This year’s garden competition theme explores the ideas of the ‘third nature’ with discussions surrounding the concepts of wilderness and the effects of human intervention.
Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized in part by Landscape Architecture Korea, this year’s exhibition will take place in Boramae Park. Boramae – a mythical bird, was the symbol of the Air Force Academy that was once located on the site. Today, this expansive greenspace in south-eastern Seoul is home a bustling park with various year-round amenities.
A nest serves as a symbol, a form found in nature, but also as a constructed space. It finds a balance between the human ideas of the garden and the processes of natural ecosystems. The two spiralling forms are representative of this duality of realms, which are embodied in the third nature concept as well as being prevalent in eastern symbology.
A nest also represents the natural cycles of life, growth, renewal and regeneration. As part of this topic, the Nesting installation considers how these natural cycles function in a contemporary city park. With the mythical Boramae as our protagonist, so called waste materials from the park such as fallen trees, branches, and leaves are gathered and woven into our nest. Over time, the structure is allowed to slowly decompose, retuning its nutrients to the park from which it came.
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