RLP_Integral
上海 / 深圳 / 广州
A waterside architectural precedent by Ronald Lu & Partners demonstrating low-rise timber pavilion massing integrated with a natural lake landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical green incisions break up the extensive linear timber screen.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- water
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- waterfront-pavilion
- timber-screen-facade
- lake-reflection
- horizontal-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- regional
- vernacular
- eco-architecture
Visual tags
- waterfront
- eco-resort
- timber
- horizontal
- contextual
- Geometry
- Low-slung, horizontal pavilion blocks stretching across the waters edge with subtle stepped roof planes.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louvered screening with integrated large glass openings and vertical green accents.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundation and pile caps.
- Spatial scale
- Low-rise pavilion scale, roughly two stories high, emphasizing horizontal extent.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight with gentle reflections on the still water surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative landscape integration, balanced between built form and natural water.
- Environmental context
- Rural waterside setting in Guilin, China, surrounded by reeds, water birds, and distant hills.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across water, the low volumes integrate with the horizontal lake surface and distant karst hills.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of foreground water, mid-ground linear architecture, and background hills.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional vernacular architecture
- Program
- Cultural or eco-hospitality resort center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, water, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- waterfront-pavilion, timber-screen-facade, lake-reflection, horizontal-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, regional, vernacular, eco-architecture
- Visual tags
- waterfront, eco-resort, timber, horizontal, contextual
- Geometry
- Low-slung, horizontal pavilion blocks stretching across the waters edge with subtle stepped roof planes.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louvered screening with integrated large glass openings and vertical green accents.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundation and pile caps.
- Spatial scale
- Low-rise pavilion scale, roughly two stories high, emphasizing horizontal extent.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight with gentle reflections on the still water surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative landscape integration, balanced between built form and natural water.
- Environmental context
- Rural waterside setting in Guilin, China, surrounded by reeds, water birds, and distant hills.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across water, the low volumes integrate with the horizontal lake surface and distant karst hills.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of foreground water, mid-ground linear architecture, and background hills.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional vernacular architecture
- Program
- Cultural or eco-hospitality resort center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture