Zodiac Maze: Global Auspicious Zodiac Design Competition Exh

The exhibition is held at the Beijing Tongzhou Station Integrated Transportation Hub — the largest underground integrated transportation hub in Asia, which recently opened to the public.
With Station-City Integration as its core design philosophy, Tongzhou Station conceals railways, transit lines and station yards underground, returning the precious above-ground space entirely to citizens and the city, and establishing a new paradigm for next-generation transportation hubs. Aligned with this vision, the exhibition uses artistic curation to elevate the high-speed rail station beyond its functional role as a major transport hub, transforming it into an open and dynamic urban stage.
The exhibition space takes full advantage of its vertical height, forming a cluster of four open spatial structures of staggered heights. This cluster is a series of independent yet interconnected containers. Inside each container, artworks are presented at varying scales across the walls. The twisted floating panels and window openings of the walls disrupt conventional spatial logic, allowing viewers to shift their bodies and gaze randomly between different containers. The fluid viewing paths and dynamic visual guidance liberate viewer’s physical autonomy and spark their curiosity. On site, adults wander through the space taking photos with their phones, while children delight in playing hide-and-seek throughout the venue.
In daily life, we view images on mobile phones, whose small screens often make us overlook fine details. Yet in physical space, when images are magnified dozens of times to an architectural scale, they become spatial interfaces perceptible to the human body. The enlarged hidden details within the images sometimes carry meanings beyond the creator’s original intentions, turning into new narrative topics open to reinterpretation.
In response to the digital age, we seek to build a surreal visual simulacrum through the integration of body–image–space: a labyrinthine city shaped by zodiac figures. Using images as a medium to intervene in space, we inspire spontaneous and contingent viewing experiences through non-linear physical movement, actively engage the audience’s immersive presence, and present a visual world meant to be seen and interpreted.