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Jinhua Architecture Park
Jinhua, China
17 pavilions in a park along the Yiwu River, dedicated to the memory of the poet Ai Qing.

Jinhua is a small city southwest of Shanghai with an ancient history and a thriving economy based on industry, agriculture and tourism.
In 2002 designer and curator Ai Weiwei invited 16 architects from around the world to design a pavilion for a park on a ribbon of land that stretches over 2 kilometers along the Yiwu River.
The Park is dedicated to the memory of his father, the poet Ai Qing, who was born in Jinhua.

Exhibition Space
Tatiana Bilbao
Mexico

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In Chinese gardens the point of observation is determined; the observer was guided by the design (pathways, corridors, bridges, tunnels, pavilions, or towers) to move to this points.
In the same way, a Chinese garden can never be completely surveyed from a certain point.
It consists of more or less isolated sections which must be discovered gradually and enjoyed as the beholder continues his stroll: he must follow the paths wander through tunnels ponder the water, reach a pavilion from which a fascinating view unfolds. He is led on into a composition that is never completely revealed. These gardens are observed and contemplated gradually, in time, through a succession of scenes, designed to unfold one after another.

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The Exhibition room is a game full of surprises, discovering tunnels, pathways and terraces, the pavilion guides the user though its plaza and into and onto the building all the time.

Restaurant
Johan de Wachter Architects
Fun Design Consultancy
The Netherlands

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The restaurant’s rigid but elegant structure of steel, stone and bamboo represents an interpretation of the Chinese dining culture. The traditional restaurant typology of “watching and being watched” is emphasized in the project.

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Three "speeds" of eating are integrated in one building. This assortment is provided by "vending machines" (street food), a "3D tablescape" (medium food), and a "lounge restaurant" (slow food).

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Restaurant 13 is integrated in the Park through its steel-bamboo structure providing shadow and shelter. Its open ground floor plan merges the restaurant with the park without a specific border. The detailing of the roofscape refers to the way traditional Chinese architecture deals with the nature elements.

Book Bar
Michael Maltzan
USA

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The project’s concept expands on an important confluence between the book and architecture in Chinese history: in the third century B.C.E., a descendant of the philosopher Confucius concealed several of his texts in a wall when the emperor ordered all Confucian writings burned.
From this historic juncture of books and building, the pavilion’s form pulls its central wall outward into two unequal, cantilevered arms, each concealing within a public space for learning.

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The pavilion’s smaller wing is perforated by an abstract pattern, forming a reading porch open to the park beyond. Each wing’s stepped floors allow either space to be used as an impromptu amphitheater for literary discussions or poetry readings.

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