CAOZITOU PAGODA

CAOZITOU Pagoda is a research project that STUDIO8 started in 2021. It is an installation designed for multi-functional public spaces like lecture halls or workshop spaces, made up of a group of stacked CAOZITOU benches and some stools. Inspired by the traditional Chinese pagoda, the installation can be assembled partially or fully with simple tenon structures.
CAOZITOU PAGODA is composed of many “CAOZITOU”, which uses the Chinese “SUNMAO” structure to piece together a single “CAOZITOU” into a Chinese pagoda-style art installation
When the seats are not needed, the pagoda is a free-standing bookshelf with components (stools, recomposed recycled foam seat cushions, and height extensions) placed freely on it, forming shapes that occur in Chinese characters. “We wanted to try putting multiple ‘radicals’ together to create a changing spatial totem that reflects the interactions between people, space and furniture”

草字头宝塔项目是八荒设计2021年开始的研究项目,它是一个兼具功能性的艺术装置,为类似讲堂、工作坊的多功能公共空间而设计,由多个草字头长凳和小板凳组成。受中国传统建筑宝塔的启发,由简单的榫卯结构连接堆叠。使用者可以依据空间的功能需要,局部或整体地拆分宝塔上的各部件作为坐具。
我们用多个 “CAOZITOU” 通过中国传统榫卯结构进行组装,搭建了具有中国风的 “CAOZITOU PAGODA” 艺术装置
当不需要座位的时候,所有部件组成一个独立的书架,小板凳等部件可以自由地安插在书架上,用来作为坐垫的再生海绵和调节脚也都自由零散地放置于装置上,隐约组合成各种汉字。“我们想尝试将本无明确意义的偏旁组合成这个可变换的空间图腾,来反映人、空间和家具三者之间的关系