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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center

Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei

NONGGANG FOREST PARK VISITOR CENTER

Origin Architect

DESIGN TEAM
Ji Li, Kejia Mei, Qiang Ye

THE CLIENT
Old kapok Group

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kejia Mei

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Chongzuo, China

CATEGORY
Visitor Center

Text description provided by architect.

Nonggang Forest Park is located in the typical karst landscape and dense virgin forest by the border of Guangxi. The local climate is hot and humid, and there are many eucalyptus trees around it.

Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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As the reception and experience center at the entrance of the Park, the architect hopes to awaken the visitors' keen perception of nature and take the eucalyptus branches collected around as the main material to enclose a group of free curved surfaces in a rough way, with light and shadow scattered on sunny days and inverted reflection in the water in rainy seasons.

Some rooms are permeable to rain and air, as a space for rainforest experience before entering the Park and displaying specimens of birds and animals.

Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei

Some rooms use thatched linings to keep out the rain, which serves as a space for leisure and reception.

This group of creations between man-made and nature will be the best guide to the pure natural experience in the Park.

Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei


Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
© Kejia Mei


Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Slate with fossil traces. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Slate ground masonry.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Slate ground masonry.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Construction of foundation. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving method test.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Slate ground masonry. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus twig weaving construction. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Eucalyptus
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Local slate. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Slate ground masonry. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving method test. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Construction of foundation. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving method test. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Steel bone assembling. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Weaving tests on different materials. Image Courtesy of Origin Architect


Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
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Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Sketch
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Sketch for toilet.
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Sketch. 
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Sketch
Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Sketch for ticket hall.

Nonggang Forest Park Visitor Center
Site. 

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