Disappearing Garden

Middle Density, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms, XJ Design Vision.

Active Public Spaces, Architecture & Art, China, Circulation, Cultural legacy, History, Memory, Project, Public Catalyst, Symbolic context, Transformation.

The project is located in the historical street block of Damaojiao in the southeast of Datong Ancient City, transforming a vacant and abandoned site into a public space full of historical memories. The project has given rise to a unique cultural space and art exhibition. By understanding the history of the site and presenting it with a new interpretation, a series of fragmented old objects related to events in the transformation of the ancient city are displayed from a new perspective. The combination and use of new materials generates a unique spatial feeling, emphasizing the overlap of history and the present. In this commemorative contemporary cultural and artistic space, people can participate in interactive activities while triggering a reflection about the past and the future.