A comparison of the park before (upper) and after it was built.
A comparison of the park before (upper) and after it was built.
Pang Wei is a landscape architect for 20 years. He once received a project to design a commemorative park in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, south China.
The park was built to commemorate the XIX International Botanical Congress. “After we got this project, we thought it was a rather constrained thing because when we talk about memorial, people usually think of celebrity monuments, memorial halls, and memorial sculptures, ” Pang said.
The yellow part is the location of the park.
The yellow part is the location of the park.
The park was basically devoid of plants at the beginning.
The park was basically devoid of plants at the beginning.
At that time, the land was particularly barren, with little vegetation, and it was originally a landfill for construction waste.
Pang was confused because he felt particularly unsuited to the subject. “When I think about it, I’ve never worn a good suit more than a few times in my life – can I do it well? “
He thought of the philosopher he admired so much. Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) is a prestigious American ecologist and pioneer of environmentalism. He is known as the founder of the New Environmental Theories in the U.S. and the Father of Land Ethic.
Leopold opposed incomplete human “selection”, he said that those members of society who are neglected and excluded because they have no commercial value are often the basis for the perfect functioning of the land.
“Plants are not used as decorations of the land, or even a cover, but should be the expression and praise of the will of the land, ” inspired by Aldo Leopold, Pang Wei had an idea. “We decided to complete the program without any plants, which means neither trees, nor grass, nor flowers, ” Pang added.
This proposal was opposed by many experts, because they were not sure if it could be achieved. Meanwhile the person in charge was angry that they signed the contract and paid the deposit, and then received …
