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Lotus Building, architecture between innovation and tradition

30 January 2015

Francesca Tagliabue

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Just as the aquatic plant which is the source of its inspiration, the Lotus Building rises as if from a large artificial lake within People’s Park of Wujin, China. Its decisively original design seems to be a kind of passive protest against those “look-alike” buildings of poor quality that are spawned to meet the rapidly growing demand for housing and offices. The Australian design engineers of Studio 505 have gone back to the ancient oriental philosophy that embraces the belief associating the lotus flower with purity and creativity, but also its association with divine wisdom and interior development of individuals.
The Lotus Building is a “lived-in” sculpture such that it hosts several municipal offices, a congress centre, meeting rooms and several exhibition areas. The delicate colours of petals are highlighted by an evening light show. Special illumination has been in fact designed to give different tonalities to the delicate structure, with changes of colour combinations every 30 seconds .

WHERE: People’s Park, Wujin, Cina

Just as the aquatic plant which is the source of its inspiration, the Lotus Building rises as if from a large artificial lake within People’s Park of Wujin, China. Its decisively original design seems to be a kind of passive protest against those “look-alike” buildings of poor quality that are spawned to meet the rapidly growing demand for housing and offices. The Australian design engineers of Studio 505 have gone back to the ancient oriental philosophy that embraces the belief associating the lotus flower with purity and creativity, but also its association with divine wisdom and interior development of individuals.
The Lotus Building is a “lived-in” sculpture such that it hosts several municipal offices, a congress centre, meeting rooms and several exhibition areas. The delicate colours of petals are highlighted by an evening light show. Special illumination has been in fact designed to give different tonalities to the delicate structure, with changes of colour combinations every 30 seconds .
WHERE: People’s Park, Wujin, Cina

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