A Garden Design for Revival - Changwon Garden, an International Gardening Fair of Wuhan City, China -

The title of this work 'A Garden for Revival' means the creation of an ecological garden for natural regeneration and humanity restoration. The theme covers human humility for nature, simple structures, eco-friendly landscape elements, and relaxed spaces with humor. We tried to build a 'paradise in a space' with the aim of creating an organic space in which ecological rings are well connected. First, For the land use plan for the ecological garden, we introduced a space including a front yard, a back yard, a kitchen garden, a pond, a pavilion, Buddhist monasteries, and a stone tower; which are harmonized with the rural landscape of Korea. On the north of site, a mounding is constructed with the height of 1.5m at the ridge-line of left and right side, being named as Left Blue Dragon & Right White Tiger. Bamboo is planted in the Left Blue Dragon district and it makes surrounding the site. In the Right White Tiger district, bamboo is partly planted and an area of the rest is constructed a stone wall & a log wall to supplement a Genius Loci. Second, A Cottage & Madang locate in the Genius Loci. A moist-cold air of backyard circulates to dry-warm front yard through the opened cottage doors. It makes desirable ventilation. A space of traditional Korean mother is composed of caring for her family’s safety and happiness. Mother prays for her family in front of the water bowl called Junghansu(井華水) in early morning. She fills and manages crocks with Korean fermented food, and also prepares every meal for her family. A backyard with Flower Steps & Smokestack and the cottage are suitable for visitor’s shelter. Korean traditional landscape elements are introduced such as main floor, Toenmaru, pull-up opened 4doors, back earthen wall, ventilation system backyard to front yard, smoke from smokestack, chicken coop in backyard, the chicken pecking in the yard, planter crocks, bamboo grove, and so on. Third, Farther works everyday for his family`s food. He cultivates a land and prays well-being of future. He loves the nature, and knows himself that he is a part of the nature. Eco-yard is father`s workspace and his mind is filled. The goal is that all Eco-yard makes a biotope and creates a yard with coexistence of human beings and biology. Landscape elements such as Stone wall, branches fence, log wall, stone pagoda, log pagoda, etc are a function of biotope living-based of an organism. A top of stone wall is path and plays role as an observatory deck. As time passes, a log wall and a log pagoda will decay, and then they will be food of larva and fertilizer of plants. They will be the base of resource circulation or reproduction. A stone pagoda and a log pagoda play role as the space of visitor`s participation.