Amid a sea of images generated using artificial intelligence and perfunctory social media content, Story Forms, a collection of pop-up books by architect Grace Cheung (張淑征) and artist Hung Hsin-fu (洪新富), offers a novel riposte to two-dimensional architectural publications.
Nestled inside the pages of the collection’s two books, Form Unfold and Xrange Architecture, are Hung’s delicate recreations of 11 of Cheung’s designs, including “Penghu House,” winner of AIA International Design Awards’ Open International/Architecture Merit Award in 2021.
The books are displayed unraveled into a single long sheet featuring all 11 paper models at an exhibition hosted by the Hong Foundation in Taipei until July 22, organizers said.
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Cheung on Tuesday said it had taken her seven years to create the book, as she kept thinking about which forms were most appropriate for presenting architectural designs.
She said the abundance of architectural images on social media and the unexpected creations generated by artificial intelligence led her to believe that two-dimensional media offer people limited insight into architecture.
A pop-up book could be a good medium to introduce the art form, Cheung said, adding that it led to her Story Forms collaboration with Hung.
Hung, who was in charge of the paper pop-ups featured in the book, said that Cheung had brought up some good questions about architecture, and the team brainstormed to create a book that could be closer to people.
Hung said that he did not like to create art that lacked meaning, adding that the spirit of architecture is found not only in its appearance, but from within the designs and how structures interact with the environment.
Hung has been dedicated to paper arts for several decades, and set the Guinness World Record for the “longest pop-up book” in 2013.
A limited 500-copy run of Story Forms is to go on sale at locations across Taiwan from the end of this month, the Hong Foundation said.
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