HUMAN-ORIENTATED VALUES
02 Feb 2017
A new green roof graces the top of the Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall in China, offering an elevated urban park to citizens and visitors that provides greenspace with human needs in mind.
The green roof of the new Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall in China is an elevated urban park that that brings institutional architecture back to the people.
Designed by Zhubo Design Zstudio, the building acts as an artificial mountain, expanding the existing park and adding a new public space for city dwellers.
Instead of acting as a symbol of Chinese governmental power, like most urban planning halls in the country, the new Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall aims to be a building for citizens. The project preserves the existing park and introduces now public spaces to the site. By merging architecture, landscape and daily life, the building establishes a stronger connection between the government and the citizens and promotes human-oriented values.
Dozens of trumpet-like steel structures comprise the roof, providing support for the topography and creating a large, column-free space inside. These steel elements also facilitate rainwater collection and house all the interior staircases and equipment rooms.
