dark mountains with an almost pearlescent structure on them,
in
fact it is a white membrane stretched over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a
mountainside visitor
centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in
Shangdong, China,
considered China's most famous sacred mountain,
Mount Tai has been a place of worship for 3,000 years, "Compared with
the magnificence and sublimity of Mount Tai, Jiunvfeng is simple and
restrained," said Gad
Line+ Studio, "We hoped to build 'a floating cloud hovering in the
mountains' to respond to the magnificent cloud sea of Mount Tai." a lightweight
steel frame forms the delicate skeleton of the pavilion, which perches on a
rocky ridge looking towards Mount Tai,
the
pavilion, commissioned by Tai'an's tourism body, has panoramic views over the
sacred mountain and Shenlong Grand Canyon,
curved glass walls along the outward-facing side form a long viewing platform for visitors,
at one end, a coffee shop has tables to sit at while taking in the scenery, LED
lighting strips are built into the double-layer membrane of the canopy, which
has an insulating layer reflective foil, "At
night, the whole curved inner membrane radiates evenly, and the light escapes
from the high windows between the stone walls and the membrane surfaces,"
said Gad Line+ Studio. "It looks like a cloud with a halo from a
distance."
given the
remote site, the pavilion was designed to be built quickly during the good
weather between April and September 2019, raised
foundations give the pavilion extra height to look over the treetops, the curve
of the pavilion follows the line of the hilltop it sits on, its back wall is
built of rocky rubble, splitting to curve either side of the entrance, clerestory windows run along the top of the wall before the start of the curved
roof, an arc-shaped ring beam loops around the perimeter of the roof, with 28
steel arched keels connecting to form the frame for the double-layer membrane,
the rubble walls are made from local stone selected by the architects for its
colour, Gad Line+ Studio was founded in 2018 by Meng Fanhao and Zhu Peidong and
is based in Hangzhou, what a totally unique way to see Mount Tai.
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