Build（02）

"築", the Chinese character for "build", was created with the radical 竹, which is a pictogram for bamboo. 築 and 竹 are also homophones, both pronounced as "zhú". Further more, the character is composed of the following components: 竹 (bamboo), 工(labor), 凡(ordinary) , and 木 (wood). These associations of bamboo, wood, models, and workers can be traced back to the construction methods of the past. Here at Daan Old Mansion, a structure consisting of traditional bamboo weaving and modern scaffolding covers the entire façade of the building. To build is actually to conceal; the artwork interprets the character from a reversed perspective.

Built with over 60,000 pieces of 2.4-meter long bamboo slivers, the artwork is a large bamboo surface that spans across 500 square meters. It flows organically across the façade and cancels out the solid concrete building. The artwork conveys the simple beauty and flexible vigor of this common material, and its juxtaposition with the architecture is on one hand corresponding in terms of shapes but on the other hand it offers an alternative to look at the core meaning of 築.