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daipu architects fuses 'wood mountain' terrain with concrete for a pub in chongqing

chinese studio daipu architects has completed ‘wood mountain’ for a pub located in chongqing, china. the project reflects a desire to allude to the local topography, landscape and climate.

chinese studio daipu architects has completed ‘wood mountain’ for a pub located in chongqing, china. the project reflects a desire to allude to the local topography, landscape and climate. the architects have employed the structural language of a ‘mountain’ to simulate the terrain of chongqing. the structure is introduced into the restricted concrete space to create a new scale of furniture.

the wooden landscape amplifies the dimensional feeling of the pub, and also invites relaxed interactions within the space. customers can sit, lie or lean within the dynamic setting which creates a relaxed atmosphere. the wooden structure extends beyond the boundaries of the pub into the outdoor area, allowing views of the yuzhong skyline and the distant yangtze river.

‘people who arrive in chongqing for the first time will feel excited when they see such distinctive geospatial features’ the team says. through its projects, daipu architects seeks to embody a new approach to restricted concrete spaces that seem to take over modern cities. ‘we employ a set of new structural language in this project, which can be seen as topography, landscape, or furniture design’. the whole model is made of pure solid wood and carved by computerized digital control machine.

the model was designed on a computer, then prefabricated in the factory and assembled on site. the solid wood will partly expand or contract with the effect of the local wet weather, and varied grains will emerge on the surface. after a couple years the wood will reflect the natural effects of aging, referencing the scene of a warehouse or timber mill. ‘people will also leave the signs of frequent use on the surface, which seems to implicitly suggest the changes of fermented beer in the barrel’ state the architects.

daipu architects fuses 'wood mountain' terrain with concrete for a pub in chongqing

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  • Chongqing, China
  • daipu architects

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