China. A lecture hall integrated to the rural scenery

The Wuxi East Countryside is a cultural and tourist park that show the rural feelings and life. For the project, an ancient village was renovated and several new buildings were built, based on the rural concept. The Lecture Hall stands at the heart of the park, perfectly integrated into the pastoral scenery, almost like growing naturally from within. Composed by three distinctive areas, the venue’s indoors, the outdoors recreation area and an extension towards a vast green landscape; the construction covers an area of 1,618 square meters.

The auditorium displays an irregular triangular shape. Its body integrates the indoor and outdoor sections of the Lecture Hall into a grey structure that sits in the middle of the view to the park. The upper and lower sections are connected with bamboo stems, as crossed elements that form a hyperbolical shape designed to penetrate the line of vision, forming a transparent space with a pulsating atmosphere. Architect Zou Yingxi tried to establish a dialogue between the Lecture Hall and the surrounding environment through the use of ecological materials.