lined in sheer white mesh, this daydream path casts a poetic glow in china

daydream path by in the course of the dinner studio

In early 2023, Xiangshan, one of many host cities of the nineteenth Asian Video games, launched ‘Youth and the Sea’, a program inviting architects to construct a station by the Chinese language coast. The Daydream Path, accomplished by Through the Dinner Studio, is one in every of seven primary stations situated alongside the Songlanshan shoreline, mendacity adjoining to the Ningbo Xiangshan Crusing Centre, a seawater tidal statement level related to the shore by a trestle bridge. Desirous to revive and add depth to the area, the studio populated the bridge with an ethereal resting pavilion framing scenic sea vistas. ‘The picture of the ‘sea’, as quickly because it seems, appears to evoke a distant and unreachable hazy feeling like in poetry. The ocean in Western literature symbolizes hope and freedom and stands for lovely views and lofty beliefs in conventional Chinese language poetry. Beneath the ocean fog, the shoreline, the sporadic mass of vegetation, and the trestle bridge, the stage is laid for the daydream,‘ writes lead architect Xi Weidong. 

all photographs © Zhu Yumeng

a translucent white pavilion casting a poetic hue, just like the moon

Through the evening, amid the solitude of the ocean in Xiangshan, the Daydream Path station by Through the Dinner Studioreflects the moon within the water, casting a poetic ambiance. To attain such an impact, the staff enveloped the yellow constructing and trestle in a cement gray hue earlier than coating them in a white translucent mesh membrane, making a dream-like home with a pointed roof. Complementing the white design are fastidiously planted vines on the trestle bridge, various lighting modes, and ambient sounds, collectively including one other layer of momentary to the station. Climbing the steps from the spire’s entrance, one can take a stroll by way of the tunnel within the small seafront home situated between sturdy columns, the place gentle and shadow play. In keeping with the envisioned dreamland, the pavilion’s design kinds a hall that blends properly with the location, elevation, and the tall bushes within the neighborhood.

Daydream Path by Through the Dinner Studio

utilizing sheer white mesh to create an etheral construction

reviving the tresle bridge with a resting pavilion and momentary passegeway

the framework is coated in gray cement