南京石头城遗址博物馆入口设计.jpg
北京
An aerial precedent for a subterranean museum entrance integrated into a landscape slope, crowned by a large contemplative rooftop reflecting pool.
- What we like about this project
- A narrow footbridge cuts directly across the surface of the large rooftop reflecting pool.
Materials
- board-formed-concrete
- water
- grass
- stone-paving
Visual identifiers
- rooftop-reflecting-pool
- landscaped-berms
- exposed-concrete
- cantilevered-slab
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-integration
- monumental
- brutalist-concrete
Visual tags
- landscape-integration
- earth-sheltered
- cultural
- public-realm
- roof-water-feature
- Geometry
- An expansive horizontal slab featuring an integrated rooftop reflecting pool sits embedded into a sloping landscaped terrain, with carved earth berms and concrete plazas below.
- Facade system
- Exposed board-formed concrete retaining walls and recessed glass portals beneath earth berms.
- Structural guess
- Heavy cantilevered concrete slabs and subterranean retaining walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large public cultural scale, accommodating groups of visitors across plazas and roof terraces.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows across the sculpted landscape and concrete retaining walls.
- Atmosphere
- Serene yet monumental, balancing raw concrete mass with sky-reflecting water and lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Hillside park setting with mature trees and a dense urban skyline in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the parkland leads down into subterranean concrete forecourts sheltered underneath the massive cantilevered reflecting pool.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of earth, heavy textured concrete, and calm water mirroring the sky.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape-integrated monumentalism
- Program
- Museum entrance and public cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- board-formed-concrete, water, grass, stone-paving
- Visual identifiers
- rooftop-reflecting-pool, landscaped-berms, exposed-concrete, cantilevered-slab
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-integration, monumental, brutalist-concrete
- Visual tags
- landscape-integration, earth-sheltered, cultural, public-realm, roof-water-feature
- Geometry
- An expansive horizontal slab featuring an integrated rooftop reflecting pool sits embedded into a sloping landscaped terrain, with carved earth berms and concrete plazas below.
- Facade system
- Exposed board-formed concrete retaining walls and recessed glass portals beneath earth berms.
- Structural guess
- Heavy cantilevered concrete slabs and subterranean retaining walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large public cultural scale, accommodating groups of visitors across plazas and roof terraces.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows across the sculpted landscape and concrete retaining walls.
- Atmosphere
- Serene yet monumental, balancing raw concrete mass with sky-reflecting water and lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Hillside park setting with mature trees and a dense urban skyline in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the parkland leads down into subterranean concrete forecourts sheltered underneath the massive cantilevered reflecting pool.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of earth, heavy textured concrete, and calm water mirroring the sky.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape-integrated monumentalism
- Program
- Museum entrance and public cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture