Qingpu Environmental Monitoring Station

Shanghai, China

Elevation of office block_evening

Elevation view from south

Brisole system

Connecting space of two corridors

Elevation of office block

Elevation of office block_evening

Entrance

Etrance canopy in the evening

Landscape

Etrance canopy

Recycling + Purification

Architects: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects (ALYA)

Location: Shanghai, China
Year: 2011

This design combines the Western “scientific view of nature” and the ancient Chinese, “humanistic view of nature” and through an individual’s own observation of nature, intuitive experience of surrounding environment, forming an “phenomenal view of nature” .The design not only satisfies criteria of scientific functional layout and humanistic nature of space and form, but also utilize the visual moment when one situate in architecture to constitute the inherent relationship between man and natural environment.

The design adopted the “three walls, three courtyards, the third floor,” approach to blend the space in between wall and courtyard, and formed the entity of the architecture. Su Shi, “Wang Jiangnan • Spring” explains the root of Jiangnan culture - the warm climate and delicate landscape.

This proposal is not focusing on the form of architecture, but rather, the relation between architecture and landscape (gardens, nature), and the visual moment of transitional space between buildings.