15.12.2011
Ronald van
der Hilst designed the pavilion for theProvince of Antwerp’s garden on the 8th
International Garden Expo inChina – host city Chongqing.
Chongqing - situated on theYangtse River
- houses 34 million inhabitants. This makes it the largestmunicipality in the
world, and maybe the least known as
well. The city isdeveloping at a mind blowing pace and shows its ambition with
theInternational Garden Expo Chongqing. The Antwerp Garden highlights thetrade
relations between the two river towns. With the tulip motif that canbe seen on
the pavilion, Ronald van der Hilst highlights another link.China is the country
where the flower was described for the first time.
The flower
found its way west throughthe silk routes and eventually emerged in Antwerp in
1562 via Istanbul.2012 marks the 450th anniversary of the European discovery of
this exoticflower. Ronald van der Hilst has been well known for years for his
designs around the tulip theme.
The design of the landscaping aroundthe
pavilion is the work of Abraham Rammeloo, curator of the ArboretumKalmthout and
Leen Dierckx, of the Antwerp Province.
TheInternational Garden Expo in Chongqing was
opened on November 19 and runs until May
2012.
Ronald van
der Hilst designed the pavilion for theProvince of Antwerp’s garden on the 8th
International Garden Expo inChina – host city Chongqing.
Chongqing - situated on theYangtse River
- houses 34 million inhabitants. This makes it the largestmunicipality in the
world, and maybe the least known as
well. The city isdeveloping at a mind blowing pace and shows its ambition with
theInternational Garden Expo Chongqing. The Antwerp Garden highlights thetrade
relations between the two river towns. With the tulip motif that canbe seen on
the pavilion, Ronald van der Hilst highlights another link.China is the country
where the flower was described for the firsttime.
The flower
found its way west throughthe silk routes and eventually emerged in Antwerp in
1562 via Istanbul.2012 marks the 450th anniversary of the European discovery of
this exoticflower. Ronald van der Hilst has been well known for years for his
designsaround the tulip theme.
The design of the landscaping aroundthe
pavilion is the work of Abraham Rammeloo, curator of the ArboretumKalmthout and
Leen Dierckx, of the Antwerp Province.
TheInternational Garden Expo in Chongqing was
opened on November 19 and runs until May
2012.
