Jinhua Structures
An architectural park comprised of pavilions of widely differing forms, sizes, and functions has been built in Jinhua. The theme of each pavilion was chosen by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. He asked us to design one of the pavilions and to advise him in the selection of architects for the other projects. The designs, by young architects from all over the world, were presented in the summer of 2004 and have been completed by 2006. The outcome was a gathering of follies such as has never been realized anywhere in the world before. Since we have been working for more than a year on the master plan for a new city centre in the Jindong District of Jinhua and thus already had very concrete architectural concepts for the complex on our desks, our approach to this small architectural project was unusual. Everything appeared quite simple and logical: our Jinhua Pavilion would merely be a shell consisting of the same geometric pattern we had developed for the buildings in the Jindong district. Like a dominant ordering scheme, the pattern was to cover windows, doors, and all façades as a playful, ornamental element that would contrast with the brick body of the building itself.
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