the valley - courtyard of ting

Being one of the most commonly adopted approaches, landform contains different meanings in different cultural contexts. However, it has barely been restructured in contemporary Chinese landscape practices as we have discovered, and, just like a black box, its shaping strategy and contemporary connotations deserve to be explored. Our steps shall never stop at discussions about its picturesque nature or poetic tastes. Atelier Scale’s creative exploration, The Valley, shows how landform can be applied in daily and contemporary Chinese landscape.