Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2022
gad's Exhibition Hall emerges from an ethereal atmospheric haze as a remarkable study in contemporary architectural photography, presenting a cantilevered glass pavilion that appears to float above an organically landscaped rooftop garden, the composition orchestrated along a powerful central axis that draws the eye from the sinuous white illuminated pathways in the foreground through layered planes of naturalistic planting toward the luminous rectangular volume that commands the upper register of the frame, the chromatic palette operates within a refined range of cool blue-grays and warm amber tones, with the misty atmosphere creating a pearl-like luminosity that softens the urban skyline visible at the peripheries while the glass curtain wall of the pavilion glows with internal warmth suggesting late afternoon or early evening illumination, the serpentine walkway inscribed with delicate vertical ribbing catches edge lighting that traces its undulating form like a ribbon of light through the landscape, establishing a dynamic counterpoint to the strict orthogonal geometry of the elevated structure, spatial depth is masterfully constructed through atmospheric perspective with the distant towers dissolving into soft veils of haze while the foreground elements maintain crisp definition, the plantings demonstrate careful attention to seasonal interest with deciduous specimens in winter silhouette and evergreen groundcovers providing textural variety, the overall composition achieves a harmonious balance between the rationalist precision of modernist architectural vocabulary and the organic fluidity of landscape forms, suggesting affinities with contemporary East Asian interpretations of the international style that seek dialogue between built form and natural systems, the photographic treatment enhances the meditative quality through its soft tonal gradations and atmospheric depth.
The project faces such a traffic pulse, the aechitect preset such a scene. The building is like a glass exhibit which is held in the air, forming an unique visual sign beside the urban road. The activities in the exhibition hall also become part of the exhibition, attracting people to enter the site and to feel the narrative of design. Then browsing itself also becomes part of the show. The planning and design of the project also runs the thinking of urban design, which break trough the existing city grid.