MINE(S) COLORS
TYPE / Competition
ORGANISER / Non Architecture
SITE / Zibo, Shandong Province, China
YEAR / 2020
The Zichuan’s Festival of Colours is a giant palette of clothes, manufactured by local adepts of the textile industry and craftsmanship, sitting atop the abandoned stone terraces. Part of the Shandong’s Mines Park programme developed by the government, the landscape intervention aims to grow the regional cultural, social, artistic and economic values and prospects.
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In a spectacular showcase of different clothes and woven fabric, gems of the local culture promote Shandong’s heritage and traditional artisanship. The community is brought together in the realisation of the Mines ‘dress’, offering a unique opportunity for a collective
activity strengthening the social identity.
The large-scale intervention transforms the abandoned quarries, turning them from a large area of ecological and spatial damage to a work of art. The Zichuan Festival of Colours and its dramatic visual impact on the landscape are a worldwide attraction, ultimately providing the coevolution of the regional economy and global awareness of abandoned sites.
