[Six Facades]
There are most importantly three major issues embodied as ideas in this first of a series of four projects:
1. as a single storey building, its ground plane and roof plane becomes two other major ‘lenses’ or filters, in addition to the four facades, to integrate and abstract the surrounding landscapes, the sky, and the wetland water, into the interior space,
2. instead of a head-on frontal building, the massing of the visitor centre assumes a humble role by giving way to major circulation path and a carved-in front facade forms a smooth integration of entering and exiting, ensuring the leisure stroll pattern in a park setting,
3. re-interpretation of local traditional Shaoxing architectural mass, scale, and proportion, and the use of skin materials that would age gracefully with time, result in an architectural reminder and a continuation of a city possessing a rich history.