Transforming Existing Volumes with Color and Graphics: Lightweight Urban Installations

Transforming Existing Volumes with Color and Graphics: Lightweight Urban Installations
Facing a dull existing building or an empty plaza, without altering the structure, change its character solely with colors, stripes, and lightweight constructions: paint large color blocks on concrete walls, wrap existing columns with stripes, add arrays of colorful flags and removable gantries. The scale of the graphics must be large enough to contend with the building's mass, while details are kept to a minimum. Color choices are derived from sunlight intensity—in areas with strong sunlight, saturation must be increased so as not to be faded. This approach acknowledges that "transformation does not necessarily equal reconstruction." Daytime wide-angle shot, strong contrast between existing gray volumes and newly added high-chroma graphics. Avoid: small-scale decorations, disproportionate to building mass, conservative color schemes, altering building structure.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

面對一棟乏味的既有建築或一片空曠的廣場,不動結構,只以顏色、條紋與輕構造改變它的性格:在混凝土牆上刷出大面積的色塊、在既有柱上包覆條紋、加設彩色的旗幟陣列與可拆的門架。圖形的尺度必須大到能與建築量體抗衡,細節則盡量少。顏色的選擇來自陽光的強度——在強日照的地區,飽和度必須拉高才不會被曬淡。這種作法承認「改造不必等於重建」。日間廣角拍攝,既有的灰色量體與新加上的高彩度圖形對比強烈。避免:小尺度的裝飾、與建築量體不成比例、配色保守、更動建築結構。