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Shanghai Pudong Guoqing Temple
Shanghai Pudong Guoqing Temple
Shanghai, China
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Shanghai Pudong Guoqing Temple
Shanghai, China
The Guoqing Temple was a Ming dynasty temple before. It locates at Dontang Town, Pudong District of Shanghai. The site used to be the Yu Gong Temple commemorating Yu Dayou, a famous anti-invasion general in the Ming Dynasty. We hope to design a "modern" temple. The concept of "modern" has two levels of meaning, one is about the physical level such as its forms, space, materials, and the other is about the conceptual level such as the ideal of publicity!
The temple locates besides a small urban green land. After communicating with the government, we changed the orientation of the temple to make it better connect to the green land. The two sites were designed together as an integrated public park open 24/7, which were named Zen Garden of All Living Beings.
The internal space of the temple is relatively isolated from the city. The process of entering the temple is like leaving the mundane world. Through continuous curved wooden formwork concrete walls and a series of small-scale courtyards, people can enter the temple while avoiding interference of the external world.
With careful arrangement of the architectural fragmentation and combination, and the control of the courtyard dimensions, the architectures are peaceful and simple with relaxed and natural space. Surrounding by urban environment, the temple preserved the spirit of “tranquility, peace, retreat, and isolation”. The architectural space emphasizes axes and multiple courtyards, while being not limited to perfect symmetry. The design embodies traditional layouts and modern temperament, while hoping to make breakthroughs on the basis of inheritance.
It was made by fair-faced concrete, bamboo steels, titanium zinc plates and some other materials. When designing the project, interior decoration, equipment pipelines, and spatial structure were considered as a whole, so as to use modern ways to create traditional charm and space spirit.
The temple locates besides a small urban green land. After communicating with the government, we changed the orientation of the temple to make it better connect to the green land. The two sites were designed together as an integrated public park open 24/7, which were named Zen Garden of All Living Beings.
The internal space of the temple is relatively isolated from the city. The process of entering the temple is like leaving the mundane world. Through continuous curved wooden formwork concrete walls and a series of small-scale courtyards, people can enter the temple while avoiding interference of the external world.
With careful arrangement of the architectural fragmentation and combination, and the control of the courtyard dimensions, the architectures are peaceful and simple with relaxed and natural space. Surrounding by urban environment, the temple preserved the spirit of “tranquility, peace, retreat, and isolation”. The architectural space emphasizes axes and multiple courtyards, while being not limited to perfect symmetry. The design embodies traditional layouts and modern temperament, while hoping to make breakthroughs on the basis of inheritance.
It was made by fair-faced concrete, bamboo steels, titanium zinc plates and some other materials. When designing the project, interior decoration, equipment pipelines, and spatial structure were considered as a whole, so as to use modern ways to create traditional charm and space spirit.
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