HONG KONG GARDEN——2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exposition

 

external appearance
external appearance

 

           Designed by the Architectural Services Department, the Hong Kong Garden represents the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s (HKSAR) participation in the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exposition which is one of the major international events in China in 2019.

metal facades
metal facades

 

          The Garden is approximately 2,000 sq.m in area. The theme of the Hong Kong Garden is the “City of Contrast”. The design of the Garden juxtaposes two contrasting conditions: the representation of a legible urban fabric and hyper dense condition in Hong Kong and its serene agricultural environment. The Hong Kong Garden invites visitors to unveil the multi-faceted experience of Hong Kong.

internal structure
internal structure

 

          We envision the Hong Kong Garden is a process and opportunity for experimentation and exploration of architectural representations, construction methods and initiatives that could be embodied in future architectural projects in Hong Kong. To represent the urban experience and to imagine how a hyper-dense urban environment could interact with the nature which is one of the key quests for urbanism of this era.

colorful garden gallery
colorful garden gallery

 

            The project aims to:
– Visualize and represent the city of density which constantly transforms in space and time overlapped with memories;
– Transcend conventional expanded metal material in an innovative way that exceeds their common functions;
– Explore the aesthetic value of edible landscape and re-establish the linkage between our daily life and the nature.

Hong Kong Style
Hong Kong Style

 

        The Hong Kong Garden has 3 major components: Architectural Pavilion, Artistic Feature Wall / Model and Horticultural Garden. Architectural Pavilion – The expanded metal steel framed Architectural Pavilion expresses the hyper-dense urban environment, while the intertwining of neon light , vertical greenery and bamboo translates the essence of urban fragments into experience. The expanded metal facade of Architectural Pavilion constructed by overlapping layers of steel reinforcement meshes creates an illusion of multi-layering of space. Instead of deconstructing the sensation into a formal structure, the use of urban fragments with landscape elements, referencing the idea of the Cubist collage, resembles the urban experience of Hong Kong as a cohesive form of impressionable memory.

 

Artistic Feature Wall
Artistic Feature Wall

 

            Artistic Feature Wall / Model – The Artistic Feature Wall / Model is a vertical map revealing the unique urban fabric along the transect of the Victoria Harbour with iconic buildings highlighted. It is an abstract expression of the figure ground plan to induce visitors’ curiosity to discover Hong Kong with many different angles.

 

Horticultural Garden
Horticultural Garden

 

         The Horticultural Garden features edible and medicinal planting species that are seldom used in contemporary public space design. Edible landscape is a core element for the advocacy of food urbanism and sustainable development. The Horticultural Garden celebrates the aesthetic quality of edible plants and connects visitors to these edible plants .

 

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