Folding timber shutters open Mountain Bar & Restaurant to the air in China
Mountain Bar and Restaurant in Guizhou Province, China by ZJJZ Atelier has sliding glass doors and a screen of wooden louvres that can be folded back.
The restaurant occupies a sloping site next to a bamboo forest. The bar sits at at ground level and the restaurant is further up, dug into the hillside to maximise its views out to its surroundings.
A glazed corridor links the concrete base of the bar with the lower restaurant space, doubling as a reception area. It leads visitors directly into the dining spaces or up a spiral staircase to the bar above.
Both the bar and restaurant have been built using a double skin of glass and wood, allowing the interior condition to be changed depending on the weather.
"The facade of the restaurant is a combination of glass and vertical louvres, introducing soft natural light into the space while retaining a sense of being immersed in the mountain scene," said the studio.
In cooler seasons, the space between these two layers can be closed to create an internal corridor.
Photo by ZJJZ
In warmer periods the inner glass skin can be opened and the wooden louvres folded back, providing an uninhibited connection with the landscape.
"When opened, the spaces embrace the lofty mountains and the mist, endowing the dining environment with different atmospheres according to the climate and season," explained the studio.
Photo by ZJJZ
Facing out to the valley, a series of openable louvre doors lead from the bar out on to a bonf...
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