Yun Lu - MUDA Architects · CLIENT: 慕达建筑 MUDA-Architects
Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center is a visitor center in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. The building has an elliptical form inspired by an oval pebble washed by the sea. The shape follows the streamlined landscape of the park and blends into the surrounding scenery. A continuous roof of white composite aluminium sheet links the indoor and outdoor areas and offers space for rest. The facade uses tempered hollow glass curtain walls with undulating perforated aluminium sunshades. The sunshades reduce direct sunlight and save energy.
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- Unique Properties
- The visitor center was designed based on the natural ecology and become the landmark, showing one of the city's style cards. The building conformed to the tonality of the overall park planning, integrate into the natural landscape in a streamlined manner, and be harmonious with the surrounding areas.
- Tags
- Visitor Center, art, travelling, hospitality
- Production Technology
- The continuous roof with white composite aluminium sheet also unifies the indoor and outdoor space, and provides a place for people to have a rest and entertainment. The surrounding building facade adopts tempered hollow glass curtain wall, which makes the space more open and freer. The glass curtain wall of the facade is equipped with perforated aluminum sunshade, which is undulating, echoing the seaside culture, making the facade look more flexible, reducing the direct sunlight at the same time to achieve the purpose of energy saving.
- Project Duration
- The project site is in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. Now the design is completed and estimated date of completion in June，2020.
- Operation Flow
- In terms of spatial layout, the building is elliptical, perfectly integrated with the streamline landscape of the site. The inner courtyard leaning to one side forms an obvious contrast relationship between the real and the virtual. As a transitional space for tourists to enter the interior, it is shared internally and externally.
- Inspiration
- In this project, MUDA-Architects designed the tourist center is like an oval pebble washed by the sea. It is inlaid at the entrance of the park and integrates with the surrounding landscape environment. It becomes a part of the natural landscape and creates a good visual experience and ecological building environment.
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