"Picture this: you're cycling up a winding mountain road, legs burning, and suddenly you spot what looks like a futuristic donut hovering above the landscape. This isn't some sci-fi movie set. It's a real place designed for real people who need a moment to catch their breath and soak in the scenery. Designer: HCCH Studio The pavilion sits on a platform wedged between a highway and a river,"
"The structure itself is a continuous concrete ring, textured to mimic bamboo, that creates this mesmerizing circular journey. You enter, follow the curved path upward, and eventually circle back to where you started. But you're not the same person who walked in. Because along the way, strategically placed oval openings frame the mountain ranges and river below like living paintings."
"What makes this design so clever is how it treats views as an experience rather than a backdrop. The openings aren't random. They're carefully positioned to guide your eyes toward specific landscape features, turning the act of looking into something almost choreographed. Stand here and you see the river. Move there and suddenly mountains fill your vision. It's architecture that understands how we actually experience places."
A concrete pavilion, perched on Mount Luofu in Huizhou, China, occupies a former awkward parking spot between a highway and a river. The structure forms a continuous textured ring that mimics bamboo and provides a looping path that ascends and returns to the starting point. Oval openings are strategically positioned to frame river and mountain views, guiding the viewer's gaze like choreographed scenes. The tactile concrete surface gives the pavilion an organic quality that links it to the mountain. The pavilion functions as a resting place for cyclists and visitors, offering framed vistas and warm nighttime illumination.
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