Alison Tang | Photography Collection ver. 2019 Summer

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陰 翳 礼 讃 IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS

In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃) is an essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author and novelist Junichiro Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎). His stories are usually narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which constructions of “the West” and “Japanese tradition” are juxtaposed.

This is the second work of Junichiro Tanizaki I came across (the first one is “Sasameyuki(細雪)”). The essay consists of 16 sections that discuss traditional Japanese aesthetics in contrast with change and summarise ways of echoing traditional Japanese concept of beauty with light and shadow.

Unlike most of the other cultures which use light to search for clarity, Japan has an unique appreciation of light - to create subtle and humble atmosphere with shadow and reflection.

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TRADITIONAL

From Japanese traditional architectures and landscapes, we can see how they create spaces with traditional Japanese aesthetics by capture the dynamic natural phenomenon scenery with shadow and reflection.

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The Gardens of Zuiho-ji, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 日本宮城県仙台市青葉区霊屋下 経ヶ峯公園 瑞鳳殿

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TeamLab Planets, Tokyo, Japan 東京 豊洲 チームラボプラネッツ

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CONTEMPORARY

Nowadays, with advance of technology, the play with light and shadow has been transformed to a contemporary way. This not only can be found in Japnaese modern architecture (e.g. Church of the Light by Ando Tadao), but also in other form such as instalation interactive art TeamLab.

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Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka , Japan 日本 大阪府 茨木市春日3丁目 茨木春日丘教會 | 光の教会

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TOPOPHILIA S U M M E R B E WAT E R

02 A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES

Topophilia is the affective bond between people and place or setting. ...

The word “topophilia” is a neologism, usefulness that it can be defined broadly to include all of the human being’s affective ties with the material environment.

Topophilia, Tuan (1960) Not until this summer, we did not know that we were so tied with this place, and these people. Facing the tyranny who is trying to invade our home, destroy our core values and even monitor our every move, we unite firmly to stand with each other and fight for our motherland.

We lost five years ago, and we promised that “we’ll be back”, and here we are.

Here below shows how we make use of our public spaces and landscape to demonstrate our demands toward liberty and freedom.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R THE SHINING CROWN | Lion Rock Way on Mid-autumn Festival Credit to Joe Chen Photography (2019)

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THE PALIMPSEST OF LION ROCK SPIRIT

Lion Rock Spirit (Chinese: 獅子山精神), is said to be the core values (香港核心價值) that is inherited

by Hong Kong people from generation to generation. This spirit enables the Hong Kong people to achieve the great socio-economical advancement that transforms Hong Kong into the current cosmopolitan International Financial Centre.

After the handover from Britain to China, the meaning of “Lion Rock Spirit” among the new generation has changed according to the current social context. It includes not merely the support for each other in a physical manner, but in a spiritual or political way. The spirit has been modernised to express the aspiration for real democracy, social equality and justice.

During the Water Revolution 2019, the anti extradition law to China, Hongkonger formed a chain a light outlining this most signature and representable landscape, Lion Rock, and demonstrated our desire for real universal suffrage.

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WE PERSIST NOT BECAUSE OF SEEING HOPE,

THE LENNON WALL MONGKOK (2019) A way for people to express their democratic demands and thought through posting memos on wall of public space. The original idea of Lennon wall is from Prague.

There is also another symbolic meaning of “taking our space back” due to the injustice of space-power allocation.

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BUT PERSIST IN ORDER TO SEE THE HOPE.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R THE LENNON WALL SHEUNG SHUI (2019) During the on-going 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, dozens of post-it-note Lennon Walls had “blossomed everywhere” (遍地開花) throughout Hong Kong, including on Hong Kong Island itself, Kowloon, the New Territories, and even oversea cities such as London.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R THE LENNON WALL FORTRESS HILL (2019) The shapes of Lennon Wall are “shapeless”, as if they flow along the spaces. This actually echoes to the idea and strategy throughout the on-going protest “BE WATER”.

