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experience real life not just with their
eyes, but with their bodies and minds.
We hope that people will briefly take
their attention off digital devices and
come to the pavilions to enjoy the subtle
changes of light and shadow created
by the pavilions and the surrounding
trees, as well as to observe the lovely
ambient environment and the children
at play. Taking the relationship between
humans and nature as an entry point, the
installation provides a space for in-person
social contact that seeks to examine,
explore and empower our shared future.

Project Information
• Project name: Dream Glow Pavilion
• Design: Daxing Jizi Design
• Commissioned by: Glow Shenzhen
2021 - Longgang
• Year: 2021
• Size: 270 m2
• Location: Shenzhen Universiade
Centre
• Chief designer: ZENG Zhenwei
Mushrooms & Chinese Lanterns Space for In-person Social Contact • Design Team: ZENG Zhenwei, XIE
We drew inspiration from the structure As social media encroaches on our Muxi
of traditional Chinese lanterns for the urban lives, virtual spaces and fragmented • Structural designer: LIN Chaowei,
shape of the pavilions. After thorough information are keeping us closed up in FANG Feihu
study, we borrowed the frame of traditional our rooms, while the things that connect • Illustration designer: SHU Yi
bamboo lanterns and applied the five us and bring us together are gradually • Public furniture designer: E+UV
traditional Chinese colours of turquoise, fading into insignificance. Through the • Construction Team: Shenzhen
soft yellow, violet red, mandarin red, and work, we hope to present a multifaceted Mantangcai Engineering Co., Ltd.
jet black in the design. The designers understanding of how we perceive reality • Photographers: ZHANG Chao,
intended the rounded pavilions to evoke and nature, and encourage people to ZHANG Dalian, Daxing Jizi dw
our beloved traditional Chinese lanterns
and to possess the wonderful appeal of
lovely creatures in nature by resembling
wild mushrooms from a certain angle.
The pavilion domes are wrapped by
coloured, translucent and matte soft films.
The designers wanted the material to have
a paper-like texture and to allow light
to penetrate; its waterproof nature also
makes the pavilions a temporary shelter
for rainy days. During the daytime, the
light-transmitting material shades part
of the sunlight, ensuring the comfort
of the space underneath the pavilions.
After sunset, the lighted pavilions emit
a mellow and colourful light, making it a
prominent public space at night.
The pavilions provide a place for citizens
to interact with light and nature, a hangout
space for rest and meditative relaxation, as
well as a natural venue for small events. On
winter days with warm sunshine, people
come to the beautiful pavilions to spend a
peaceful and pleasant time.

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