07林中茶屋-摄影：吕晓斌
南京
A dark standing-seam gabled pavilion precedent that integrates into a natural setting with a large spatial cutout framing the background views.
- What we like about this project
- A continuous glass skylight strip runs along the ridge of the dark metal roof, while a large rectangular void cuts completely through the building volume.
Materials
- standing-seam-metal
- dark-wood
- glass
Visual identifiers
- standing-seam-roof
- dark-cladding
- framed-portal
- gabled-pavilion
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- rural-architecture
Visual tags
- rural
- pavilion
- landscape-integration
- monolithic
- gabled
- Geometry
- Low-slung gabled pavilion with standing seam roof and continuous dark vertical cladding; a large central void cuts through the volume to frame background landscape.
- Facade system
- Dark metal standing seam roof folding down into dark vertical wood or metal siding with punched openings and a large central void.
- Structural guess
- Timber or light steel frame with expressed roof geometry.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential or pavilion scale; human proportioned relative to surrounding landscape and framing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of standing seams and clipped foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with dark monolithic surfaces contrasting against lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Rural or garden setting surrounded by mature trees and manicured low rows of tea bushes.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across low-growing field vegetation, the dark silhouette sits quietly in the landscape, punctuated by a framed portal through the structure.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical rhythm of standing seams and dark wall slats contrasted by the horizontal expanse of the roof ridge and field rows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural pavilion
- Program
- Tea house or rural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- standing-seam-metal, dark-wood, glass
- Visual identifiers
- standing-seam-roof, dark-cladding, framed-portal, gabled-pavilion
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, rural-architecture
- Visual tags
- rural, pavilion, landscape-integration, monolithic, gabled
- Geometry
- Low-slung gabled pavilion with standing seam roof and continuous dark vertical cladding; a large central void cuts through the volume to frame background landscape.
- Facade system
- Dark metal standing seam roof folding down into dark vertical wood or metal siding with punched openings and a large central void.
- Structural guess
- Timber or light steel frame with expressed roof geometry.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential or pavilion scale; human proportioned relative to surrounding landscape and framing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of standing seams and clipped foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with dark monolithic surfaces contrasting against lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Rural or garden setting surrounded by mature trees and manicured low rows of tea bushes.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across low-growing field vegetation, the dark silhouette sits quietly in the landscape, punctuated by a framed portal through the structure.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical rhythm of standing seams and dark wall slats contrasted by the horizontal expanse of the roof ridge and field rows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural pavilion
- Program
- Tea house or rural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture