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: Rising Moon is a temporary pavilion designed to serve as an anchor attraction during the 2013 Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival. It reinterpreted traditional paper lanterns with recycled plastic bottles and at the same time creating a Synthetic Moon, thus promoting the message of environmental protection.
: Our concept is to bring the distanced Moon closer to the surface of Victoria Park, which gives the visitors a dynamic visual impact, a Synthetic Moon.
: Rising Moon is the gold award winner of Hong Kong Tourism Board Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Wonderland Design Competition 2013. We then carried forward the concept to construction for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong on 14th September 2013.
: Rising Moon is influenced by our local traditions and our childhood memories, where it is the Chinese tradition to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and to be gathered under the full moon once a year with family and friends lighting up paper lanterns, a symbol of Reunion. With such tradition and folklore, the Moon has always been the main focus during Mid-Autumn Festival as it become brighter, bigger in size and a perfect circle during the Full Moon Phase.
: Rising Moon is designed for the public of Hong Kong, where residents and tourists would be able to celebrate the meaningful festival together.
: Rising Moon is not only a piece of architecture, it is also an art sculpture. While visitor are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying the architecture of the pavilion, we have brought questions to them as well. When almost 7000 PET bottles were acquired by Rising Moon could only represents 15 minutes of consumption of the city, we might as well think about what can be done so that our future generation will grow up in a healthier environment.
: One of the highlights of the lighting effects was the performance of the Moon Phases, from the New Moon to Full Moon. It almost like the Moon is rising from the water in Victoria Park.
: We are creating a Synthetic Moon through reflection of water. We designed a "Half" Moon sitting on a pool , where reflection completes the Full Moon. Not only we are bringing a 20m "Moon" to Hong Kong, we are also bringing the real "Moon" into the pavilion through an opening at the crown of the hemisphere as well as the reflection from water inside.
: Technology has taken a big role in Rising Moon. Prefabrication of Geodesic Steel Structure, 148 Triangular Steel Modules and LED animations are all based on precise calculations by computer programmes.
: We have calculate the path and angle of the Moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival through Astronomy applications, in order to let the Moon shine through the opening and into the pavilion during the Mid-Autumn Festival while the Moon is at its biggest and brightest.
: The biggest challenges face during design and construction is the limited construction time and unstable weather. The construction period of Rising Moon was between 02 September 2013 and 13 September 2013, 12 days. In order to deliver the Rising Moon within a short period of time, we standardize the design with triangular modules through complex geodesic calculations. 148 steel triangular modules were simplified into 6 types of different module. Prefabrication of triangular modules and inserting LED components into water bottles were the vital part of the construction of Rising Moon. This process minimize the on-site production time, the affect caused by unstable weather, while maintaining its quality to a high standard.
: We believe the pavilion has given a new dimension on sustainable design.
: Comprehensive preparation and attention to details would have great affect on the resulting quality of design.
