Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center
Architect: Mathieu Forest, Zone Of Utopia
Year: 2021
Location: Xinxiang, China
Category: Cultural center / Culture / Leisure
Status: Under Construction
About
Resembling ice cubes stacked on top of one another, this sculptural building clad in frosted glass is the work of the French firms Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. It features a restaurant, a café, stores, reading rooms, and spaces intended for children. Set at different angles to form terraces and cantilevers, the glazed blocks have a pattern imprinted on them to make them look like ice, and depending on changing light conditions, certain areas indoors are either visible from outside, or hidden. The company PROL designed the lighting.