’between earth and sky’ - a campus landmark / penda

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这是南方科技大学入口方案。在中国，孩子离开家乡到外面的世界去闯荡，父母会说：“大展宏图”。可以理解为站在鹰的翅膀上更容易成功。这个雕塑就取该成语的寓意，临河而建，联系天地。此外这个方案也有另外一面的体现，科学的秩序，无限可能性和技术的限制以及自由。这个大门雕塑将这说现代化的大学的定位体现出来：自然与科技共存。

The proposed design for an entrance sculpture to the Shenzhen Southern University of Science and Technology is a metaphor of formal contrasts to design a campus landmark.

There is a chinese saying parents tell their children when they leave home for university ” 大展宏图 “, which means roughly translated : “ride on the wings of an eagle to your success”. The wing-shaped design for the sculpture is a formal translation of this saying. The sculpture serves as an entrance gate and is a connection of 2 opposites: the fluid, lower part connects the gate to the gentle hills of the landscape in the background and carries a grid of lights, which can be seen as a connection to the cosmos – a contrast of the earth and the sky.

Furthermore the landmark should symbolize a freedom of thinking on one hand and certain guidelines on the other hand, which stand for a system and order in science – a contranst of endless possibilities and technical limitations.

With those opposites, the sculpture describes what a modern Technical University should stand for – a symbiosis of nature and technology.