Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020
architectural renovation, greenhouse transformation, event venue, bamboo columns, hyperbolic paraboloid forms, steel truss system, glass ceiling, transparent roof, lavender field, purple florals, circular stage, wooden platform, warm timber, honey tones, cool steel blue, violet accents, bilateral symmetry, central axis composition, one-point perspective, zenithal lighting, diffused natural light, starfield backdrop, white draped seating, banquet arrangement, industrial aesthetic, organic materials, material contrast, contemporary design, biophilic architecture, adaptive reuse, sustainable design, structural expressionism, natural textures, bundled reeds, atmospheric perspective, ethereal luminosity, ceremonial space, gathering place, contemplative atmosphere, sophisticated palette, warm-cool contrast, high-key values, spatial depth, rhythmic repetition, vertical elements, botanical references, Gothic resonance, agricultural heritage, refined rusticity
Sun Shed is the renovation of an agricultural shed into a banquet hall on an ecological farm in Jiangsu, China. The layout replaces the common middle-axis plan with a circular arrangement that radiates from a central stage, so guests are seated without primary and secondary positions. Twelve tree-shaped columns woven from yellow-brown bamboo hide the original steel pillars and form a forest within the hall. Yew seedlings grown on the farm surround the space. The renovated hall also hosts meetings, performances and other social events.