Thursday 10 July 2014

This Lotus Building,

almost looks unreal,


but it is not, Melbourne-based architecture firm studio505 has designed and completed the Lotus Building and People’s Park that’s located in Wujin, China, its impressive physical form resembles the flower for which the building is named, and its petals dramatically rise out of an artificial lake, accompanied by an eight acre park, it’s used as a civic building and a landmark whose distinctive presence ties the community together,


the project is designed for energy efficiency; it’s cooled using 2500 geothermal piles installed through the base of the lake, and the center uses evaporative cooling from it to operate a thermal chimney within the main flower pod, at night, a light show features a series of changing natural color combinations and transforms the Lotus Building into a spectacular art attraction, the building houses parts of the planning bureau as well as new exhibition halls meeting rooms and conference centres, stunning, it just looks so unreal.

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