Instant Garden explores how humans and works of art could emerge in relation to each other. An invitation to recollect our sense of curiosity, and to discover new associations and experiences, for both the anticipated and unexpected. The design transforms Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre’s trade fair space into an environment that hosts encounters and sensations, featuring the 11 artworks from 2021 Hong Kong Autumn Auctions. 

The tall and short walls are curved and straightened to create compressed and expanded views in both lateral and diagonal directions. Marbles are digitally scanned and printed; their textures are symmetrised, mirrored, and multiplied; the dark chrome vinyl is subtly refracted and reflected. Thick walls transform into deep spaces, and a myriad of places reveal themselves for our intimate interaction with the artworks. In search of a sustainable construction method for the exhibition, we collaborate with our contractor to create a lightweight assembly system with easy-to-recycle wood studs and thin finishes, reducing transportation load and material waste. 

Despite its thinness, the dark chrome vinyl wrap makes a deep sense of space, rendering the surrounding artworks into the background with unique textures and materialities. The entire garden was assembled in three days.