Architecture overview: Chinese Icons
Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing by Kengo Kuma (scroll down to read more)
The Japanese are drawing on local cultural references here, including Chinese street style, Hutongs, and courtyard houses for these commercial and residential complexes. For the north complex, the development’s skin features a ceramic printing technique with patterns from Chinese traditional lattice screen. The aim was to create a human-scale, maze-like space within the city by using medium- instead of sky-rises
The Japanese are drawing on local cultural references here, including Chinese street style, Hutongs, and courtyard houses for these commercial and residential complexes. For the north complex, the development’s skin features a ceramic printing technique with patterns from Chinese traditional lattice screen. The aim was to create a human-scale, maze-like space within the city by using medium- instead of sky-rises
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