At the next House Vision exhibition, the Beijing bureau MAD presented its new development - the Living Garden pavilion. The project was created in partnership with the Chinese energy holding company Hanergy.
Ma Yansong, the founder and head of the workshop, decided to bypass the traditional principles of building a home, abandoning the division into external and internal space. The MAD project has neither walls nor a roof in their usual sense: one flows into the other, at the same time being neither one nor the other. This solution creates a sense of outdoor living.
The curved, floating roof frame is covered with clear glass panels. They protect the room from precipitation, and also provide natural ventilation and lighting.
Above them are solar panels provided by Hanergy. The angle of inclination of each transducer is calculated individually to capture maximum sunlight. Collectively, solar cells generate as much electricity daily as a family of three needs.
As the authors of the Living Garden say, the pavilion symbolizes openness to the sky and to the outside world in general. In the design, life, (solar) energy and nature are mixed smoothly, without abrupt transitions. The result is a "living" landscape, which once again reminds of the inextricable connection between man and nature.
In total, ten pavilions dedicated to the theme of "the house of the future" are participating in the 2018 China House Vision exhibition. Architectural firms worked on the projects in tandem with innovative companies. The project was conceived by graphic designer Kenya Hara (
Kenya Hara) as an interdisciplinary study in which the “home” model acts as an experimental platform for exploring the possibilities of the future. Until 2018, the event was held exclusively in Tokyo. The China House Vision facilities can be seen next to the Beijing Olympic Stadium from September 21 to November 6.
