Lotus Exhibition Centre and People?s Park, China Development, Chinese Architecture
Lotus Exhibition Centre and People?s Park
Changzhou Public Space Development, China ? design by studio505 architects
7 Oct 2016
Wujin Public Space
Location: Wujin, Changzhou, China
Design: studio505, architects
The Lotus Exhibition Centre and People?s Park, Wujin, China

Located in the heart of Wujin, the burgeoning southern district of Changzhou, Jiangsu PRC, the Lotus Building and the 3.5 hectare People?s Park has been designed to act as a cultural anchor and civic landmark ? establishing a symbolic commitment of the local government?s ambitions and future aspirations.

The brief called for a public building and park that would embody a unique variety of civic nodes and public spaces. The Lotus Building is an addition to an existing double storey subterranean municipal facility situated beneath an existing artificial lake. The building houses parts of the planning bureau as well as new exhibition halls meeting rooms and conference centres.
The physical form of the building has been determined by the need to create a structure which has a distinctive presence; a character piece in a city can be in parts anonymous like so many other rapidly developing Chinese cities. The development, ultimately, seeks to generate participation, to build an ownership of place that builds ties to the community and entices its people to stay and flourish and not to be drawn away. This landmark aims to bring lon...