Designed by TAO – Trace Architecture Office, The pavilion is located in woods on the hill of TashanPark in Weihai, a coastline city in Shandong. To protect the trees in the site and offer the view to major sights of the city, the building is conceived as a merged volume with three viewing tubes like tree branches orientating to a different axis. Half buried and half cantilevered, the building provides to the visitor different experience on two levels: walking down half level, one will enter the inside of teahouse and gallery space with framed views to various scenery; walking up through the preserved trees in the landscape to the roof terrace, one will enjoy an unfolded breathtaking panoramic view to the ocean on this viewing platform.
photography by © YAO Li
Project Info:

Architects: TAO – Trace Architecture Office
Location: Weihai, Shandong, China

Architect in Charge: Trace Architecture Office

Design Team: HUA Li, Jiang Nan, Yu Haiwen

Area: 256.0 sqm

Project Year: 2012

Photographs: Yao Li

Project Name: Viewing Pavilion on Hill
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
photography by © YAO Li
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