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LIN architecture designs a pumping station in rural China as a ‘paintbrush in the field’

2023-12-12T14:28:00-05:00

Chinese practice LIN architecture has completed a pumping house in the Yunnan Province village of Botou. Named the 'Concrete Pavilion,' the structure seeks to both meet the needs of locals’ water and electricity needs and give an architectural “breath of new life” to the rural landscape.

Photo credit: zhuo hongduo

Photo credit: chen zhitong

The pavilion is defined by sloping roofs, high and low windows, multiple external platforms, and a series of skylights. The elements incorporated into the scheme take their inspiration from those of the nearby village in a process the team calls “the extreme abstraction of cultural elements.” While incorporating the many viewing elements, the team sought to create different observation experiences, whether inside the pavilion, observing the countryside, or looking at the pavilion from different surrounding angles.

Photo credit: zhuo hongduo

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LIN Architecture's latest wood pavilion experiment in rural China is a sight for sore minds

2022-03-11T19:08:00-05:00

LIN Architecture has returned to rural China's Jiangsu Province with an update to its previous “space experiment” into ergonomics, proxemics, and human behavior titled simply Wooden Pavilion #2.

Personal space, a respite into which individuals have the bandwith to contemplate life’s private moments, and the juxtaposed desires to incubate social interactions and create a functional unifier of community form the purpose of the 50-square-meter (538-square-foot) pavilion all based on human scale.

Photo: Songkai Liu

At a glance, its interior, defined by dramatic vantage points and radical geometries, would make an ideal backdrop for photographers and filmmakers alike. LIN wanted something more than just aesthetically pleasing: They searched for an answer to “macroscopic urban problems” that beset the small Jiangsu province village, they wanted something sumptuous, something that was unique to the environment, something that can heal.

Photo: Songkai Liu

Photo: Songkai Liu...

'An experiment of archetype': LIN Architecture’s experimental wood design is all about interiority

2021-12-22T17:09:00-05:00

A groundbreaking new exploration of the physical elements of interiority comes to us in the form of an all-black wood pavilion by LIN Architecture in China's Jiangsu Province.

Labeled as a “space experiment” and located near the river on Jiangxin Island in Zhenjiang, the design forgoes functional elements to instead focus on a triad of ergonomics, proxemics, and behaviorology.

Light seeps in through the crevices, and the sea breeze blows in through them. Photo: LIU Songkai.

“The scale of human behavior is one of the concerns of this project. Research on the behavior of different people is a very good design resource for architects. By observing and understanding the behavior of people, designers can discover all kinds of possibilities of space,” its creators said, adding that “breeze, sunshine, the sound of waves, drizzle, sweet osmanthus fragrance, affecting feelings, perceptions, touch, hearing, [and] visual elements” were the true materials of their design.

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