LI XIAODONG

摘要

Metaphorically, you are walking through a forest in the snow at night, which is represented by a maze of slender branches or twigs with the white floor lit from below. As you explore, you discover niches that provide hope and happy surprises. At the end of the maze you arrive at a Zen garden, which represents clear-sightedness and inspiration. This invites you to look and understand, to turn 'blindness'into 'vision'. I'm using branches because they are a natural material people don't expect to see in architecture, and the unconventional application of a familiar material in an unexpected environment generates an effect. When you want to be creative, it's often not about originality per se, but about application and reuse. In the countryside you might try to blend the branches with nature but in London it's about creating a seemingly natural setting within an artificial environment.