From inside to outside, the building is composed by floor panels, column free space truss structure, a layer of translucent glass skin, and the outer interactive skin. The whole volume is supported by columns to achieve the floating effect.
Plan and section
Structure
The space truss is made of one outer layer of pipe-steel beams,one inner layer of pipe-steel beams shifted by half-unit distance, and diagonal connection pipes. The 1st floor is suspended by steel cable hanged from the truss. The supporting column is made of pyramid structures in accordance with the truss and big vertical column under the water.
Skin
The interactive skin's influence on the walking path above the roof which brings variation to landscape experience.
Construction
section
Material reference
Several kind of materials and techniques are involved to construct the interactive skin, including green roof, GRC panel, wood walking path and pixelized roof panel components offer diverse experiences of landscape.
Conceptual sketches
Detail section
The interactive skin component is placed on a rail which can be the drainage duct and drove by driving system beneath it via axis and wheels.
We design two status for each skin component, lock and unlock. When the component moves to the supposed position, the baking system will be activated and lock the wheel.And the video shows how it works.
Access
The diagram shows by what means the visitors can get access to our project from both the bank and the pier and how can they enter the building from the roof.