"The bridge's piers remain deeply embedded in the earth, their rigid geometry interrupting the visual flow between the field and the open sky. Rather than concealing the bridge's weight, the architects used it as the core for a structure that seems to hover. The renovated building rises above the old bridge through a sequence of elevated slabs and a refined, lightweight roof and facade system. The result is a horizontal composition that blurs the concrete and seems to float above the landscape."
"Through glass and metal, the building assumes the qualities of reflection and diffusion. Its curtain walls mirror the wheat field and shifting clouds, and the white steel frames register as a rhythm of lines. It is part architecture, part optical illusion. From a distance, the building reads as a diffused extension of the plain itself, rather than as a single object."
BUZZ transformed an abandoned concrete bridge in Zhangjiakou into Manor Mirage, using the bridge piers as the foundation for a lifted, horizontal pavilion. Elevated slabs and a lightweight roof and facade create a ground plane that allows air and light to pass beneath, dissolving the bridge's visual barrier and preserving the agricultural landscape. Curtain walls of glass and metal reflect the wheat fields and clouds, while white steel frames introduce a rhythmic linework. The facade reads as a diffused, pixelated skin from afar, making the structure appear to float and visually merge with the plain.
Read at designboom | architecture & design magazine
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