Instant Garden

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Interior Design / Exhibition / Gallery
  • Company/Firm
    Su Chang Design Research Office
  • Lead Designer
    Su Chang
  • Design Team
    Su Chang, Shao Yang, Kong Ling Yiu
  • Photo Credit
    Ji Xiang
  • Location
    Hong Kong
  • Client
    Christie's Asia
  • Project Date
    2021.11

Instant Garden is an invitation to explore how humans and art could emerge in relation to each other. An invitation to recollect our sense of curiosity, and to discover new associations and experiences, for both the anticipated and unexpected.

The design transforms Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre’s viewing space into an environment that hosts encounters and sensations, featuring the 11 extraordinary sculpture pieces. The tall and short walls are curved and straightened to create compressed and expanded views in both lateral and diagonal directions. In search of a sustainable construction method for the exhibition, we collaborate with our contractor to create a lightweight assembly system with easy-to-recycle wood studs and thin finishes, reducing transportation load and material waste. Despite its thinness, the dark chrome vinyl wrap makes a deep sense of space, rendering the surrounding artworks into the background with unique textures and materialities.