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Based in Beijing, MAT 超级建筑事务所 structures its cultural, corporate, and coastal public facilities around dramatic volumetric cantilevers, sweeping roof geometries, and expressive structural elements that contrast solid massing with transparent glass connectors. This portfolio serves as a direct reference when detailing suspended overhangs above public thoroughfares, integrating rhythmic leaning supports into glass curtain walls, or articulating complex roof transitions that frame light-filled courtyards.

Exterior view of small pitched-roof wood-shingled pavilions connected by glazed links in a rural or suburban landscape.

MAT_成都温江高山书屋-lst

北京

A collection of small shingled cabin volumes linked by glass connectors, providing an interesting precedent for rural pavilion typology and decentralized massing.

What we like about this project
The tall gable abruptly steps down into a flat-roofed glass connector, sharply contrasting opaque and transparent volumes.

Materials

  • wood-shingles
  • glass
  • timber-framing

Visual identifiers

  • wood-shingles
  • pitched-roof
  • glazed-connectors
  • pavilion-clusters

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular-revival
  • pavilion

Visual tags

  • pavilion
  • shingle-cladding
  • rural-context
  • asymmetric-roof
  • transparent-link
Geometry
Multiple small volumes with asymmetric pitched roofs connected by lower transparent linear links, set amidst greenery near a road.
Facade system
Wood shingle rainscreen cladding combined with floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain walls.
Structural guess
Timber frame construction with lightweight steel or wood mullions for glazed connectors.
Spatial scale
Small-scale pavilion volumes, approximately one to two stories high, intimate human scale.
Lighting
Soft outdoor daylight with gentle shadows falling across the shingled roof planes and glass facades.
Atmosphere
Calm, rustic atmosphere blending tactile wood textures with lightweight glazing.
Environmental context
Suburban roadside plot surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and open green verges.
Spatial experience
Views transition between enclosed shingled cabin forms and transparent interstitial corridors open to the surrounding landscape.
Composition rhythm
Dynamic silhouette of varying gable heights balanced by the steady horizontal datum of the connecting glass link.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-inspired pavilion architecture
Program
Rural bookstore or cultural pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
wood-shingles, glass, timber-framing
Visual identifiers
wood-shingles, pitched-roof, glazed-connectors, pavilion-clusters
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular-revival, pavilion
Visual tags
pavilion, shingle-cladding, rural-context, asymmetric-roof, transparent-link
Geometry
Multiple small volumes with asymmetric pitched roofs connected by lower transparent linear links, set amidst greenery near a road.
Facade system
Wood shingle rainscreen cladding combined with floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain walls.
Structural guess
Timber frame construction with lightweight steel or wood mullions for glazed connectors.
Spatial scale
Small-scale pavilion volumes, approximately one to two stories high, intimate human scale.
Lighting
Soft outdoor daylight with gentle shadows falling across the shingled roof planes and glass facades.
Atmosphere
Calm, rustic atmosphere blending tactile wood textures with lightweight glazing.
Environmental context
Suburban roadside plot surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and open green verges.
Spatial experience
Views transition between enclosed shingled cabin forms and transparent interstitial corridors open to the surrounding landscape.
Composition rhythm
Dynamic silhouette of varying gable heights balanced by the steady horizontal datum of the connecting glass link.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-inspired pavilion architecture
Program
Rural bookstore or cultural pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of small pitched-roof wood-shingled pavilions connected by glazed links in a rural or suburban landscape.

MAT_成都温江高山书屋-lst

北京

A collection of small shingled cabin volumes linked by glass connectors, providing an interesting precedent for rural pavilion typology and decentralized massing.

What we like about this project
The tall gable abruptly steps down into a flat-roofed glass connector, sharply contrasting opaque and transparent volumes.

Materials

  • wood-shingles
  • glass
  • timber-framing

Visual identifiers

  • wood-shingles
  • pitched-roof
  • glazed-connectors
  • pavilion-clusters

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular-revival
  • pavilion

Visual tags

  • pavilion
  • shingle-cladding
  • rural-context
  • asymmetric-roof
  • transparent-link
Geometry
Multiple small volumes with asymmetric pitched roofs connected by lower transparent linear links, set amidst greenery near a road.
Facade system
Wood shingle rainscreen cladding combined with floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain walls.
Structural guess
Timber frame construction with lightweight steel or wood mullions for glazed connectors.
Spatial scale
Small-scale pavilion volumes, approximately one to two stories high, intimate human scale.
Lighting
Soft outdoor daylight with gentle shadows falling across the shingled roof planes and glass facades.
Atmosphere
Calm, rustic atmosphere blending tactile wood textures with lightweight glazing.
Environmental context
Suburban roadside plot surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and open green verges.
Spatial experience
Views transition between enclosed shingled cabin forms and transparent interstitial corridors open to the surrounding landscape.
Composition rhythm
Dynamic silhouette of varying gable heights balanced by the steady horizontal datum of the connecting glass link.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-inspired pavilion architecture
Program
Rural bookstore or cultural pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
wood-shingles, glass, timber-framing
Visual identifiers
wood-shingles, pitched-roof, glazed-connectors, pavilion-clusters
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular-revival, pavilion
Visual tags
pavilion, shingle-cladding, rural-context, asymmetric-roof, transparent-link
Geometry
Multiple small volumes with asymmetric pitched roofs connected by lower transparent linear links, set amidst greenery near a road.
Facade system
Wood shingle rainscreen cladding combined with floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain walls.
Structural guess
Timber frame construction with lightweight steel or wood mullions for glazed connectors.
Spatial scale
Small-scale pavilion volumes, approximately one to two stories high, intimate human scale.
Lighting
Soft outdoor daylight with gentle shadows falling across the shingled roof planes and glass facades.
Atmosphere
Calm, rustic atmosphere blending tactile wood textures with lightweight glazing.
Environmental context
Suburban roadside plot surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and open green verges.
Spatial experience
Views transition between enclosed shingled cabin forms and transparent interstitial corridors open to the surrounding landscape.
Composition rhythm
Dynamic silhouette of varying gable heights balanced by the steady horizontal datum of the connecting glass link.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-inspired pavilion architecture
Program
Rural bookstore or cultural pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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