ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED BY NATURE

The OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre is a landmark that stands at the intersection of local natural environment and city life, demonstrating cultural heritage and future lifestyle

Project: OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre, China; Architects: Change Architects

OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre is located at the foot of the mountain between the natural mountains and the city, which stretches for tens of kilometres from northeast to southwest on the north side of Chaohu city. This project could be regarded as a critical point of the local natural environment and urban domestic life. The purpose of architectural building is to demonstrate the indigenous cultural heritage on the one hand, and seem to stand on the fence for the future domestic entertainment life in city on the other hand.

The logic of the architectural cultural centre concept derived from the idea of natural elements. How to make the background of the mountain, the earth's vegetation, geological context and so on to form the body of the building, and through the formation of the building body as a carrier to show the light and shadow, rain and snow, air these smaller elements. In other words, the carrier of architectural design concept is derived from nature. Architecture is no longer just the scale and space required for human activities, but more importantly to express the natural elements that these architects want to display, and on this basis, let citizens and their behaviour activities feel the self-shaping space of the natural element.