2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner

InkSail Pavilion Bridge

Entrant Company

Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd

Category

Architectural Design - Arches, Bridges, Viaducts & Gateways 

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

Located in Shuangpai County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, the InkSail Pavilion Bridge is a transformative design for a connecting bridge at the heart of Yangming Mountain Wanhe Scenic Area's lake. The project reimagines the original unstable suspension bridge as a multifunctional floating space that transcends mere transportation. While maintaining connectivity, it enriches spatial experiences and redefines the cultural landscape over water through innovative functional integration.



The bridge structure employs rhythmic variations of wooden lattices to naturally delineate a lakeside reading lounge and meditation space. Permeable grilles filter daylight and reflect aquatic scenery indoors, creating an immersive experience of "enclosure without isolation." Modular bamboo-steel framing eliminates redundant ornamentation, its warm textures blurring boundaries between artifice and nature. This design gently slows visitors' pace, inviting them to linger - leaning against railings with books or contemplating by water's edge - rediscovering serenity within the mountain's pristine environment.



Here, the bridge transcends its utilitarian role, emerging as a cultural conduit that weaves ecological awareness with experiential poetry. As mist caresses the wooden contours, the architecture dissolves into lakeside mists, leaving only the soft rustle of pages harmonizing with mountain springs - a profound articulation of infrastructure's humanistic potential in contemporary context.

Credits

Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd
Zeng Yihai
Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd
Yu Xi
Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd
Hua Lingxuan
Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd
Zeng Renzhi
Zengyihai Architecture Studio, China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd
Mei Mei
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