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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Activity Pavilions in Shanghai, China by Scenic Architecture OfficeSeptember 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Scenic Architecture Office Scenic Architecture designed a series of buildings for public services in the Runway Park, which was renovated from 100-year old Longhua airport located at the west bank of Huangpu River, Shanghai. This project is a concentrated part of the whole series with three buildings including a community pavilion, a coffee shop, and a restaurant.  Aerial view from the north, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office
 View of coffee shop from the southwest, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio The overall layout was based on the linear site of the park. We set up a series of concrete walls with different length and spacing in the short direction. They divide ground spaces and also support a truss-made folded plate roof system. As a metaphor of airplane takeoff, these fluctuated pitched roofs extending along the runway establishes a historical connection with the past. A group of internal spaces perpendicular to the runway are defined by walls and roofs while being extensively connected with each other, just like a gathered group of homes. This spatial ambiguity between open and enclose offers more freedom and possibilities for future usage.  View of the coffee shop from the south, Image Courtesy © Zhu Xiaofeng  View from the fountain plaza to the community pavilion, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio All three buildings were generated from this structural system. Variety of wall spacing, roof width and roof height provide spaces in different scales. Natural lights from the high windows between the interlaced folded plates enrich different atmospheres with light and shadow. By organizing this system in a flexible way we are also able to give individual character to each building. The semi-open space of the coffee shop near the metro exit, the courtyard between different zones of the community pavilion, and the sunken space plus the loft of the restaurant all reflect the adaptive spatial potential of the system.  View from the fountain plaza to the restaurant, Image Courtesy © Jiang meng  View from the southeast, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  View from the playground to the restaurant,Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Interior of coffee shop, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  The grey space of the coffee shop, Image Courtesy © Zhu Xiaofeng  Aerial view from the south, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Courtyard of the community pavilion, Image Courtesy © Liang Shan  Aerial view from the north, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Interior view of the community pavilion, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Interior view of the community pavilion, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Interior view of the restaurant, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Interior view of the restaurant, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Interior view of the restaurant, Image Courtesy © Liang Shan  The high window of the restaurant, Image Courtesy © Su Shengliang/ Schran Studio  Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Masterplan, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  PLAN, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Section, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Section, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Sketch, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office  Structure Logics, Image Courtesy © Scenic Architecture Office
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Categories: Activity Center, Cafe, Pavilion, Restaurant, Shop, space |
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