Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape.
Atelier Xi created the visitor centre in Qiaochenbei North Park, a newly-created area of woodland in Shenzhen's Nanshan District that was opened to the public in 2024.
Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen
Atelier Xi aimed to have a minimal impact on this landscape, arranging the visitor centre's two structures around the park's trees and using material finishes that would blend in with the natural setting over time.
"We hope to create a dialogue between the architectural space and the natural woodland environment, preserving all native trees by strategically interweaving two service buildings among them with minimal disturbance to the site," Atelier Xi founding principal Chen Xi told Dezeen. The two structures were organised around the park's trees
The two buildings sit at either end of the park. To the west, three angled blocks contain toilets and a vending machine around a paved terrace sheltered by freestanding sections of wall.
To the east, two curved structures wind between the trees to provide further toilets alongside a visitor centre, which contains a covered public space, rest area and office.

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