Art installations inside Former Expo by Taranta Creations

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chinese park pavilions

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Bailianjing Park diagram

Abstract

Taranta Creations has designed a series of art pavilions along the Hangpu river. When the pavilions are finally finished, they will facilitate and support a diversity of typical Chinese activities that take place in parks.

After expo

Bailianjing park is located in the north of Pudong section of the former expo site, along the Huangpu river. Already opened during the China Expo 2010, the park claims its crucial role after the expo. While most of the expo structures are currently demolished, the park remains as a permanent public waterfront. Besides the maintenance of the china pavilion, the expo exhibition center, the Mercedes Benz stadium and the expo boulevard, it is unclear what will happen with the large amount of unoccupied land after the torn down of all the country and corporation pavilions. Continuing the theme of the expo “better city, better life” the green waterfront should function as an attractor of high quality urban developments. A series of art installations along the green belt are part of the landscape design. Among the designers for the different art installations was Taranta Creations.

Park life

If you visit the parks in shanghai, you will notice that the Chinese people use these public spaces extensively. From early in the morning till dusk, people come to the park to meet, exercise, eat or relax. You find people practicing tai chi, dancing, singing karaoke, drinking tea or playing the typical Chinese mahjong game.

The objective of our design was to create sculptures that added more than only visually quality to the park. We wanted to create an installation that enables and facilitates this typical park life. Inspired by the diversity of Chinese recreational cultures, each sculpture is designated for a specific function to suit for multiple purposes. One sculpture will be equipped with microphones and a screen, so it can be used for singing karaoke. Another will contain trays to store chess and card games. In one of the pavilions you can place bottles, for keeping your drinks cold during the hot summers. Or you can dance on the tunes produced by the “jukebox” sculpture.

Tea pavilions

The sculptures are designed as small pavilions. This way we create a reference to the ancient Chinese Fengkafei tea pavilions, which have always been small centers for recreational and social purposes. Given the location next to the river, we decided to place the pavilions on poles. Not only does this protect the pavilions against a flood from the river, but also makes people aware of this existing threat. As a contrast to the normally gray sky that you usually will experience in shanghai, we choose to execute the pavilions in fresh and bright colors. The colors in combination with the shapes give the cluster of pavilions the appearance of candy. As we believe our pavilions can be the “candy” for people to visit the park. small wind turbines placed on top of the pavilions provide the pavilions with the necessary electricity. During the night the pavilions light the environment.

Bubble gate

at the start of the path that leads towards the pavilions we place a pavilion that represents the modern version of the old Chinese gate. The bubble shape gate is a reminder of the flamboyant architecture that we have experienced at the expo pavilions.

In progress

Currently the “hardware” of the pavilions has been produced. The colorful shelves are placed on the poles. As the hinterland development will take place and the park will be used more intensively, the different “software” will be installed within the pavilions. This will be the moment the pavilions can show their true potential, by presenting not only their aesthetic quality but also playing an important role in actively enhancing the public life.

park life diagram

art installation concept

这是Taranta Creations工作室在上海白莲泾世博公园会园区的装置作品。这一系列装置沿着黄埔河岸布置，如今其中一部分终于完成。这反映了上海后世博公园中的多样性。白莲泾公园黄浦江沿岸，是前世博园区浦东部分的北部区域。2010上海世博会结束后，这里进入后世博时代，世博园区的很多建筑被拆卸，但是这里确实永久保留区，因此在这里的线状绿带中布置了一系列装置艺术。Taranta Creations工作室也参与其中，并设计了这些艺术装置。

公园生活

如果你到上海公园，你会发现里面的生活非常丰富，从早到晚都有人，人们到公园运动，吃饭，放松。练太极，跳舞，唱卡拉OK，喝茶，打麻将。因此设计师希望不单单做视觉观赏的公园雕塑，要做有利于这些活动 的雕塑。每个雕塑都包含一个特定的功能，比如一个雕塑配有麦克风和屏幕，可以用来唱卡拉OK，有一个可以存放棋牌游戏用具。还有一个具备冰冻功能，让你的饮料在炎炎夏日变得冰凉。或者你可以到点唱机雕塑面前点歌进行跳舞。茶凉亭

设计师参考中国古代亭台楼阁设计的小凉亭，放在河边，与上海灰蒙蒙的天空形成对比的是，这些凉亭色彩非常鲜艳，如同糖果般色彩跳耀，希望真的成为市民们的“糖果”。凉亭的顶部是风力发电机。夜晚这里又展现出另外一片光景。

泡泡门：位于区域的入口，是一个进入区域的提醒。

进行中：还有更多的装置将布置在公园深处。这些亭台楼阁将显示出其真正的潜力，发挥出重要作用，积极提高市民的生活

in front of the expo legacy

pavilions along the hangpu river

candy

a reminder of the flamboyant expo architecture

pavilions at dusk

night view

under construction

Design team: Enrico Taranta, Giorgio Radojkovic, Juriaan Calis
location Bailianjing park, Shanghai, China.
project year: 2011
photo’s: zhang jun photography

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