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Garden for the eyes
Garden for the eyes
Shanghai, China
Jury Winner, 2025 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Art
Project Featured on Sep 19, 2025
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Garden for the eyes
Shanghai, China
Jury Winner, 2025 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Art
Project Featured on Sep 19, 2025
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
The work “Garden for the eyes”, consisting of spatial installation by Mr. Dong Yi and paintings by American artist Ms. Lyu Wujiu(1918-2013), was invited to participate in the exhibition titled “Creation | New Jiangnan Space Art” held at the Yunjian Huitang Cultural and Art Center beside Shanghai Zuibaichi Park in Songjiang District in 2024, aiming to explore the traditional and modern connotation of Jiangnan culture.
In Chinese cultural view, “Jiangnan” as a spatial concept has always been an important bearer of wonderful life. Jiangnan towns are rich in traditional spaces, among which the “garden” is undoubtedly the type that best reflects the ideals and aesthetics of the traditional Chinese habitat. For Chinese people, a garden that forms its own heaven and earth is the unity of “heaven and human”, the balance of “city and wild”, and the resting place of “body and mind”. For an architect who has been immersed in the culture of Jiangnan, when it comes to Jiangnan, garden is almost the most appropriate expression. Therefore, we decided to create a garden in way of spatial installation, shaping the purity of the space with simple materials, so that the visitors can obtain the essential interest of the garden space. For this work, eye-wandering is the process, while mind open wide is the result.
Meanwhile, this garden is not only an exhibit but also an exhibition space in another dimension. With paintings presented in the garden, another exhibition contained within the exhibition. The abstraction of the garden makes the space purer, shifting the visual focus to the paintings, which become the clues, guiding people's exploration of the space through incessant hints and repeated guidance.
The paintings in the exhibition are the clues, and the sceneries in front as well. The position of the windows for the eyes has been carefully designed to control the rhythm of the view.
To achieve the artistic effect of abstract garden, the choice of materials was kept to minimalist level. The entire installation is almost totally composed of paper. The texture of handmade paper is close to nature, which is in line with the implication and temperament of the garden and the ink painting.
In Chinese cultural view, “Jiangnan” as a spatial concept has always been an important bearer of wonderful life. Jiangnan towns are rich in traditional spaces, among which the “garden” is undoubtedly the type that best reflects the ideals and aesthetics of the traditional Chinese habitat. For Chinese people, a garden that forms its own heaven and earth is the unity of “heaven and human”, the balance of “city and wild”, and the resting place of “body and mind”. For an architect who has been immersed in the culture of Jiangnan, when it comes to Jiangnan, garden is almost the most appropriate expression. Therefore, we decided to create a garden in way of spatial installation, shaping the purity of the space with simple materials, so that the visitors can obtain the essential interest of the garden space. For this work, eye-wandering is the process, while mind open wide is the result.
Meanwhile, this garden is not only an exhibit but also an exhibition space in another dimension. With paintings presented in the garden, another exhibition contained within the exhibition. The abstraction of the garden makes the space purer, shifting the visual focus to the paintings, which become the clues, guiding people's exploration of the space through incessant hints and repeated guidance.
The paintings in the exhibition are the clues, and the sceneries in front as well. The position of the windows for the eyes has been carefully designed to control the rhythm of the view.
To achieve the artistic effect of abstract garden, the choice of materials was kept to minimalist level. The entire installation is almost totally composed of paper. The texture of handmade paper is close to nature, which is in line with the implication and temperament of the garden and the ink painting.
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