Aqua Above the City

雲上之圳 Aqua Above the City

在台北 101 的 85 樓，城市不再只是街道與建築的集合，而是一幅自雲霧中緩緩展開的長卷。遠山托住盆地的綠意，雲在山脊間遊走，為城市覆上一層柔軟而流動的記憶。坐在「隨意鳥地方」窗邊，人彷彿懸浮於城市與天空之間——既身處其中，又得以短暫抽離。

「春池玻璃 X 偶然設計」受邀為此打造藝術玻璃天花，回應獨特而稀有的高度與視角。創作概念源自早期灌溉台北的瑠公圳，雨水自雲端落下，沿著山麓、石縫與土層潛行，最終匯聚成河，為城市刻下最初的生命脈絡。時至今日，它依然在 101 腳下靜靜流動，成為被覆蓋卻從未消失的暗線。

回收玻璃在碎裂、重組與再生成之間，映照著城市時間的層疊與流動。幾何形式以水滴與氣泡為語彙，在透明與反射之間，以天花為畫布，書寫都市與自然循環往復的關係。開放區的玻璃如雲上的河道，自由分流、自然匯合；包廂之中，形態則由走道上方的尖滴，逐漸轉化為窗邊圓潤的水珠，如同水道在城市深處再次相遇。

當光線穿越玻璃的瞬間，水的呼吸彷彿被凝結於空中，也讓人聽見瑠公圳未曾停歇的低語——柔軟而持續地，支撐著這座城市的生成與流動。

On the 85th floor of Taipei 101, the city is no longer merely a collection of streets and buildings; it unfolds like a vast scroll emerging gently from the clouds. Distant mountains cradle the verdant basin, while mist drifts along the ridgelines, enveloping the city in a soft and fluid memory. Seated by the window of Diamond Tony’s, one seems to hover between the city and the sky—immersed within it, yet momentarily detached.

Spring Pool Glass × Serendipity Studio was invited to create an artistic glass ceiling for this exceptional setting, responding to its rare height and unique perspective. The concept draws inspiration from the Liugong Canal, which once irrigated early Taipei. Rainwater descends from the clouds, traveling quietly along mountain foothills, through stone crevices and layers of earth, eventually converging into a river that shaped the city’s earliest lifeline. Today, it continues to flow silently beneath Taipei 101, an invisible thread that, though covered, has never disappeared.

Through the processes of fragmentation, reassembly, and regeneration, recycled glass reflects the layered passage of urban time. Geometric forms, inspired by droplets and bubbles, serve as the visual language of the installation. Between transparency and reflection, the ceiling becomes a canvas that narrates the cyclical relationship between city and nature. In the open dining area, the glass elements resemble rivers above the clouds, freely diverging and naturally converging. Within the private rooms, the forms gradually transform—from sharp, elongated droplets above the corridors to rounded beads near the windows—echoing the way waterways reunite deep within the city.

As light passes through the glass, the breath of water seems suspended in midair, allowing visitors to sense the quiet whisper of the Liugong Canal—a gentle yet enduring presence that continues to sustain the city’s formation and flow.