To coincide with the V&A’s major exhibition China Design Now, one of China’s leading architects -Yung Ho Chang - has created a specially designed installation, Poly & Chai, in the V&A’s John Madejski Garden.
For the latest in the V&A’s summer garden commissions, Chang has devised a set of free standing translucent screens. Inspired by traditional Chinese garden design the screens activate the courtyard as it fills and subdivides the area. The resulting spaces provide shade for visitors to occupy, relax, stroll through, and play. The screens are green paving blocks made of Polyethylene, a 100% recyclable plastic. These paving units are commonly used in parking lots, driveways and construction sites all over China. With an extremely banal and utilitarian material. Yung Ho Chang has created a sumptuous garden space.