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WANDER WITH THE SOUL
Community Park of Zhuanta Hutong
ADVISOR: Yingjian Wang ( wangyingjian@ruc.edu.cn )
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INDIVIDUAL WORK: Xinran Wang
CLASSIFICATION: Small-Scale Landscape Project
AREA: 2.1ha
SITE: Beijing, China
TIME: 05/2021
The project is located in Zhuangta Hutong, one of the oldest hutongs in Beijing, which has experienced both prosperity and decline. It has now become a question of how to find peace of mind for the people living in this crowded community. In Wilde's story, he answers this question: how to face love, evil and death, and how to feel peace in life. In the story, the fisherman experiences love, indecision, betrayal and death. The design translates these elements of the fairy tale into spaces in which one can feel the emotions. At the same time, an underground car park is designed to release the traffic pressure within the community. The exit from the car park is set in a park where one can feel the healing and peace that comes from the connection between soul and nature.
Story Framework
The design translates these elements of the fairy tale into spaces
The plot of "The Fisherman and his Soul" is set in motion when the title character accidentally catches a mermaid in his net. He falls in love with the Mermaid and tells her that he wants to marry her. She tells him that he can only marry her if he sends away his soul. From a Witch, the Fisherman learns how to send his soul away. The Soul makes several attempts to persuade the Fisherman to take him back, eventually convincing him to do so with the tale of a beautiful dancer who lives nearby. Too late does the Fisherman discover that the soul which he sent out into the world without a heart has become evil.
SITE CONTEX | ZHUANTA HUTONG
Transportation
Roads of Hutong are blocked by numberous cars. Therefore,
Relationship Of Main Characters
New Entrances
Underground Parking Lot
