"MVRDV has completed construction on the Pujiang Platform, a viewpoint comprising an arched, earth-covered timber pavilion perched among the hills to the south of Chengdu. The project serves as both a visitor destination and an event space that takes advantage of the spectacular natural beauty of central China. Designed to blend into nature while also standing out as a beacon when seen from the plains below, the structure of earth-covered timber arches takes a telescopic shape, drawing visitors to the expansive viewing window and balcony that projects out over the slope."
"Designed to blend into nature while also standing out as a beacon when seen from the plains below, the structure of earth-covered timber arches takes a telescopic shape, drawing visitors to the expansive viewing window and balcony that projects out over the slope."
Pujiang Platform is an arched, earth-covered timber pavilion positioned on hills south of Chengdu that functions as a public viewpoint and event space. The pavilion capitalizes on central China's dramatic natural beauty and offers an expansive viewing window and a balcony that projects out over the slope. A telescopic arrangement of earth-covered timber arches guides movement and frames vistas toward the landscape. The form aims to blend into surrounding terrain while remaining legible as a beacon when viewed from the plains below. Timber and earth covering integrate materiality with topography to produce a low-profile, outward-facing vantage point.
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