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THE NIGHT IS DARKEST JUST BEFORE THE DAWN. AND I PROMISE YOU, THE DAWN IS COMING.

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Location | Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 7PG Landscape Architect | West 8 Completion | 2012 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 19 June 2019

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R Jubilee Gardens is a public park on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth. The park is right next to London Eye.

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Created in 1977 to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the site was formerly used for the Dome of Discovery and the adjacent Skylon during the Festival of Britain in 1951. A multimillion-pound redevelopment of the park was completed in May 2012.

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It was transformed from a state of grassland to a mature looking park with trees and hills during 2012 re-renovation.

The park is the site of a memorial to the casualties of the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, especially the British Battalion which took very heavy casualties.

S U M M E R B E WAT E R The new planting retaining walls were designed with various heights which allows the walls to serve as other uses, such as benches in this case.

It is actually a clever idea to simplify elements / languages used in the park, so as to make it looks clean and consistant.

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Native trees were planted to provide shade in a sustainable way.

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Location | 165 Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 3LW Landscape Architect | Piet Oudolf and GROSS.MAX Completion | 2007 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 18 June 2019

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Potters Fields Park is a small public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. The park is located immediately southwest of Tower Bridge and immediately south-east of City Hall, London. It is frequently used for food festivals and other events.

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VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

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Location | Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL Landscape Architect | Kim Wilkie Completion | 2015 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 21 June 2019

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R Hydrangea macrophylla were planted along the building walls, providing a cosy space and seasonal backdrop.

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A simple central ellipse creates a calm centre to the garden and is surrounded by Liquidambars, lawns, lemon trees and glass planters.

The stepped ellipse is picked out with jets of water and bands of light. The central space can be flooded to create a shallow reflecting pool, or filled with heavy fog for night lighting.

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The stepped ellipse water feature serves as if a classical mirror, reflecting the scenery of the entire courtyard.

The water in ellipse also help decreasing the temperature so as to provide cooler environment for visitors during summer.

S U M M E R B E WAT E R People enjoying the sunbath along the stepped edge.

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PRINCESS DIANA FOUNTAIN

Location | Hyde Park, W Carriage Dr, London W2 2UH Landscape Architect | GPB Completion | 2004 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 21 June 2019

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The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is a memorial in London dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in 1997.

It was designed to express Diana’s spirit and love of children.

The fountain is located in the southwest corner of Hyde Park, just south of the Serpentine lake and east of the Serpentine Gallery.

The fountain was designed by Gustafson Porter.

Gustafson said: “Above all I hope that it provides a fitting memorial for the princess and does credit to the amazing person that she was.”

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There are also a generous lawn surrounding the fountain which offers an awesome space for picnic.

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Location | 120 Fenchurch St, London EC3M 5BA Landscape Architect | Peter Latz and LUC Completion | 2019 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 21 June 2019

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The Garden 120, the City of London’s largest roof top public space, is a garden for everyone high above the roofs of London, THE GARDEN AT 120 is a prominent part on top of the office development “120 Fenchurch Avenue”.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R It offers an exclusive retreat and an exceptional open space for the local office workers, Londoners and visitors alike.

The predominant design elements of the roof garden are the topography of the gently folded floor and water feature, the walls with climbers and planting beds that enclose the plant facilities and the Wisteria ‘Trees’ growing on the steel pergola canopies folding across the roof garden at high level.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R A water basin structures the space spatially into a terrace and a seating zone. The calm surface reflects the sky, brings in cooling and conveys an intimate garden atmosphere along with the lush planting.

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The metal structure of the two pergola frames also extends over large technical plant spaces and hide away the air intakes from the view of neighbouring high-rise buildings.

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LONDON WALL PLACE Location | 2 London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5AU Landscape Architect | SpaceHub Completion | 2015 Camera | Nikon D90 Date Taken | 18 June 2019

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The project’s concept lies in referencing the deep history of the site, from the Romans through to post-war modernism.

The scheme’s geometry is aligned with the historical urban grain created by the section of the original Roman city wall on site and its materials reference those used to build the wall.

