There is a slender water line between the sky pond of the copper blockhouse and the red brick building. If you go along the water line you can trace its source hidden in the northernmost part of the EKA Park, Klein Blue Hills, and White Cliff, renovated from a roof-covered stockyard and a duty room. I planned seven locations for the park, hoping that their sequential opening would activate the PLOT of the park. As the focus of the park, there is a thin connecting thread behind the Copper Blockhouse. the Klein Blue Hills the White Cliff, and the Copper Blockhouse are a family, they are two of the seven locations. I conceived the PLOT through symbols, metaphors, mythology, charms, history, and spontaneous ideas. The knowledge I gained in selecting structures, materials, site analysis, and historical typologies served as a secondary framework between the PLOT and the design. I consider the Klein Blue Hills as Mr. Chen?s wife and my wife, who are suffering from illness. I hope they can live well. Cyan in the east, symbolizes vitality. This is why I intended to use the color cyan. My judgment is validated by the research in ?The Golden Peach of Samarkand?, which confirms that WU Zetian used lapis lazuli to represent the sky.
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architects: Wutopia LabLocation: Shanghai, ChinaProject Year: 2023Photographs: CreatAR ImagesArea: 330.0 m2
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