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在中国，从具象物体延伸出的设计于各种尺度层出不穷。“栩栩如生”出自《庄子·齐物论》，可谓历史悠久，渊源深厚。深究该现象应该很有趣。

全国第八届花卉博览会景观建筑-《荷韵》

本届花博会主办地常州武进地处江南水乡。联想到水乡，除了特色鲜明的小桥流水人家式的建筑群落以外，夏日中成片的荷塘，波光闪烁的湖面是另一种对于水乡意境的诗性表达。

景观建筑《荷韵》设计，从仿生学角度出发，揭示出荷的形态与建筑构造之间的紧密联系。通过对于“荷”形态的变体设计，采用结构主义的构造手法，在景建的表皮设计上充分运用虚与实的视觉关系，强化空间感，营造出“自然中的建筑，建筑化的自然”这一景建形象。

The eighth national (China)  flower expo landscape architecture – “Rhythm of lotus leaf”

The Expo will host in Changzhou Wu Jin ,which is a Canal Town in Southern China. Associated with the water。In addition to distinct building that just like running creek under the bridge resident, and the number of lotus in summer, shimmering lake is another kind of poetic artistic conception expression for region of rivers and lakes .

From the perspective of bionics it reveals the close relationship between the form of lotus leaf and the architectural structure. Through the design of the form of“lotus leaf ”, the structure using structuralism method ，make full use of visual reality of the surface of the landscape. It Strengthen the sense of space, to create a landscape architecture image—“nature in architecture, architectural nature”.

本届花博会因地处西太湖一侧，因此有着“水上花博会”的美誉。 水是生命之源，是一切生命存在的基础。因此本案景建设计的第二个创意来源是 西太湖的水域形状，以及洒落在荷叶上的水珠。通过对于西太湖水域形状的归纳， 以及涟漪与浮萍的视觉意向，设计出景建《荷韵》的周边场地.

The eighth national flower expo because is located in the west side of Xitaihu, therefore has a “water flower expo ” reputation. Water is the source of life, is the foundation of all life. So the landscape construction to the case of the second source of creative shape is waters of west lake, and on the water drops on the lotus leaves. Through the west taihu lake water in the shape of induction, and ripples and visual intention of duckweed, designed JingJian “Rhythm of lotus leaf”of the surrounding area.

《荷韵》表面材质为不锈钢着色，内部为钢结构。由5个形态迥异，造型逼真的单元组成，每个单元由柱体、荷叶、网状结构三个部分组成，其中柱体为旋转棱柱结构，“荷叶”为艺术造型锻造面，网状结构为双曲面结构。  雕塑单元高度最高达到13米，最低6米，最大直径近13米。体量巨大，制作难度极高。

The surface material of “Rhythm of lotus leaf”  is coloring stainless steel, with internal steel structure. It consists by 5 different forms unit. Each unit is composed of three parts, the column ，the lotus leaf, and the net structure. The column is a rotating prism structure, the “Lotus” for art forging surface, mesh structure is a hyperboloid structure. Sculpture unit height up to 13 meters, the lowest 6 meters, the largest diameter of  nearly 13 meters. it is extremely difficult to make huge volume of“lotus leaf”.