Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a "moment to connect with nature".
Located in the Dongshen Township in Zhejiang province, the structure overlooks an area of mudflat pasture spanning nearly 1,000 acres (405 hectares), that was created during a land reclamation project two decades ago.
Providing a stopping point directly alongside the adjacent road, Mur Mur Lab designed the rest stop to be a new "gateway "onto this landscape.
Mur Mur Lab has completed a public stopping point in eastern China
"The station will serve as a transit hub connecting the southern coastal highway and the Damuyang coastal area, and a vital gateway for exploring this mysterious coastal prairie landscape," explained the studio. "[It is] a container to let people to talk with themselves; to have a moment to connect with nature," it added.
The two buildings house a reception and toilets level with the road to the west, and a cafe with a viewing terrace slightly elevated above the landscape on a stone base to the east.
The space comprises two wave-topped glass pavilions
These two structures are connected by a paved patio that sits directly off the road, finished with small areas of planting and concrete benches.
Almost the entire exterior of each building has been finished with full-height glass walls, sheltered by the overhanging, wave...