Situated adjacent to Yingtan City in Jiangxi Province, White Crane Lake, spanning an area of 10 square kilometers, offers breathtaking vistas of the horizon. It is characterized by its picturesque bamboo forests along the shores, serene waters, and the expansive blue sky overhead, casting a tranquil and poetic ambiance that enchants its visitors. The White Crane Lake Visitor Center takes center stage in an ambitious development project for White Crane Lake. The primary challenge for the designers lay in creating a contemporary cultural structure that would enhance tourism in an environment renowned for its serene tranquility. The project demanded a multitude of functional prerequisites while delicately harmonizing with a landscape of woodlands, mountains, and the pristine lake. © Jianghe Zeng
White Crane Lake Visitor Center’s Design Concept
As architect Jin?ang Yang embarked on shaping his design vision for the project, the initial inclination might have been to draw inspiration from the local housing in Jiangxi, extracting elements and forms from these traditional dwellings and translating them into a modern architectural language. However, considering the considerable 3,000-square-meter area required by the building’s program, it quickly became evident that constructing a new, large-scale traditional Chinese-style edifice on the water’s edge would disrupt the visual harmony with the surrounding natural environment and seem out of place.
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