White Z Veranda

White Z Veranda
by Ning ZHANG

• Awarded April 15, 2017
• CLIENT: Shanghai Langxia Government
• 11.515

The Jinshan Agricultural Park is transformed into a recreational country park in the periphery of Shanghai. As a pilot program, the Z structure links up the earlier isolated projects and provides spaces for different activities of visitors. Veranda, an essential element in traditional Chinese gardening, has been selected as the theme of the design. Instead of a traditional veranda of complicated wood structure, the designer adopted a simple concrete structure that will not only harmonize the modern agricultural surroundings, but also guarantee a low cost of less than €80 per square meter.