The nature workshop locates in a forest near the farmland. Visitors can come here to experience agricultural activities, participate in handicraft creation, and purchase agricultural souvenirs. In addition, there will be lectures, agricultural cuisine classes and other activities. The design intention is to build a creative place which is open, transparent, flexible and fun in nature, so that visitors can walk freely between buildings, enjoy the surrounding natural scenery, and interact with nature at anywhere of the building.
The workshop consists of four trapezoidal volumes and connected with corridors. The four volumes serve as reception store, two multi-function spaces, and a public classroom. The two multi-function volumes are lifted from the ground，sitting above the earth mounds, giving visitors a better view and environment when they are making handicrafts. The lifted volumes enable the ground floor to be partly overhanging, so that the view can penetrate the building to the scenery behind. At the same time, the floating appearance of the volumes gives the workshop a sense of lightness, in contrast to the heavy and stable feeling of the other two volumes. The central courtyard can be used for workshop exhibition and outdoor activities.
The natural workshop’s facade mainly uses dark wooden tiles, presenting the texture and color like nature rocks or the farmland earth. With its simple geometric shape, the workshop appears prominent but not abrupt in the surrounding environment, becoming part of the nature. Each volume of the workshop uses the natural skylight from the roofs as the main light source to achieve the purpose of energy conservation.
We hope that this project is not only a workshop for people to participate in agricultural product creation, but also a nature school for people to interact with the environment harmoniously and closely.
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