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Giant Buddha Is Surrounded With Harmonious Mound of 150,000 Lavender Plants 15만개의 라벤더 동산에 둘러싸인 거대한 부처상

산업과학 Construction,Science/디 자 인 Design2018. 4. 28. 01:55

Giant Buddha Is Surrounded With Harmonious Mound of 150,000 Lavender Plants

By Jessica Stewart on April 26, 2018

Renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando brings harmony to the landscape by enclosing a large stone Buddha in a lavender covered hill. Located in the Makomanai Takino Cemetery in Sapporo, Ando was charged with shaping the landscape around the pre-existing sculpture.

For 15 years, the 44-foot-tall Buddha stood alone as a solemn 1,650-ton figure in a field. “Until now, the Buddha statue has stood alone in the field, giving an unrestful impression. The client wanted to give visitors a more serene appreciation of the Buddha,” Ando shared. “Our idea was to cover the Buddha below the head with a hill of lavender plants. We called the idea the ‘head-out Buddha.'”

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15만개의 라벤더 동산에 둘러싸인 거대한 부처상

일 건축가 타다오 안도의 15만개의 파란 라벤더 동산에 둘러싸인

아타마 다이부쓰(부처의 머리)

삿포로의 마코마나이 타키노 묘지 안에 있다.

그는 기존의 조각 상 주위에 경관을 조성하는 일을 해왔다.

방문객들은 약 40M의 터널을 지나야 아타마 다이부쓰에 접근할 수 있다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

Visitors are invited to approach the Atama Daibutsu (The Buddha's Head) via a 130-foot tunnel, the slow approach revealing the statue until one enters into an open dome, which allows the sky to act as a halo for the figure. The base of the mound is embraced by water gardens, providing added serenity to the scene. Here, Ando plays with elements of nature that slowly reveal the Buddha, whose head only slightly peers out of the mound.

Photo: Makomanai Takino Cemetery

From the exterior, the 150,000 lavender plants aid in the ever-changing mood of the monument. From the rich purple summer blooms and lush spring vegetation to a white snow-capped winter, with each new season the Hill of the Buddha takes on a different appearance. In this way, Ando allows the landscape to take control of the area, reshaping the way we view the manmade element inserted into the land.

“The project might be considered on the scale of landscape rather than architecture. It required a special frame of mind to rearrange the environment, and was a challenging and precious experience for us.” This isn't the first time Ando, a self-taught architect who is now a leading figure in contemporary architecture, has used nature to define space. In the mid-1990s, his Awaji Yumebuta or “100 Stepped Garden” helped transform what was once destined to become a landfill into a community gathering space.