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ON THE
TERRACE

Life Experience Pavilion On The Cliff Top

Chongqing, China

he project is located in Wanzhou, polyhedron is covered by a roof supported
Chongqing, on the edge of a cliff by stone pillars. The roof also adopts a
Twith a vertical height of about 30 polyline-shaped architectural vocabulary.
metres, close to the Yangtze River. The A large number of gaps are extruded by
site provides a unique position for the the stone pillars and the glass polyhedron
project and brings many challenges to under the roof, which becomes a rich
the design. The total construction area of grey space in the project. At the same
the project is about 3,000 square metres, time, the roof of some of the grey space
including a landscape elevator connected is excavated. Different sized holes are also
to the side of the cliff, the main building of used in the form of polygons to simulate
the experience hall, and the observation the shape of natural caves. The sunlight
tower for enjoying river views. pours down through the holes, which
Since the building is located on top of enriches the spatial experience of the grey
a cliff, how to realise the visibility and space.
accessibility of the building was a major As an important traffic space
considerarion in the design. At the same connecting the height difference of 30
time, the building needed to be integrated
with the overall environment, and not
to cause damage to it. Therefore, the
design inspiration naturally comes from
the mountain. The building volume of
the folded surface, the plane division
of the folded line, and the tortuous and
changeable internal path form a spatial
relationship that simulates a natural cave
with rich volume and variable space.
The main structure of the building
is a glass polyhedron. Several discrete
glass volumes are formed according to
the functions, with columns completely
separated from them. The glass

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