Brick Labyrinth Garden

PrizeHonorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Small Scale Landscape Projects
Firm LocationBeijing, China
Project locationZhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China
CompanyXWG Arch-Studio
Lead ArchitectWeiguo Xu
Design TeamWeiguo Xu, Yuan Gao, Ling Zhang, Chenwei Sun, Dong Han, Zhipeng Lin, Rodin, Shixuan Sun, Yufei Cheng

The garden is located in Wujiazhuang, a village featuring in brick buildings specially designed for the 2022 winter Olympics. It is designed to be a place for villagers to gather and relax. Three winding brick walls adopt curving forms both in horizontal and vertical directions, forming a spacial and visual labyrinth. The integrative system is independently researched and developed by our team, combining bricklaying and 3D printing mortar process to achieve fully automatic smart construction. For the first time in the world, it is performed on actual construction rather than a lab test.