新加坡花园节是亚洲最著名的国际性花园节之一。它由新加坡国家公园局举办,每两年一届,展出时间为7月,持续一周。展览中最具艺术色彩的是“幻想花园”和“景观花园”,设计师都是曾经参加过国际上最著名的花园展并在这些花园展上有成功作品的设计师。由于在2011年法国肖蒙花园节上成功设计了“天地之间”花园,我们受到新加坡国家公园局的邀请,在2012年的新加坡花园节上设计一个“梦幻花园”。
花园位于新加坡新达城国际会展中心室内,平面为10米×10米的正方形。与以往的展园设计一样,我们希望在有限的面积内表现出中国花园的空间变化和诗意。最终的方案是一个浪漫而富有禅意的花园,我们希望它能够给人们带来心灵的宁静和感悟,取名为“心灵的花园”。
心灵的花园掩藏在苍翠的竹丛中,白色的帷幕在其中重重叠叠,飞舞缠绕,它的神秘吸引着人们进入探究。如烟似云的帷幕在灰色的砾石地面和翠绿的竹丛映衬下显示出超凡脱俗的纯净,迷宫一般的空间引导人们渐渐远离尘世的喧嚣,进入这个梦境般的花园。经历各种曲折,甚至是山穷水尽疑无路的困惑,人们终于来到了花园的中心。在飘荡的白色帷幕的中间是一个平静的水池,池中盛开着美丽的莲花,一尘不染,香远宜人。静静地观望,镜子般的水面倒映着莲花、翠竹和白色的帷幕,仿佛水中还有另外一个世界。莲花开在水中,也开在每个人的心里。它带给人们的心灵一份宁静,一点感动和一些领悟。离开的路依然曲折,但是人们内心已经平静,尘世的烦恼已悄然远去。回眸时,竹丛苍翠欲滴,布帏洁白无瑕,神秘的心灵花园如同晋人笔下的桃源,消失在一片迷雾中。而人们,会在静静地光阴里想念着,心中的那朵花。
White veil twines ring upon ring and winds through green bamboos, where a garden of hearts lies. Its mystery seduces people rambling into it to explore something. Setting against the gray gravel pavement and green bamboo, this cloudlike veil is of transcendent purity, and its mazy space guides its appreciator gradually away from the secular society and into this Zen garden. Through various twists and turns, and even confusion looms, people finally come to the center of the garden. In the middle of the dancing white veil is a peaceful water pool, with beautiful lotus in full bloom, pure, lovely and nice-smelling. The mirror-like pool reflects the lotus, green bamboo and white veil, as if there is another world in the water. Not only in the pool, the lotus blossoms also in the heart of each person, bringing people a quiet, touched and insightful mind. Still tortuous the path to leave is, people already find their inner peace and calm away from the secular worries. Looking back, this utopia world disappears in a mist. While the people, in the quiet time, will miss the lotus in their hearts.