Li Hao: Shelter

In designing the Shelter, architects articulated the isolation and tension of the Longli people and the vernacular community. They then created this Mirrored Sight of Longli. The shelter itself is now a place for people to rest and have fun, and meanwhile a new regional landmark. Right opposite to the old town by the river, The Mirrored Sight shelter reflects the town’s image.

There are two floors in the pavilion – the upper floor for people to overlook the scene and the lower floor for one to stay and rest. The architects used completely different materials to construct and differentiate the northern and southern facades. The northern facade, densely covered by local bamboo wood, parallels with the axis of Longli town, and the southern facade, cladded with Pilkington Mirropane (single-transparent glass), paralles the Longxi River.

The glass reflects scene of Longli’s daily life south to the river, and creates a shadow of the reality. The three apertures of the Scholar Bridge forms the shape of a fish creel and the scenes captured in the two windows are both import local Feng Shui (traditional Chines geomancy) imageries.

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