Tsing Tao Pearl Visitor Center

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Energy and sustainability, Middle Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Agency of Urban Organization, China, Context, Cultural identity, Ecological design, Educational Building, Energetic Approach, Green roof, Innovation, Local materials, Project, Public buildings, Qingdao, Renewable resources, Stone, Technological Approach, Timber, Tradition, Urban Paradigms, Wood, Wood construction

The visitor center represents an international collaboration to reintroduce wood construction in China. The showcase structure reinterprets a historic precedent using modern materials and innovation to accommodate current Chinese culture.