Situated in the grand lobby of Jiangxi's Ramada Hotel, this annular crystal installation draws inspiration from Poyang Lake—China's largest freshwater lake—reimagining the essence of water through avant-garde design. Transcending traditional art forms, the piece employs modern materials and techniques to visualize the symbiotic relationship between Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River Basin, transforming ecological philosophy into a striking visual narrative.
The structure adopts a Möbius ring topology, composed of 875 custom K9 crystal modules that orchestrate a 14.8-meter spatial rhythm. Each U-shaped crystal unit, crafted via high-temperature pressing in precision molds (180×180×60mm), achieves geometric perfection through six differently sized custom metal molds. After five rounds of physical prototyping—including a 6-meter trial module—the team finalized an optical refraction scheme for the crystalline matrix.
The lighting system innovatively merges industrial design with digital programming. Quad-channel LED strips, diffused through textured acrylic panels, cast uniform illumination across the 40-meter perimeter. A 4000K natural-white glow envelops 95% of the surface, while dynamic blue light matrices (5% coverage) traverse predefined paths at 0.1 m/s, mimicking water’s eternal flow. Spanning 7.2 meters in width and 2.2 meters in height, this luminous theater creates an immersive "lakeside shimmer" through vertical gradients of light.
Geometrically, the installation’s 7:3 width-height ratio echoes Poyang Lake’s seasonal water-level fluctuations, with crystal facets calibrated to a 12° golden refraction angle. Designers translated migratory bird trajectories from field studies into lighting algorithms, embedding ecological dynamism within static form. More than spatial art, this work stands as an ecological manifesto articulated in contemporary design language.
