未来花园
Garden of the Future
当一个艺术视觉与景观建筑相遇时，一个独特类型的项目就会发展。为了寻找柏拉图的临时艺术基地，一个由奥斯特拉瓦市资助的当代视觉艺术平台，一个拥有5000平方米大厅的废弃爱好市场被占领。宽阔的空间具有巨大的潜力，而室内区域可以作为画廊和活动空间，有墙和半屋顶的室外空间将成为各种画廊活动的非典型花园/舞台。柏拉图在寻找如何使它发挥作用的想法。
When an artistic vision meets landscape architecture, a project of a unique kind evolves. In the search for a temporary art base for PLATO, a contemporary visual arts platform funded by the city of Ostrava, abandoned Hobby market with 5.000 sqm hall was occupied. The wide space had great potential, while the indoor area could perform as a gallery and events space, the walled and semi-roofed outdoor space, would become an atypical garden/stage for all different sorts of gallery’s activities. PLATO was searching for the idea how to make it work.
与艺术家MatyášChochola合作，设想了一个世界末日场景，从概念上反映了人类的黑暗和不可避免的厄运，并对大自然的再生能力持乐观态度。在文明废墟上的舞蹈。这个想法是为了加速大自然的力量，并帮助她夺回这个地方。在一座正在倒塌的建筑物的地面上留下疤痕，破坏，然后播种植被，培育生命的种子。
In collaboration with artist Matyáš Chochola, an apocalyptic scene was imagined that would conceptually reflect the dark and inevitable doom of mankind with a optimism of nature’s regenerative power. A Dance on the ruins of civilization. The idea was to accelerate the power of nature and help her to take the place back. To scar and destroy and then sow vegetation and nurture seeds of life onto the ground of a perishing building.
我们知道这不是一个普通的项目，但由于种种限制，它变得更加有趣。起初，我们想钻取并取出混凝土，但这一决定被认为太具侵略性，所以我们决定将碎石放进去。绘制了一份现场平面图，以估算碎片的体积和所需植物/树木的数量。其余的设计必须在现场进行。
We knew this was no ordinary project but with every limitation it became even more interesting. At first we want to drill and lift out the concrete, decision was deemed too invasive so we decided to bring in a setting of rubble. A site plan was drawn to estimate the volume of debris and number of plants/trees needed. The rest of the design has to be in-situ.
The trees themselves need a special mention in this story. Regarded as undesirable and crooked they were saved from a small nursey that couldn‘t sell them. These abandoned and outcast trees were the perfect match for this conceptual space.
时间是一个滴答作响的挑战，一切都进展得很快。瓦砾必须紧急从附近的建筑工地运走。这意味着我们只有一天的时间使用可用的机器来组织和设计空间，还有一天来种植植被和艺术品。我们需要每个女人和男人。
Time was a ticking challenge, everything was moving fast. Rubble had to be urgently moved from nearby construction site. That meant we would have only one day to use the available machines to organize and design the space and another day to plant the vegetation and art pieces. We needed every woman and man.
我们不知道这将是我们最激动人心的团队建设经历之一。我们的工作室、艺术家和建筑工人的即兴创作和创造性合作为这个空间的诞生留下了难忘的印象和故事。马蒂什·乔乔乔拉和他的团队通过一场艺术表演宣布了这项工作的结束和花园的开放，描绘了黑暗喜悦的狂野表情，这是一种在一个灭绝文明废墟上的舞蹈仪式。
Little did we know this was going to be one of the most thrilling team-building experience for us. The improvisation and creative collaboration of both our studio, artists and construction workers carved an unforgettable impression and story for the birth of this space. The conclusion of the work and hence opening of the garden was declared with an artistic performance by Matyáš Chochola and his team, depicting wild expressions of dark joy, a sort of dancing ritual on the ruins of an extinct civilization.
除了概念上的悲观主义，这个花园还表现为一个真正实用和鼓舞人心的公共空间。它拥有一个充满活力的地方所需要的一切：咖啡馆、半遮阳棚、带大窗户的墙壁，为所有年龄段的人创造了一个安全活泼的空间。这是一个灵活的网站，在不同的季节和多用途的工作。这是一个让人质疑的网站。它吸引了好奇的人来近距离探索细节和片段，吸引了活跃的人来进行捉迷藏游戏。
Beyond the conceptual pessimism, this garden behaves as a truely functional and inspirational public space. It has everything a vibrant place needs: a cafe, semi-shade, walls with large windows creating a safe lively space for all age groups. It‘s a flexible site that works in different seasons and for multi-purposes. It is a site that leaves people questioning. It draws the curious ones in to explore the details and pieces upclose and attracts the active ones ro run around for a hide/seek game.
Since the opening plants took off much better then we imagined. It gives shivers, walking around the rubble and see how fast and powerful the natural change is.
Architecture offices involved in the design: Partero + Matyáš Chochola (artist),
video – Rustan Soderling
Project location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
