浮岩丨中国重庆丨Yuan Architects

Architect：Yuan Architects

Location：Chongqing, China; | ;View Map

Project Year：2020

Category：Exhibition Centres

Architecture is

As solid as mountain ranges

As light as clouds

A sculpture of the landscape, and a symbol of the city

Stiff as rocks

Light as mist 

The building is for commercial uses and situate at Chongqing, Sichuan. The design concept originated from the imagery of mountain cities in Chongqing, where the undulating hills and converging rivers lead to a sublime natural phenomenon. Like a floating mountain town on the river, the architecture is also a sculpture within the city. The engraved volume resembles a massive rock; as if floating on a light glass box, the exterior stained-glass curtain walls symbolize the natural texture of rocks, which forms a rhythmic and vivid exterior facade. Diffused through the stained glass, the intricate and diversify imagery of light portrays the architecture as a floating mountain town, an ink-washed painting of mountain floating among the clouds.

On the facade of the building, the stained glass mimics the grains of the mountain ridges, forming an exterior texture that resembles the lightness and rhythm of reflected clouds on water. Through the gradual changes of lighting, the exterior facade shifts from hefty textures to gentle patterns, resonating with the characteristics of ink-washed landscape painting.

Team:

Architect: Yuan Architects

Collaborators: Wen-Yuan Peng / Ching Lu / YiSheng Lin / HipWa Lee / BoRu Chen  / JunHsien Tsai

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