A Rest Station on A Mountaintop / Jumping House Lab

A rest station for a vista - Sitting in the mountains, the building is a rest station for bikers that is located at the highest spot of a cycle track. Towards the north there is potentially a broad, open view, which is currently blocked by trees at eye height, so we hoped to create a rest station that visitors could ascend and enjoy the vista. We have imagined how bikers will arrive at the rest station after a long ride: first, they will enter a corridor, park their bikes at the entrance, and take a break. For those with more curiosity or finding the cycle track tedious, they can explore further into the corridor that spirals up to the top of the mountain, where they can enjoy a splendid vista of the surrounding mountains.

A Rest Station on A Mountaintop / Jumping House Lab
© Zhi Xia © Zhi Xia
  • architects: Jumping House Lab
  • Location: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photographs: Zhi Xia
  • Photographs: Tiantian Wang
  • Area: 90.0 m2

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