ENERGYM
Visitors are quickly turned into an “energy maker” once they enter ENERGYM. Their physical movements are tracked through a wristband and translated into a virtual energy storage system.
ENERGYM demonstrates the basic concepts and general knowledge of renewable energy as well as its operating principles, current status, future outlook and different types, including hydro, wind, solar, marine and geothermal energy, into multiple experiences in audio-visual and interactive forms for visitors of all ages.
The Challenge
The team transformed a 4,580 square foot space to demonstrate the beauty and sustainability of renewable energy through interactive technology.
The major challenge of this project was disseminating knowledge about power generation and renewable energy into multiple experiences in audio-visual and interactive forms for visitors of all ages.
Project Vision
The idea behind ENERGYM is for visitors to connect micro individual wellbeing to macro environmental health.
The team began working on this project in June 2018 upon the request of the sole energy provider in Taiwan. The company has actively engaged in public art, cultural and creative events, and exhibitions to educate Taiwanese citizens about the global transition in energy production. Aiming to transform itself from an electricity supplier into an advocate for smart living and sustainability, the client established a futuristic and technological creative hub in 2020.
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Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
In face of the increasing emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, this installation prompts visitors to take a rest here to allow the overburdened Earth to restore its balance.
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
By registering personal energy symbols via the wristband, the visitors can immerse themselves in the mesmerizing world created by the interactive installations.
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
This installation invokes the metaphor of basketball shooting to represent electrons and holes in semiconductors, thereby helping visitors grasp how photovoltaics work; that is, how light is converted into electricity.
Design & Execution
As the world turns its eyes to energy efficiency and sustainability issues, the team and the client created this forward-thinking space as the epitome of science and technology embodied in a playful and interactive exhibit design.
Going to the gym is a growing trend and a shared experience for many. Thus, the team transformed different gym equipment to allow visitors to learn how green energy is generated through physical movement.
Each visitor receives a tracking wristband and selects a personal energy symbol. The tracker records movements in an energy storage system; the visitor can discharge that accumulated energy and convert it to an immersive digital experience through interactive projection mapping at the final stop of the journey.
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
The visitors need to create waves through a battle rope workout, and this installation transforms the potential energy, reciprocating force and buoyancy of the waves into electricity.
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
The visitors paddle the bikes mimicing geothermal probes aiming to discover the hot water stored deep in Earth’s crust and transform it into steam as a source of electric energy.
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
Visitors manipulate the future smart grid by turning the energy cubes on the Light Table. Project Name:
Photo Credit: Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd, 23Design
This installation captures real-time power generation data on the wind, solar and water power plants of the our clinet, and transforms the data into images of energy fluctuations.
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ENERGYM
The green energy (incl. hydro, wind, solar, marine, and geothermal) is displayed in the format of different exercises, which provide audio-visual feedback according to visitors’ interactions.
In face of the increasing emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, this installation prompts visitors to take a rest here to allow the overburdened Earth to restore its balance.
By registering personal energy symbols via the wristband, the visitors can immerse themselves in the mesmerizing world created by the interactive installations.
This installation invokes the metaphor of basketball shooting to represent electrons and holes in semiconductors, thereby helping visitors grasp how photovoltaics work; that is, how light is converted into electricity.
The visitors need to create waves through a battle rope workout, and this installation transforms the potential energy, reciprocating force and buoyancy of the waves into electricity.
The visitors paddle the bikes mimicing geothermal probes aiming to discover the hot water stored deep in Earth’s crust and transform it into steam as a source of electric energy.
Visitors manipulate the future smart grid by turning the energy cubes on the Light Table.
This installation captures real-time power generation data on the wind, solar and water power plants of the our clinet, and transforms the data into images of energy fluctuations.