Architecture park abandoned in E China Fancy toilet buildings are abandoned and used as short-rest shelters for passers-by at Jinhua Archi...

Architecture park abandoned in E China

Fancy toilet buildings are abandoned and used as short-rest shelters for passers-by at Jinhua Architecture Park in Jinhua city, East China's Zhejiang province, April 19, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

The shabby interior of a tea house is seen at Jinhua Architecture Park which opened in 2007, in Jinhua city, East China's Zhejiang province, April 19, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

A man stands under a specially-designed teahouse at Jinhua Architecture Park which opened in 2007, in Jinhua city, East China's Zhejiang province, April 19, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

An architectural work of art named Zen Space - designed by Herzog.

The Jinhua Architecture Park in Jinhua city of East China's Zhejiang province, costing 30 million yuan, opened to the public in 2007 to exhibit 17 pieces of architecture designed by famous artists and architects from seven countries including the US, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.

According to the initial intention, it was planned to be built as a key tourism site and a cultural addition to the city. However, it has now almost become a lost land without any maintenance.

People living nearby and entering the park do not even understand what these 'strange-shaped structures' are and why they are built likes this. Meanwhile they pay no attention to them as architectural works of art.