Location: Sichuan, China.

Architect: Yushe Yuzhu.

The headquarters office of Machinery Park in China is a six-floor building with a total area of 12000 square meters. The architects were inspired by the curve between bright and dark sides of dawn and the power of light to sculpture the form. The building embodies an open attitude of the company and stands still while the light is fluent, making it an existence as an abstract change and an experience of variation. The ground floor is lifted 2 meters higher to emphasize the vertical scale of the building and is connected with the entrance square by grass slopes to create different layers of site experience. The façade is enriched to form a classic ‘three-segment’ proportion. The basic design language is limited to simplicity and delicacy, with form focusing on the core issue of layout and function, while materials reflect the characteristic of the building. Stone is used as a natural material with both slight differences and integrality of each piece, creating the main theme of the building with a decent image as a headquarter office. A large area of glass curtain wall and horizontal aluminum louvers are used to filter the light to bring romance to the rational building with light and shadow.

Photo credit: Hu Yijie.