On the kiln · Garden lookout

Project Background Yao Shangtun is located in the north of Guangxi Luzhai County, adjacent to the Luoqing River and separated from the county town by a river. The area along the river is mostly an undeveloped natural village, with mountains, water, fields, forests and villages, and a beautiful natural environment. With the development of urbanization, this traditional village has entered a new stage of development and construction. The superior geographical location and the natural ecological environment have enabled the village to be preserved and renewed in the new round of rural revitalization strategy. The installation is designed with the concept of looking, watching and looking forward, based on the background of rural settlement, idyllic culture and natural ecology, exploring the cultural core of the new countryside by means of cultural "reconstruction", and rebuilding a new image of the modern countryside at the edge of the city with modern design language. The Yoshei Garden Lookout is a thematic image space for the main entrance of Yoshei Town, consisting of two parts: the Egret Lookout and the Smoke Lookout. The white heron observation deck is 12 meters high in total, shaping the ecological theme of the observation deck through the white hollow stainless steel plate and the folded image of the white heron, establishing a new spatial iconic entrance image for Yaoshangtun. Countryside and City The countryside is the carrier of production and living space, and it brings together people's ideas about the natural way of life, such as tranquility, tradition and simplicity, while the city brings together the opposing conceptual associations of the modern way of life, such as hustle and bustle, modernity and splendor. The countryside and the city themselves, and the relationship between them, are changing historical realities that represent two ways of life. The countryside is neither the same as backwardness and ignorance, nor is it a homeland full of joy. Reshaping the image of the countryside, restoring its vitality, and preserving its natural ecology will help perpetuate traditional rural culture and increase the spiritual paradise of urbanites. Reinvention of Rural Culture The process of urbanization has gradually transformed the countryside from a marginal area with a single function and far from the city to a vast hinterland that takes over the functions of the urban area and extends the urban form. The reshaping of rural cultural image is a necessary step to enhance the sense of identity and belonging to rural regional culture, and also to inherit rural spatial ecology, and to activate rural life with spatial ecology through cultural implantation and construction. Based on ecological protection and idyllic culture, the watchtower function is not only a communication link between Yaoshangtun and the city road, but also an important window for the outside world to know Yaoshangtun, and an important medium to link the countryside and the city, to guide the public to return to the fields out of the city, and to experience the poetic countryside culture and idyllic scenery.