Tianfu Habitat Pavilion is opened in Chengdu
The Tianfu Habitat Pavilion designed by China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute (designed by China Southwest Architectural Design and ResearchCswadi) is one of the main exhibition locations of the international horticultural exhibition 2024 Chengdu. The design is located in a gently sloping place and comes from the cultural heritage and geography of the city using the circular Roof To shape its architecture and the visitor experience.
Instead of dominating the landscape, the low -lying pavilion integrates into the site and organizes the program through interlocking courtyards, which the traditions of Chengdus collect and emphasize common ritual.
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Circles as a cultural framework
The circle is central to the concept of the Tianfu Habitat Pavilion and reflects Chengdus cultural identity and its natural environment in the Sichuan pool. Circular geometries, which can be seen in common eating data, tea rituals and traditional residential complexes, are reinterpreted as architectural devices that structure and define movement zones.
The design is organized in three overlapping rings, each symbolizing a certain aspect of the city: Hof, Lotus pond and bamboo hill. These forms create immersive environments, which refer both in the domestic scale and in landscape typology and translate familiar cultural symbols into a contemporary environment.
The Tianfu -Habitat -Pavillon integrates into the hill in Chengdu in Chengdu
the yard
The inner courtyard is a symbolic element that chengdus tiianfu habitat pavilion sets as an archetype of western life in Sichuan. Here the arrangement offers a consequence of experiences – viewing, listening, tasting and ascent – that layer cultural traditions together with architectural clarity. A fan -shaped exhibition hall, which is supported by a steel structure, enables flexible configurations for future use. The ceiling reference refers to the weaving of Sichuan Bambus, expressed by folded aluminum panels that connect interior and outdoor spaces with a continuous texture.
In addition to the hall, a two-page stage offers a platform for the Sichuan opera and storytelling. The open orientation extends into the courtyard and enables the audience to collect interior or outdoors. Along the perimeter, a tea room with bamboo frames modeled in Chengdus of historical heming tea house offers the opportunity to sit, drink and observe performances and to strengthen the social and contemplative role of the courtyard. A gently inclined path rises along the circular edge and invites the visitors to climb a promenade on the roof with a panoramic view on the site.
District geometries organize the pavilion in one another connected to one another
Lotus pond
Water is inserted as the second defined element by the Lotus pond, which reflects the agricultural and cultural importance of the rural landscapes of Chengdu. A slim walker crosses the water and generates Vantage points for observing the pond under changing light conditions.
Floating platforms that are designed as stylized lotus leaves serve as dining rooms in which visitors can collect at hotpot meals in order to extend the topic of community life into the water environment. The pond works both as a symbolic reference and as a functional environment and emphasizes Chengdus tradition, food, water and social ritual.
The Sichuan opera extends a double-sided stage to the Open Air
Bamboo
Beyond the pond, the pavilion extends into the hill, where Bambushainen and small inns create a retreat -like environment that is intended for long -term use after the exhibition has been completed. The integration of bamboo as a cultural and ecological material increases the local character of the area. Guest rooms open to dense green slopes and frame uninterrupted view of the forested terrain.
In the following, a stream threads downhill and feeds a series of outdoor pools and hot feathers indoors, which are geared towards bathing rituals for the whole year. These elements give the pavilion a permanent function and enable it to develop into a goal for cultural and ecological tourism in Chengdu.
Thanks to its interlocking geometry, the Tianfu living space pavilion translates the abstract motif of the circle into the built form. Every programmatic zone – Hof, Lotus -teich, bamboo mound – symbolizes a certain tradition of Chengdu
The blanket of the exhibition hall remembers the traditional weaving of bamboo