The Cloud Room designed by Shanghai-based architect Bing Bu sits on the roof terrace of the National Art Museum of China, a historical landmark from the 1960s in Beijing. The outside white polycarbonate panels follow a computer-generated cloud-like profile. Each piece revolves according to the wind, casting moving shadows and reflections onto the second layer of translucent polycarbonate. Standing inside, people can think of this cloud room as an apparatus of urban observation or meditation – the translucent interior screen gives a mix of vague pixel urban images intertwined with wind and sun. This Beijing installation can be a starting point of a sequence of works. As the exhibition is traveling to Taiwan this summer, The Cloud Room is expected to transform and to dialogue with the mild and warm environment of Taichung.
photography by © Shen Zhonghai
Project Info :
Architects: Bing Bu
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Shen Zhonghai
Architects: One Design Inc
Project Location: Beijing, China
