Excerpt: Jiapeng Village Service Station by Zhaoyang Architects features a long, curvy concrete wall that creates a boundary between inside and outside. Inside of this boundary, the site is divided into three layers, while outside, the curved boundary echoes and arouses a sense of speed when passing by. It features carefully arranged levels, stairs, and steps that create an experience of an architectural promenade.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] Erhai Lake Ecological Corridor in Dali aims to establish a healthy water-land buffer zone and ecological barrier, expanding the lake’s interactive interface for the residents and tourists. Along the 129-kilometer lakeside corridor, multiple service stations are planned. Zhaoyang architects was invited to design three service stations and two of them have been realized.
The Jiapeng village service station is located along the south part of the corridor, occupying a triangular shaped site. The building responds to the curvature of the corridor with a 80-meter long concrete wall, and creates a boundary between inside and outside.
Inside of this boundary, the site is divided into three layers: a cafeteria in the middle, a plaza to the north and a sunken courtyard to the south. Outside of this boundary, the rise and fall of the profile of this curved boundary echoes and even arouses the sense of speed when cyclists and joggers pass by.
At the center part of the wall, an eye-shaped opening allows visual connection from the two sides. The carefully arranged levels, stairs and steps articulate an experience of architectural promenade.
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