IN MEMORY OF HU HUISHAN

摘要

Hu huishan was a 15-year-old chinese girl who loved literature and dreamt of becoming a writer.rnA student at the Juyuan middle school in the city of Dujiangyan, like all kids her age Hu Huishan was a fan of music, film and sport. If it weren't for the likes of Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, we would have known little of her or the thousands of others whose lives were shattered on 12 May 2008 by thernSichuan earthquake. After meeting Hu Huishan's parents and visiting her school - which collapsed on the young students during the earthquake like a house of cards - Liu Jiakun decided to commemorate her brief existence by designing and constructing a small memorial. Surrounded by trees, the building is symbolically shaped like a makeshift tent. Compact and clad on the outside with grey render, the interior is lit up by the colour pink, which was Hu's favourite colour. Inside are all the things that were dear to Hu Huishan in her everyday life: her text books, schoolbag, notebooks and diaries, her badminton racket...rnAccording to Liu Jiakun, "Although it is small, this memorial is big enough to become part of the collective memory of the earthquake. Despite its size, it is the most meaningful work I have done in my whole architectural career."