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The blossoming wooden columns and the roof canopy are designed as an integrated whole, echoing the imagery of a forest canopy with meticulous precision.
compact layout and the preciousness of the lake space, striving to have the building blend seamlessly into the waterfront environment and avoid disrupting the water scenery. Ultimately, an approach that integrates the building with the landscape circulation routes was adopted. Visitors walk along the garden paths through modern wooden archways and reach the waterfront platform via cascading steps. The staggered wooden trellises echo the water-accessible platforms and the second-floor terraces, which not only breaks the monotony of the overly long building form but also achieves a harmonious integration of nature and architecture through a semi-enclosed, semi-open design.
The restaurant features an overall form that slopes gently upward from south to north and stretches along the shoreline in a north-south direction, with a wooden structure serving as its main structural system. The blossoming wooden columns and the roof canopy are designed as an integrated whole, echoing the imagery of a forest canopy with meticulous precision. Its functional layout is clearly defined: on the south side, the ground floor houses a semi-double-height entrance reception and exhibition area with a dining area on the upper level, and the ground floor runs straight through the archways; the north side consists of a two-story dining space. The west facade faces the main garden path and
is designed to be relatively enclosed, concealing the kitchen and other auxiliary functions while guiding visitors to converge toward the central archways, through which they can reach the water’ s edge directly. The south, north and east facades overlook the lake, with the roof cantilevering out to create a multi-layered under-eaves space that undulates and evolves with
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