Passage of Time Garden is located within Anji Archaeology Museum, which sits near Anji Ancient City Ruins and Longshan Yueguo Noble Tombs. Within this design, we strive to balance the relationship between natural and man-made. The site spans from the museum all the way to the surrounding mountainous landscape filled with wildlife. Yet the ambience of the garden takes on an opposite approach with the museum area being more natural and the natural area more man-made. The design follows the museum tour route which is characterized by long hallways that connect different exhibition halls and separate the garden into inner and outer garden. The design language of the exhibition area uses natural forms that are complex and present a very clear object imagery. Then gradually transitions to the outer garden where abstract, man-made elements can be seen. The main entrance of the museum is located at the south, an area characterized by gray walls corresponding with the inner garden mainly for viewing purposes. We hope the tourists can pause at the entrance for a brief moment, being attracted by the still scenery that can only be viewed from distance. At the same time printing that image onto the back of the head, setting the tone for rest of the garden. The inner garden viewed from the entrance is framed by towering walls of the several exhibition halls from the side, while the ceiling of the entrance hall creates the top boundary. Few tall evergreens rises from the ground, creating a scene that resembles “Fishing Village in Autumn” by renowned Yuan Dynasty painter Ni Zan. The vertical space supported by the few evergreens extends into the distance; the branches are not constricted in anyway for shape molding, carelessly moving freely in the air. The buildings softened by the vegetation looms in the background. The inner garden uses stones as foundation, evergreens as pillars, and stone bridges for bridgeways along with different paving patterns and surface textures, creating many different sensory experiences. The stone bridge in the middle represents the “flow” from one space to the next, creating a constrast from the vertical elements and extending one's perspective. Together with dry creek, tall pines, and viewing stones, the inner garden creates a calm and peaceful image resembling tall mountains and running rivers when viewed from the entrance. The pines used in the inner garden are all harvested from the local mountains, irregular in nature and void of any human intervention. The vertical characteristic of local pines was an important aspect during plant selection process.

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