"Text description provided by the architects. The "Moon Pavilion" was conceived in response to an ancient Chinese verse depicting a poet, intoxicated and smiling amid a field of flowers. Rather than translating this imagery literally into architectural form, the designers used an abandoned greenhouse as their point of departure, layering onto it abstractions and recombinations of spatial and figurative motifs-water, moon, flower, and boat."
"Rather than translating this imagery literally into architectural form, the designers used an abandoned greenhouse as their point of departure, layering onto it abstractions and recombinations of spatial and figurative motifs-water, moon, flower, and boat."
Moon Pavilion was conceived in response to an ancient Chinese verse depicting a poet intoxicated and smiling amid a field of flowers. The design avoids literal translation of poetic imagery into architecture. An abandoned greenhouse serves as the project's point of departure, receiving layers of abstraction and recombination. Spatial and figurative motifs—water, moon, flower, and boat—are interwoven as design drivers. The approach transforms an existing horticultural structure into a hybrid space that evokes poetic mood through symbolic form and spatial manipulation rather than representational mimicry.
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