-time workers and subsequently running participatory events with the public, which investigated the neglected needs of these specific workers. These were far-ranging focusing on important health matters; e.g. sleep and digestion related problems, social and family issues.
And this subsequent installation provides a week-long 24-hr Cafe Gallery in the street corner off Brewer St: ‘The Night watch Cafe’.
The most obvious function of this cafe is to address and in part, help solve a central night-time workers' urgent need: that of providing proper food in a more sociable environment. For example, here workers can have "breakfast" at late night or dinner in the early morning, while this structure can also be an environment offering a gathering place to organize or participate in social activities.
Furthermore, the entire project operates as a ‘Spatial Demonstration’ in this public space. All parts of this structure will carry and convey messages about night-time workers. Cabinets of curiosity will embody a series of artworks related to the issues they are facing; the seating area records the thoughts of everyone who has visited and the interchangeable sign demonstrates the core issues they would like addressed.
The ultimate purpose of this week-long installation is to collect and deliver the voices from night-time workers to the relevant organizations in order to trigger a policy-level response for the future of this industry.
This initial observation triggered research of night-time occupations in Soho, exploring their challenging lifestyles and especially questioned the level of support offered to them from local authorities and venue owners, for playing a huge role in generating a valuable night-time economy, which many were capitalising on.
This was done by exploratory talks with night-time workers and subsequently running participatory events with the public, which investigated the neglected needs of these specific workers. These were far-ranging focusing on important health matters; e.g. sleep and digestion related problems, social and family issues.
And this subsequent installation provides a week-long 24-hr Cafe Gallery in the street corner off Brewer St: ‘The Night watch Cafe’.
The most obvious function of this cafe is to address and in part, help solve a central night-time workers' urgent need: that of providing proper food in a more sociable environment. For example, here workers can have "breakfast" at late night or dinner in the early morning, while this structure can also be an environment offering a gathering place to organize or participate in social activities.
Furthermore, the entire project operates as a ‘Spatial Demonstration’ in this public space. All parts of this structure will carry and convey messages about night-time workers. Cabinets of curiosity will embody a series of artworks related to the issues they are facing; the seating area records the thoughts of everyone who has visited and the interchangeable sign demonstrates the core issues they would like addressed.
The ultimate purpose of this week-long installation is to collect and deliver the voices from night-time workers to the relevant organizations in order to trigger a policy-level response for the future of this industry.