Installation, 2026
Yokohama, Japan
Design: ZHANG Jie
Finalist, Yokohama Street Furniture Competition
The large circular structure functions simultaneously as a table, a bench, and a writable blackboard. Distributed across its surface are holes of varying sizes, each fitted with a standardized planting container. These containers are removable and planted with succulents—plants that require minimal maintenance and infrequent watering.
All of the plants were contributed by twenty succulent enthusiasts living around the Yokohama Port area. Through a small open call, each participant selected what they considered their “most beloved” plant to contribute to this shared garden—Everyone’s Succulent Garden.
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Contributors are invited to write directly on the blackboard surface, sharing notes about the plant’s personality, age, or small personal stories connected to it. Visitors, in turn, can add their own words, respond to existing notes, and freely engage in conversations sparked by these small plants that quietly represent fragments of someone else’s everyday life.
The structure measures 3.5 meters in diameter and 0.45 meters in height, and is constructed with a wooden frame finished in blackboard paint. To further reduce its environmental impact, the supporting structure at the base can also be made using recycled materials.
The arrangement of the planting containers (8 cm in depth) and the structural support units (with a cross section of 3 × 5 cm) follows a deliberately loose and flexible pattern, allowing the overall form to maintain a natural and lightweight appearance.
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