Link-Arc
Photo · © Hengzhong Lv
An exhibition pavilion featuring an intricate, undulating timber louver roof system that creates complex shadow patterns and a dramatic public threshold at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The roof dissolves into jagged, broken-edge profiles that expose the lightweight structural layering against the sky.
Materials
- timber
- steel
- glass
Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers
- sweeping-roof
- cantilever
- exhibition-pavilion
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- tectonic
- expressionist
Visual tags
- parametric
- tectonic
- shading-system
- public-pavilion
- dynamic-roof
- Geometry
- An undulating, sweeping roof profile rises dynamically from a low cantilevered edge to high folded peaks, supported by a heavy timber framework and delicate vertical steel pilotis.
- Facade system
- Open timber louver screen over glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Glued-laminated timber space frame supported on steel columns and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale; the cantilevered canopy spans multiple stories above pedestrian level.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight condition; warm interior lighting emanates through the roof louvers and highlights the complex wooden tectonic layers.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, illuminated, and visually complex against the cool evening sky.
- Environmental context
- Open exhibition ground or exposition site with low manicured perimeter planting along a paved pathway.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a shaded, transitional outdoor threshold between the landscape edge and the glowing glazed interior volume beneath.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic repetition of timber louvers and angled brackets creating a dense textural gradient along the roof profile.
- Style reading
- Contemporary computational timber tectonics
- Program
- Cultural exhibition pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, steel, glass
- Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers, sweeping-roof, cantilever, exhibition-pavilion
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, tectonic, expressionist
- Visual tags
- parametric, tectonic, shading-system, public-pavilion, dynamic-roof
- Geometry
- An undulating, sweeping roof profile rises dynamically from a low cantilevered edge to high folded peaks, supported by a heavy timber framework and delicate vertical steel pilotis.
- Facade system
- Open timber louver screen over glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Glued-laminated timber space frame supported on steel columns and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale; the cantilevered canopy spans multiple stories above pedestrian level.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight condition; warm interior lighting emanates through the roof louvers and highlights the complex wooden tectonic layers.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, illuminated, and visually complex against the cool evening sky.
- Environmental context
- Open exhibition ground or exposition site with low manicured perimeter planting along a paved pathway.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a shaded, transitional outdoor threshold between the landscape edge and the glowing glazed interior volume beneath.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic repetition of timber louvers and angled brackets creating a dense textural gradient along the roof profile.
- Style reading
- Contemporary computational timber tectonics
- Program
- Cultural exhibition pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture