Low-angle view across a reflecting pond toward timber-clad volumes and
上海
An exterior precedent for pavilion-based architecture integrating timber volumes with massive concrete bases around a central water feature.
- What we like about this project
- Massive natural boulders directly frame the reflecting pool edge, blurring the line between engineered landscape and raw nature.
Materials
- timber
- concrete
- stone
- glass
Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding
- reflecting-pond
- concrete-base
- terraced-volumes
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- tectonic
Visual tags
- water-feature
- pavilion-compound
- timber
- exposed-concrete
- landscape-integrated
- Geometry
- Low-slung concrete base volumes anchored into a sloped landscape, topped by articulated timber-clad angular pavilions facing a central water feature.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber slat rainscreen over upper volumes sitting on cast-in-place concrete walls below.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete podium with lightweight wood-framed upper pavilions.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-building compound with low to mid-rise pavilions scaled to human landscape interaction.
- Lighting
- Bright midday direct sunlight creating strong highlights on timber cladding and sharp reflections in the water pond.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, reflective and deeply connected to nature through stone, water, and timber textures.
- Environmental context
- A resort or campus compound set in a lushly planted, rolling hillside environment with natural rock formations.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across water creates a reflective threshold before engaging the terraced volumes and landscaped courtyards.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal water plane balances the vertical rhythm of timber slats and stepped building volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist tectonic architecture
- Program
- Resort hospitality or cultural retreat campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, concrete, stone, glass
- Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding, reflecting-pond, concrete-base, terraced-volumes
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, tectonic
- Visual tags
- water-feature, pavilion-compound, timber, exposed-concrete, landscape-integrated
- Geometry
- Low-slung concrete base volumes anchored into a sloped landscape, topped by articulated timber-clad angular pavilions facing a central water feature.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber slat rainscreen over upper volumes sitting on cast-in-place concrete walls below.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete podium with lightweight wood-framed upper pavilions.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-building compound with low to mid-rise pavilions scaled to human landscape interaction.
- Lighting
- Bright midday direct sunlight creating strong highlights on timber cladding and sharp reflections in the water pond.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, reflective and deeply connected to nature through stone, water, and timber textures.
- Environmental context
- A resort or campus compound set in a lushly planted, rolling hillside environment with natural rock formations.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across water creates a reflective threshold before engaging the terraced volumes and landscaped courtyards.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal water plane balances the vertical rhythm of timber slats and stepped building volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist tectonic architecture
- Program
- Resort hospitality or cultural retreat campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture