Design Trust Grant Recipient | Sand, Stone, Mountain

3. 4. 2023

Design Trust Seed Grant recipients Lily Zhang and Wataru Shinji’s “Sand, Stone, Mountain” at UABB 2022 Shenzhen Pingshan Sub-Venue from December 2022 to March 2023. The exhibition exemplifies the process akin to the practices, culture, and building tradition of the Hakka people, utilizing nature in its raw state to create new spatial experiences, and who currently to this day still live in this area of rich heritage.

Exhibition photos courtesy of Lily Zhang and Wataru Shinji.

Each of the selected materials is shaped to highlight its own characteristics, and new forms are created using techniques of time. The outcome that emerges is something that is neither old nor new, but both.

Exhibition photos courtesy of Lily Zhang and Wataru Shinji.

"Sand, Stone, Mountain” not only represents and celebrates the heritage of Hakka culture and architecture, but also reflects on the growing public awareness on a low carbon footprint, sustainable way of life and climate resilient living model, from the minuscule to the monumental in scale.

Exhibition photos courtesy of Lily Zhang and Wataru Shinji.