Visitor center

As part of the masterplan for the DEME campus in the Antwerp harbour, POLO Architecture designed a free-flowing, free-standing visitor pavilion. Evenbeeld Set within a new maritime park, its egg-shaped floor plan choreographs a continuous 'promenade architecturale’, letting visitors discover the green surroundings while introducing them to the company and its activities. Evenbeeld Evenbeeld More

The Voyage Chapel is located at the Xi Lake in Ling Shui, Hainan. The site is one-third along the cycling route around the lake. Geographically, it's situated at a relatively central position within the lake. From here, one can enjoy panoramic views of the lake's scenery. Caption Caption Caption The design draws inspiration from the adjacent sea waves while echoing the picturesque lake views on the west and the urban thoroughfare on the east, creating a wave-like structure. To the south of the building and at the tip of the triangular site, a tall tower is erected, becoming the highest point closest to the shore of the entire lake, serving as both a landmark and a spiritual stronghold. Caption Caption Caption... More

The Washington Crossing Visitor Center and Museum is a 12,000 SF point of orientation and exhibit gallery at the historic site of General George Washington’s 1776 dramatic Christmas Day crossing of the Delaware River that turned the tide of the American Revolution. The State of New Jersey desired to place a new museum close to the Delaware River where the site of the crossing, its most powerful artifact, would be visible to visitors. Setting the museum in an historic and ecologically sensitive site near the river required a sensitive solution to minimize its mass and presence in the delicate historic landscape. Inspired by the gently sloping topography along the river’s edge, the concept is a biophilic response that integrates t... More

Located in the Longquan Mountain, 40 kilometers from Chengdu city, the visitor center serves a dual purpose, catering to both tourists and local villagers by offering public spaces. Two main volumes are situated on the sloping site: the lower one is elevated to create an entrance, guiding visitors into a terraced square covered with wood and greenery. The upper volume, positioned at the top, functions as a cafeteria, retail space, exhibition area, and includes a small library on the second floor.  Atelier LI Atelier LI A ramp system is installed on the site to connect the two volumes and address the height difference, enhancing the sense of surrounding. This design fosters the creation of a cohesive interior and exterior pub... More

Bovenbouw Architectuur and ono architectuur designed a communication center about the storage of low- and medium-level radioactive waste in Dessel, Belgium. To remain relevant throughout the 300-year process required to decrease the radioactivity, the building must be able to adapt to unforeseeable changes over the centuries. Filip Dujardin   Aiming for dialogue and opportunities to play the widest possible role, we proposed a building consisting of two parts; an imposing structure that floats like a table more than 12m above the ground in which exhibition spaces are located, and an airy infill below that accommodates the multifaceted program of spaces, halls and offices. The dominance of the structure gives order and consistenc... More

Spatial processing for the experience of sensuous forest Interface with the distance to the forest / Continuity of the interface Joonhwan Yoon Architecture is weak in front of nature. Therefore, I tried to build the architecture to gently live with that weakness and be with nature. I wanted to prevent the architectural space from overpowering the hills, covering the trees, and being hidden in the forest. The inner space of the building also reveals the fact that nature is the best space and construction. In order to do this, the image of the wood in the forest recreated an artificial element in the architectural space for the continuation of the forest. Therefore, I created a visual image of the forest in the haze by combining the for... More

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is a modern temple for honoring the valor and sacrifice of the recipients of the Purple Heart Medal. The United States Purple Heart Medal is given to military service women and men who courageously gave of themselves in conflict.  Sitting on the slope of Temple Hill in New Windsor, New York, the site where General George Washington established the Badge of Merit—the precursor to the Purple Heart—for valorous efforts during the American Revolution, the 12,000-sqaure-foot Hall of Honor museum and visitor center is distinctive yet integrated into the rustic landscape. Jeffrey Totaro Jeffrey Totaro   Inspired by the 18th-century rough-hewn log cabins set into the wooded h... More

Aranya Theatre is located at an irregular-shaped site at the center of Aranya, a gold coast seaside resort in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China. The site is surrounded by residential buildings on three sides, overlooking the sea across the dunes. Therefore, how to deal with the relationship between the theatre and the sea, streets, and urban context, as well as how to shape the public space of the town has become the focus of the design. Caption Break up the whole into partsThe building consists of three theatres -A Theathre, Fengchao Theatre and Dionysus Theatre, each occupying a corner of the site. Two rectangular theatres, Fengchao Theatre and A Theatre, are connected by the lobby in the middle, extending into the urban fabric. The outdoor... More

Carlton Marshes lie in the Waveney Valley at the southern tip of the Norfolk Broads and is part of the Suffolk Broads. It comprises a jigsaw of grazing marsh, fens, peat pools, short fen meadow, tall fen (called 'tall litter fen'), dykes, pools and scrub. Mostly man-made, these habitats have developed over hundreds of years of traditional management and now host specialised wildlife. © Peter Cook In 2019, the National Lottery Heritage Fund invested over £4 million in the Trust’s vision to create 1,000 acres of wildness, match-funded by Suffolk Wildlife Trust donors and supporters.Cowper Griffith Architects were appointed by the client to develop proposals for high quality flagship visitor facilities in the unique Broa... More

Zonguldak has geography with a wide spectrum in terms of the number of caves discovered and the cave features that emerged during the formative phases of the caves. The network of caves spread throughout the town offers a variety of travel options for local and foreign tourists, explorers, cave sportsmen. Zonguldak Caves Visitor Center aims to make this important potential accessible and visible. Egemen Karakaya Gokgol Cave is located on the eastern slope of Ercek Stream, 5 km southeast of Zonguldak. Gokgol cave is one of the important caves in Zonguldak and Turkey that can be visited with its formations of stalactites, stalagmites, columns, flags, and curtains in various colors, textures, and sizes. Gokgol Cave, which has become more... More

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