Gazebo was originally a pump house of the state-owned marble factory. As time goes by, the marble factory has been abandoned for a long time, and with the development of the city, the pump house has become a bustling urban area.

The pump house is located at the northwest corner of the site, and the tall metasequoia forest densely planted on the northeast side and the climbing vines covered on the broken outer wall cover the sun for the pump house. The indoor temperature in summer is about five to six degrees lower than the outdoor. it is a great place to relax in the office park.
Photography: Tianyi Wang
Interior space of the original pump room is relatively closed, and the façade has only two small windows for lights and ventilation. ?Gazebo? means people can stop and rest. In order to adapt to the new function as a gazebo. Under the premise of retaining vertical force transmission members, we opened the facade maximally. We inserted three flat long windows into the facade. it makes the interior space and exterior landscape be combined, then the feeling of gazebo has been created. A door window was inserted into the southern facade.
The lowered window hole extends the sight to the depths of the jungle. The upper brick wall has been white painted after the original decoration had been removed, So the original material texture is revealed clearly. At the same time, the towering indoor space and the low level band-shaped opening form. Spatial contrast in vertical and horiz...