Tangram Canopy

LOCATION
Shuhe Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan, China
DATE
2014
CLIENT
COART
TYPE
Canopy
TEAM
He Zhe, James Shen, Zang Feng, Jiang Hao, Gao Tianxia, Lin Tianquan

The Tangram Canopy is a flexible modular roof structure. The design mimics the Tangram, a Chinese game of triangle-derived pieces that can be rearranged into various forms. The flat roof of the Tangram Canopy ensures the modules are directionless, unlike typical canopies. The spaces created are infinitely expandable in all directions, unified under a singular canopy.

The structure consisted of truss-like “L” shape modules made of 10mm thick steel rod. The lightness of the structure allows the structure to almost disappear.