Nature Being, completed in 2024 in Lin Mo Niang Park in Taiwan, is an elegant lighting installation by Nature Retrieve Interior Design Co., led by Yun Chih Yu, for the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan.
Stretching over 700 meters, the work marries Lao Tzu’s philosophy of wu wei—preserving rather than altering nature. Hollowed bamboo poles conceal linear LED bars, carefully angled to accentuate each tree’s natural form. The result: the foliage itself becomes a source of warm, ambient light, casting shifting halos on footpaths and creating immersive moments of calm.
The flickering glow recalls local maritime signals—from port beacons to nighttime fish‑market lights—producing a poetic night‑time silhouette across the park’s landscape.
The project’s sustainability credentials are equally impressive: it reuses bamboo harvested from local oyster-shed structures. Once the festival concludes, thousands of poles return to fishermen to be repurposed, minimizing waste and transport.
Even the lighting fixtures are donated to nearby temple communities, closing the resource loop.
