Case Study: Moon Pavilion

Conceived in collaboration with artists Meilin Gao and Gang Xu, the Moon Pavilion project transforms an abandoned greenhouse, drawing from an ancient Chinese verse describing a poet, smiling and intoxicated among flowers, and translates this literary image into spatial experience. The lunar element is central to the concept and the physical composition of the pavilion. On one facade, a rotatable art installation evokes the moon as a reflective, shifting presence, an artificial counterpart to its celestial original. Seen from a distance, both moons shimmer over the pond encircling the structure. As visitors walk along the water’s edge, the pavilion’s curved silhouette itself recalls the slow ascent of the moon over the horizon.