"Floating above the ground of Dapo Pond wetland in Taitung, Taiwan, the Tie-Ma Cycling Station reimagines the infrastructure of rest. Designed by Studio APL and Lin Ko-Fang Architects, the public 'lotus garden' creates a sanctuary for cyclists traversing the region's East Rift Valley. Stones discovered during foundation excavation were transformed into breathable gabions walls and steel shaped into organic canopies. The project dissolves the boundary between bicycle station and the wetland ecosystem."
"Situated beside the pond's primary outlet channel and framed by expansive rice fields, the site occupies an environmentally sensitive position. Rather than treating architecture as an isolated object, the project proposes an ecological settlement, where buildings extend from and adapt to the surrounding landscape. The architecture does not dominate the landscape; instead, it crouches low like an animal resting in the forest, its dark columns echoing the trunks of the surrounding trees."
The Tie-Ma Cycling Station floats above Dapo Pond wetland in Taitung, Taiwan, forming a 'lotus garden' sanctuary for cyclists in the East Rift Valley. Breathable gabion walls made from stones found on site and steel canopies shaped into organic, leaf-like arches dissolve boundaries between architecture and wetland. The canopies provide shade, channels that collect rainwater into a resilience-focused system, and dappled light through gaps between 'leaves.' Located beside the pond's primary outlet and framed by rice fields, the low-crouching structure echoes surrounding trunks with dark columns and proposes an ecological settlement where buildings extend from and adapt to the landscape.
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