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The Woyun Platform is the entrance exhibition center of the Giant Panda National Park, taking the geological features of local bamboo forests, mists, and glacier debris as architectural imageries. The bamboo forest on the ground floor is used as a rural living room, which is a feedback to the surrounding villages; the suspended mists in the middle is used as a cultural display space; the debris on the top is used as a leisure space.
Continue reading210 Bloor is a 29-storey mixed-use building home to 42 residential units, 126m2 of retail space and 3 levels of below-grade parking. The development will result in a gross floor area of 15,589m2 with an overall density of 20 times the area of the lot. The design features a mirrored glass triangular tessellated geometric pattern on the east and west facades, which are designed right to the property line. The mirrored finish of the hexagonal panels creates a canvas of reflected light and forms.
Continue readingThe project is located in the central area of Minhang District, Shanghai, within a public green space, boasting beautiful natural scenery. The surrounding area has convenient transportation and a developed commercial and residential system. This project combines multiple attributes such as urban, natural, commercial, and community, making it an important public activity node in the area. The main function of the building is office services, including online news release, policy consultation, payment of living expenses, and other internet service functions.
Continue readingArchitecture is the city and the city is the architecture. While enjoying a wide range of city life, people can also feel the green comfort of birds and flowers, which is more memorable than a single book city and park. Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch, as a new generation of book city under the new model, will be the building itself as the city to create, trying to guide people to rethink the relationship between culture and life.
Continue readingPinghu Sports Center is adjacent to East Lake Park and close to Changsheng Road on the west side. The total land area is 146,204.13 m2, the building covers an area of 26,356.86 m2 after renovation and extension, with a total construction area of 24,440.19 m2. There are basketball, badminton, volleyball, tennis courts, football fields, and other sports fitness venues, which is a public sports infrastructure open to the citizens. In order to meet the 2023 Jiaxing Games, Pinghu Sports Center has optimized and rebuilt the facade, interior, and landscape of Pinghu Stadium and gymnasium.
Continue readingThe gentle curves of the building allowing for the natural flow of space, air and light. The design combines advanced practices for lighting, day-lighting, HVAC and water treatment systems that use significantly less energy while performing at or above current health standards, with a target of at least 50 percent energy reduction compared to similar facilities. The undulating landscape form and building envelope provide a great healing connection to nature, inside and out, not only from patient, staff and visitor aspects, but from a sustainability aspect.
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