A new research lab by CLOU highlights the growing demand for agricultural tourism in southern China

2021-08-19T11:52:00-04:00

Images have been unveiled for a new multi-functional Chinese agriculture and exhibition center that will transform the Nanfan High Tech District in the tropical Hainan Island city of Sanya into a scientific research hub.

CLOU Architects is behind the 4,000-square-meter (43,055-square-foot) Sanya Farm Lab that will capitalize on the local government’s investment into horticulture and food science with an integrated four-story showcase of innovation.

Image courtesy Shining Laboratory

Highlighted by a graticular glass and timber truss facade, the Lab fluidly incorporates a raised outdoor plaza into the building’s first two floors that is meant to “blur traditional boundaries between nature and city,” as it simultaneously “narrows the distance between technology and life,” according to the architect.

Image courtesy Shining Laboratory

The 31-inch-deep roof grid structure will help reduce the building’s sunlight absorption by 70%. The firm was very particular about developing a plan that w...

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A new research lab by CLOU highlights the growing demand for agricultural tourism in southern China