South of the Clouds
The site is the capital of Yunnan, a province that translates directly as ‘South of the Clouds’. The installation occupies a plaza and forms the gateway to a new community center.
BAM developed a variation of the Mist Cloud project, creating a new geometric organization based on the accumulation of spherical volumes into a cloud-like assembly. Through the digital model and the physical models, the cloud gate was studied to achieve an object-like geometry from an elevation that disintegrates when viewed from the oblique angle of the waffle. The front and side elevations read as variations of the traditional Chinese cloud pattern. The project is finished in a minty pink-to-blue gradient, colors selected for the bright sunlight and deep blue skies of Kunming.
LOCATION: Kunming
CLIENT: Legend
TYPE: Installation Design
YEAR: 2015
STATUS: Complete