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Structural Botany 25AP-263-43

Project name:
Structural Botany 25AP-263-43
Architecture firm:
Cheng Tsung FENG
Location:
Swiio Villa Yilan, Taiwan
Photography:
FIXER Photographic Studio
Principal architect:
Cheng Tsung FENG
Design team:
Chan Wei HSU, Chung Sheng HSU
Collaborators:
Interior design:
Built area:
71 m²
Site area:
Design year:
2025
Completion year:
2025
Civil engineer:
Structural engineer:
Jianquan Engineering Consultants
Environmental & MEP:
Landscape:
Lighting:
Oude Design
Supervision:
Visualization:
Tools used:
Rhinoceros 3D
Construction:
Chan Wei HSU, Chung Sheng HSU
Material:
Wood, iron, metal mesh
Budget:
Undisclosed
Client:
Swiio Villa Yilan
Status:
Built
Typology:
Installation › Pavilion, Installation Art

Cheng Tsung FENG: “Structural Botany” is a series that extracts geometric vocabularies from the diverse characteristics of plants, reinterpreting them through artificial structures and modular components. It explores the blurred intersection between natural forms and human-made construction.

No. 25AP-263-43, observed at Swiio Villa Yilan in Zhuangwei, exhibits an upright, clustered growth habit, reaching 2.5–5 meters in height. Individuals are evenly spaced, forming a distinct colony.

Stems are singular, erect, quadrangular, smooth-surfaced, and brown with a central white longitudinal stripe. Occasional apical branching is present; basal nodes are round and raised, with moderate internode spacing.

Leaves are solitary and terminal, one per stem, arranged irregularly with slight upward inclination. Blades are orbicular, entire, thin, and semi-translucent, averaging 1.5 meters in diameter and forming a layered crown structure.


By Liliana Alvarez

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