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Folding Garden

Towodesign

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Designer
Towodesign
Client
Treessun Flooring
Floor area
190.00 ㎡
Completion
2019

TOWOdesign built “Folding Garden” as the exhibition hall for Treessun Flooring in 2019 DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR. Different from the traditional model that exhibits are detached from the exhibition hall, the main materials of the project are its exhibits.

An oblique plane divides the spatial structure into two blocks from top to bottom. Natural texture of wooden materials decides the enjoyable ambience, while purple is used as the main tone in the interior to echo the visual impression of the logo. The plane extends as a flight of steps, presenting a sense of ritual like hiking.

Different wooden sculptures spliced by triangular pyramids are arranged across the oblique plane, colors of which change from purple to wood color along the visiting circulation. The shapes of sculptures take cues from the Taihu stone, and the traditional Chinese garden layout is also utilized in the folding geometrical structure. Garden features are extracted into the set of the exhibition hall, such as bridge, rockery and window, etc., which reproduces the delight of visiting gardens.

Deriving from the physical perspective, the abstract folding relationship expresses a Chinese philosophy that human and object share the same feeling. On the vertical section, the purple interior space inside the wooden structure shows a new relationship that implies the combination and transformation of Yin and Yang in the same material language. The alternation of purple and wood color gives people more imagination.