numen/for use suspends walkable net and string worlds in taiwan's CMP inspiration museum

Numen/For Use presents two large-scale installations in taiwan

For their first-ever dual presentation in a single venue, Numen/For Use unveils two immersive, large-scale installations, Net Taichung and String Taichung, at the newly inaugurated CMP Inspiration Museum in Taichung, Taiwan. On view through November 2nd, 2025, the temporary works – one a kinetic, climbable web, the other a silent, geometric grid – transform Kengo Kuma’s softly lit interiors into an unfolding spatial narrative. Linked through translucent corridors, the installations invite visitors to move between two interconnected spatial and physical experiences.

Initially a deflated shell, each volume expands as air pressure inflates it, stretching the outer membrane and pulling the internal web of nets or ropes into tension. This self-contained technique bypasses any need for rigid framing or scaffolding. Visitors are encouraged to enter and interact with these suspended worlds. In Net Taichung, they climb, balance, and crawl through a network that sways gently with their movements. Meanwhile, String Taichung invites a slower gaze through a tight, white, three-dimensional grid that hovers in space, its calm order broken only by the shifting perspective of those who walk within.

all images courtesy of Numen/For Use

collapsible nets enable flexibility in Net and String Taichung

The exhibition space inside the CMP Inspiration Museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, contributes in shaping the experience of the visitor. Its pale surfaces and controlled lighting enhance the dreamlike quality of the projects by the design collective Numen/For Use. Wrapped in a thin white membrane, the inflated skins act like giant soft boxes that diffuse light into a glowing haze that flattens shadows and makes it unclear where the surface ends and depth begins. This creates a puzzling experience where you feel like you’re inside a place that seems vast and unreal, yet at the same time solid and intangible.

Both works are designed to be completely collapsible, so when deflated, the nets and rope grids fold into themselves and shrink to a much smaller size, making them easy to store, transport, and set up again later. When reinflated, they quickly regain their full strength and tension, able to support the movement and weight of people. With Net & String Taichung, Numen/For Use encourages us to think about impermanence, touch, and the quiet but important role air plays in their design.

Numen/For Use unveils two immersive, large-scale installations, Net Taichung and String Taichung

on view at the newly inaugurated CMP Inspiration Museum in Taichung, Taiwan

the temporary works transform Kengo Kuma’s softly lit interiors into an unfolding spatial narrative

a kinetic, climbable web

each volume expands as air pressure inflates it

a tight, white, three-dimensional grid that hovers in space

the installations are wrapped in a thin white membrane

the inflated skins act like giant soft boxes

a glowing haze flattens shadows and makes it unclear where the surface ends and depth begins

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visitors are encouraged to enter and interact with these suspended worlds

on view through November 2nd, 2025

the installations are linked through translucent corridors

bypassing any need for rigid framing or scaffolding

air plays a quiet but important role in the design

Numen/For Use encourages us to think about impermanence

both works are designed to be completely collapsible,

easy to store, transport, and set up again later

when reinflated, they quickly regain their full strength and tension

when deflated, the nets and rope grids fold into themselves and shrink to a much smaller size

the temporary works transform Kengo Kuma’s softly lit interior

an unfolding spatial narrative

Kengo Kuma's organic museum in Taiwan is conceived to dissolve into its surroundings

project info:

name: Net Taichung & String Taichung

artist: Numen/For Use | @numenforuse

location: CMP Inspiration Museum | @cmpinspiration, Taichung, Taiwan

architect of venue: Kengo Kuma and Associates | @kkaa_official

curator: CMP Group