Above The Clouds
Shanghai JUND Architects Co., Ltd. + IAPA PTY. LTD · Tengchong, China
Honorable Mention 2020

Overview
Located at the highest pitch being 2.5 km away from Tengchong Beihai Wetland, the art center has a 16m level difference, which makes it either an entrance of ascending or a stage of scenery.
The gaps: the art center consists of 8 buildings of diverse functions, area, and height. The staggered spaces create yards and gaps, from where the external scenery is available.
The paths: taking every 5 steps as a unit, the paths run across the indoor and outdoor spaces up and down, where the buildings turn into art exhibits standing next to the wetland.
The light: white metal tension nets with small meshes are adopted to cover the buildings, which looks like a waterfall running between mountains. The transparent design expands the edges and scale of the buildings.
- Location
- Tengchong, China
- Edition
- 2020
- Discipline
- Architecture
- Category
- Cultural
Project credits
- Lead Designer
- Peng Shen, Lan Guo




