Prairie Ark and Nomads' Beacon Tower
Architect: BUZZ/ Büro Ziyu Zhuang
Year: 2025
Location: Ulanqab, China
Category: Exhibition Center
Status: Built
About
Ulanqab Grassland belongs to a cultural context that is, by tradition, nomadic. No building is native here. The design challenge is threefold: avoid reducing the project to a cultural costume through symbolic copying; avoid the intrusion of imported urban architectural language; and on completely flat terrain, produce buildings that are both visually legible at distance and genuinely absorbed into the ground they stand on.
Building Info
- Total Floor Area: 1360 m²
Tags: cultural architecture, museums & exhibit, exhibition center