The site is the capital of Yunnan, a province which translated directly as “South of the Clouds.” The installation occupies a plaza and forms the gateway to a new community center.

BAM developed a variation of the earlier Mist Cloud project, creating a new geometric organization based on the accumulation of spherical volumes into a cloud-like assembly. Through the digital model and the physical models, the cloud gate was studied to achieve an object- like geometry from elevation that disintegrates when viewed from the oblique angle of the waffle. The front and side elevations read as variations of the traditional Chinese cloud pattern. The project is finished in a minty pink to blue gradient, colors selected for the bright sunlight and deep blue skies of Kunming.