Longquan Mountain Observatory / BUZZ/ Büro Ziyu Zhuang

Curated by 韩爽 - HAN Shuang

Architects: BUZZ/ Büro Ziyu Zhuang
Area: 4200 m²
Year: 2023
Photographs:Shengliang Su
Engineering: 3rd Construction Co., Ltd. of China Construction 5th Engineering Bureau
Interior Design: BUZZ/Büro Ziyu Zhuang

Text description provided by the architects. The Longquan Mountain Observatory, a building at the highest point of Chengdu city, is intended to be a flowing element of the landscape. To achieve this, the design uses artificial means to engage in a dialogue with the vast scenery, so that the building does not rise abruptly out of the mountains, but rather appears as a rising surface, responding to the topography in a fluid way. The horizontal stance is above all a reflection of the landscape of the Chengdu Plain. It is composed of a series of horizontally oriented interfaces with different heights, which are in turn connected to each other in a continuous manner.