2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

2017 CHINA INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXPO URUMQI GARDEN

Lab D+H

ARCHITECTS
Lab D+H

AREA
600 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Xue'er Photography Tang Xi

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Zhengzhou, China

CATEGORY
Learning

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

Text description provided by architect.

The Urumqi Garden of the 11th China International Horticultural Expo was Lab D+H's first built garden expo project.

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

With the sudden boom of the garden expo in China recently, local gardens that represent individual cities tend to be stereotyped to miniature landscapes or traditional gardens of local landscapes.

Keeping this in mind, Lab D+H participated in the competition at Urumqi Garden with a reflection perspective and won the 1st place.

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

The design strategy aimed to bring back the core value of horticultural expo.

We achieved this by implementing fundamental landscape approaches such as space making and planting design.

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

Simultaneously, we also tried to express local identity in a new and unique way.

We designed a music-themed tour route which was inspired by the traditional Urumqi stringed instrument-- rawap.

2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi

The route was made up of a meandering "string" path, creating a rich spatial experience of rising and descending drama clubbed with both open and closed spaces.


2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi
2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
© Xue'er photography Tang Xi


2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
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2017 China International Horticultural Expo Urumqi Garden
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