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Entitled Garden of 10,000 Bridges, the project features gently curving red bridges that are speckled across a wild landscape. According to the designers, “As both a distinct sense of enclosure and vantage points are provided, the Garden plays with the sensation of surprise. In the design advantage is taken of the strategic, central position of the plot, and views to other parts of the exhibition are integrated with those to the features of the park and surrounding landscape.”
The bridges (unlike the name suggests, there are only 5 structures) provide the user with a different perspective above the landscape, and define a new spatial network above the ground plane. Linked by a winding path, the red bridges gently arch over tall bamboo and will open for the public through October.
“Gardens tell a story. They combine poetry and narrative. The Garden of 10,000 Bridges represents the human life; the path of people’s lifetime, which is a route of uncertainty and burden, but also of highlights and elation. The garden design takes you on this walk of life as a meandering, winding trail – continuous and like a labyrinth. It lets you find your way through nature and takes you over 10,000 bridges,” added the designers.
The Xi’an International Horticulture Exhibition 2011 is open until 22 October 2011.
Landscape architects: West 8 (Adriaan Geuze, Christian Dobrick, Claudia Wolsfeld, Gaspard Estourgie, Joris Weijts, Karsten Buchholz, Pieter Hoen, Yichun He)
Partners: DYJG Beijin
Promoter: International Horticulture Exhibition 2011
Images: West 8
Sources:
http://www.landezine.com
http://www.designboom.com
http://www.archdaily.com
http://www.west8.nl
