Fan Liu

As a space designer from China, I enjoy utilizing distinct and diverse materials to improve a space's ambiance, and to convey my design concepts by invoking people's senses. For our graduation project, Qirong and I designed Ocean Revive. We applied different techniques to stimulate the human senses and reproduce the ocean's ambiance. In the future, plastic pollution will make the ocean less beautiful and people may lose their access to it. Our design idea is to create a space where people can feel, smell, and see the ocean up close. The objective of the initiative is to cause individuals to reflect on pollution through the correlation between sensory encounters and spatial layout.

Ocean Revive - Interior Space

Background of Ocean Revive: The ocean will disappear in the future because of plastic pollution. Grown-ups won't enjoy the ocean's beauty anymore, and neither will future generations. This creation can reconnect people with the ocean in urban areas. This project will utilize the fragrance of sea plants, the damp air, bioluminescent sea creatures, and sand to awaken people's senses, reinstating their wonder in the beauty of the ocean.

Ocean Revive - Exterior Space

The room is mostly rectangular. The aim of making entrances and exits clear is to offer people enough space to navigate dimly lit areas. It also creates an unobstructed path for people to move around and improve their experience. This will enhance the overall visit for the guests.

Ocean Revive - Main Device - Fog Ring

The fog ring produces a fine mist with the scent of sea plants and awakens the human sense of smell. It imitates a moist atmosphere akin to that of the ocean and offers a faint light source upwards for illumination.

Ocean Revive - Main Device Working Principle

The fog ring spreads the scent of sea plants throughout the space in a random pattern to trigger people's sense of smell and avoid fatigue. The arrangement is intended to adjust the aroma and moisture of the area to mimic the feeling of being near the ocean.

Ocean Revive - Dynamic Marine Luminous Biowall

The bubble shape is used as the wall, which is filled with water for the activities and storage of marine luminous organisms. The water inside will undergo a general flow every five minutes to ensure that the marine bioluminescent organisms are dynamic and help them glow. It mainly provides the main source of light to the space and is the main element of the marine experience.

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