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The varied levels are conceived as a continuous threedimensional landscape, providing pedestrian connection, a sanctuary from the City, or simply somewhere to lunch.

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SERPENTINE PAVILION

Location | Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA Landscape Architect | Junya Ishigami Completion | 2019 Camera | Fujifilm x100T Date Taken | 22 September 2019

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Ishigami’s design takes inspiration from roofs, the most common architectural feature used around the world. The design of the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a single canopy roof that appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding park. Within, the interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation. For Ishigami, the Pavilion articulates his ‘free space’ philosophy in which he seeks harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.

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Junya Ishigami (b. 1974) founded his prize-winning architectural firm, Junya Ishigami + Associates, in 2004. The studio’s design philosophy explores pushing the boundaries of what is possible in architecture, by challenging existing architectural methodologies and proposing alternatives.

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The design for the Pavilion plays with designers’ perspectives of the built environment against the backdrop of a natural landscape, emphasising a natural and organic feel as though it had grown out of the lawn, resembling a hill made of rocks.

This is an attempt to supplement traditional architecture with modern methodologies and concepts, to create in this place an expanse of scenery like never seen before. Possessing the weighty presence of slate roofs seen around the world, and simultaneously appearing so light it could blow away in the breeze, the cluster of scattered rock levitates, like a billowing piece of fabric.

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The interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation. The Pavilion articulates a ‘free space’ philosophy that is to harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.

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Location | 5 Chome-3-1 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061 Landscape Architect | Sony Completion | 2018 (first phase) Camera | Fujifilm x100T Date Taken | 1 September 2019

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R Japanese electronics company Sony has transformed and reduced its iconic 50-metrehigh landmark site into Ginza Sony Park – a ground-level public park on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Tokyo. The new concept offers not only a reimagined opportunity for a high-density consumer-populated area to reinvigorate its ageing 52-year-old site; it also provides a pivotal open space and public refuge.

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EVOLVING URBAN VERTICAL OASIS IN CENTRAL TOKYO

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The concept of the ground floor is “a park you can buy.” Ao Ginza Tokyo, a production of “plant hunter” Seijun Nishihata, will be a limited-time store open for about two years (August 2018 to fall 2020) for plant selection and sales. The ground floor of Ginza Sony Park will be lushly adorned by the special plants in this collection, chosen from locations around the world by the “plant hunter.” Visitors can enjoy being surrounded by plants in the metropolitan bustle of Ginza and feel the connection with these special plants while also having the opportunity to buy them. The purchase of every plant changes the complexion of Ginza Sony Park, making for a constantly-changing, fresh landscape.

This is actually a very clever way to utilized a temporary space like this. On one hand it provides a cosy dynamic oasis for people in the packed city, but also helps boosting economy at the same time.

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The Ginza Sony Park demonstrates how brutal concrete with lushly plantings could perfectly blend in with the urban fabric of central Tokyo.

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Location | Osanbashi Pier, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Architect | Foreign Office Architects (FOA) Completion | 2002 Camera | Fujifilm x100T Date Taken | 1 September 2019

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R The scheme, which was one of the first major projects to fully explore the capabilities of computer-aided design, unfolds as an undulating terrain of connected ramps and terraces.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R The pier was originally built in 1894, but was reconstructed in 2002 as a passenger terminal. Its bold new design incorporates grass and floor boards that mimic rolling waves. The pier is one of Yokohama’s best spots for a walk, and for unobstructed views of the Minato Mirai skyline. Below the walking area there are boarding facilities, shops, restaurants and a hall for small exhibitions and events.

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S U M M E R B E WAT E R The entire design intertwines steps and vamps, which have been carefully designed such that the terminal allows basically everyone, including those physically challenged to access most of the place on the roof garden without others assistance.

Another fascinating feature would be the rain-harvesting system, which provides a sustainable way of water re-cycling. Rainwater collected from the rooftop would be used as flushing water in the wash-room.

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The rooftop of terminal offers visitors the fantastic view of Yokohama bay and skyline.

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