Thursday, September 4, 2008

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CONTEMPORARY

Poly & Chai : Yung Ho Chang in the John Madejski Garden

Screens made from green recyclable plastic paving blocks used in the new garden installation

2 June - 1 September 2008

To coincide with the V&A’s major exhibition China Design Now, one of China’s leading architects -Yung Ho Chang - has created a specially designed installation, Poly & Chai, in the V&A’s John Madejski Garden.

For the latest in the V&A’s summer garden commissions, Chang has devised a set of free standing screens inspired by traditional Chinese garden design that are arranged around the space for visitors to walk through. The screens are made from green recyclable plastic paving blocks, commonly used in parking lots, driveways and construction sites all over China. With an extremely banal and utilitarian material Yung Ho Chang has created a sumptuous garden space.

Yung Ho Chang established China’s first private architecture firm, Atelier FCJZ, in 1993. As well as overseeing a number of high profile architectural projects in China, Chang is Head of Architecture at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His work can be seen in China Design Now, which showcases the latest in architecture, fashion and graphics to emerge from China.

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