"At the end of my suffering there was a door."Ĭhapter II : A Happy Excursion (Self-practice) As a good thing that collects all good things, the library is a fraction of surrealism in the entire building. Under these arches, sky, water and city all blends into one abstract tone. The entire harbor is covered with rolling arches. Whenever he has moments of doubts about faith, he always remembers those cheers. Thousands of people cheering “the Pharaoh” at the harbor of Marseilles brings tears to him. Yu Ting’s dramatic interpretation of harbor stems from the childhood memories of a film. During the Age of Discovery, harbor symbolizes wealth and adventure. One can stand behind and over these shelves overlooking the harbor, seeing the passing of people and boats, and the sun rising up and setting down. The large 13 bays of bookshelves become the city’s wall. Upon entering, you see a long boat and an enormous red sail, as if one stands in the harbour at the thirteen hongs looking at the red sail boats and feels the ambitions burning behind them. A brave new world awaits beyond the doorway. The tunnel leads to the entrance of VIP Harbor and you can take a break at the nook before entering. One can not only look at the performances but also look at the moving rhythm of the city and environment beyond. The south facing steps of the theatre fully embraces daylight with clear views towards its surrounding. In this design, they are the café, lobby, magazine area and good things theatre. Yu Ting seeks to create an obscure experience of space and time through the meandering experience through light and darkness.Īt the edge of the city are the harbor, dunes, riverbanks and waving hills. At the end of the haowu corridor is a circular window, capturing a miniature corner of the city. Within the corridor, there are many intimate corners waiting to be appropriated by individual visitors. The gallery walls are covered with painting collected across world placed in a non-hierarchical fashion. The most important place is the gallery, a re-interpretation of the European art saloon. The 19 th floor is a city within the city. The salon is also the back garden to the city. Salon is a space that resembles a landscape where kids can play and explore in their own ways. Within the city are rarebook room, koto room, conference room, salon and selection corridor. Then you can sense you are at edge of the city, close to the discovering of the harbor and sea. That’s okay because at the end of the tunnel, it’s a large sound dome from which you can hear the waves. Located on the 18th and 19th floor of VIPshop’s headquarters building, it’s not easy to find your way and you might get a bit lost. One needs to go through a dim tunnel before arriving at the city. Satori Harbor symbolizes a moral place for that of practice of life.Ĭhapter I: IL MONDO (All things good and bright) Yu Ting, the Founder & Chief Architect of Wutopia Lab, sees the library materializing the complex mechanism of the world – an abstract harbor city where the readers can wander through books and experience their moments of enlightenment and deliverance. In Master Zhuangzi, the word Satori (Zhaoche) describes a state of transcendental being in the practice of Taoism, as the morning light shining across the entire earth. This November, Wutopia Lab completes the Satori Harbor, a culturally symbolic library situated in VIPshop’s new headquarters.
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