Archetech Issue 55 2021 | Page 21

“ Positioned at the point where a pedestrian shopping street ends from across the road , the

gallery building invites people in and engages them with a pleasant journey with art .
STUDIO A +
Such invaluable setting of nature becomes a stage to accommodate art and art activities . Art and nature , though independent from each other , juxtapose , flow , connect and fuse with each other at the same time . In the spring time during the flowering period , activities such as special art festivals can even give the place a one-of-a-kind signature , which attracts people near and far .
The main expected activity on site is promenading , through which people can enjoy and contemplate art and nature on multiple levels . The gallery in turn is not an isolated inward-looking art container . Together with the settings , it becomes a welcoming and inclusive public place , where people can easily access , experience , and celebrate art while feeling inspired and enlightened .
THE PRIORITY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN Art is a harmony that runs parallel to Nature . —— Paul Cézanne
Landscape design was the first step of the design work . A series of parallel lines are adopted as the matrix of re-formatting the site . Upon this configuration , colors from different local vegetation were mapped out to articulate the manmade nature .
The areas defined by the parallel lines later become a sunken plaza , stepped seating stands , reflecting pool , giant sloping walkway , terraces on different levels , array of cherry trees , and bushes of different local species with various colors .
Within this configuration , there situates the Central Ring Art Saloon , the first phase of this project which was completed 10 years earlier in 2009 . A group of human scale sculptures based on real construction workers of this project stands on the sloping lawn in the backyard .
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