{"id":929,"date":"2025-05-30T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2025-05-31T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:13:21","slug":"stepped-brick-layers-of-mufu-archlabs-cultural-space-hosts-festival-traditions-in-china-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/stepped-brick-layers-of-mufu-archlabs-cultural-space-hosts-festival-traditions-in-china-village\/","title":{"rendered":"stepped brick layers of MUFU archlab\u2019s cultural space hosts festival traditions in china village"},"content":{"rendered":"

shanxia cultural station backdrops the village’s yearly festival<\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

Set at the foot of Houyanta Hill in Zhejiang Province, the Shanxia Cultural Station<\/span><\/em> by MUFU ARCHLAB is informed by its proximity to landscape and ritual. Located directly across from the open field where Shanxia Village\u2019s centuries-old Bench Dragon Lantern<\/span><\/em> ceremony unfolds each year, the project functions as a cultural threshold, bridging everyday life and the temporality of celebration.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Chinese<\/strong><\/a> practice’s design approach responds closely to spatial context and local identity, resting the building on a former residential plot, with a scale and orientation that subtly signals its public intent. To its north, the ceremonial field remains untouched; behind it, the unique rock formations of the hills form a natural backdrop. This pairing of geological and cultural terrain informs the stepped brick<\/strong><\/a> layers of the facade, as well as the project\u2019s logic which reinforces patterns of movement.<\/p>\n

\"stepped
all images courtesy of MUFU ARCHLAB<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

mufu archlab rests the structure with a subtle presence<\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

The decision to locate a new public building here is inseparable from the village\u2019s long cultural trajectory. Historically known as Shiyou<\/span><\/em> (travel-friendly), Shanxia has produced notable scholars and retained strong ritual traditions despite recent urban encroachment. The Bench Dragon Lantern<\/span><\/em>,<\/i> held on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, is its most visible expression, a vivid procession in which villagers shoulder wooden benches arranged to form the body of a dragon. Each family contributes a segment, and each new marriage extends the dragon’s length, turning the ritual into a living diagram of kinship, growth, and shared presence.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

MUFU ARCHLAB\u2019s design is shaped by this annual convergence, with the Cultural Station<\/span><\/em> becoming an instrument in the festival\u2019s perpetuation. The tiered brick structure supports its performance logistically while reinforcing its spatial centrality in village life. Further, it provides infrastructure through a subtle framing. In this way, the project reflects a larger sensibility in the architects<\/strong><\/a>‘ work to treat architecture as one of the ongoing mediums of culture-making.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"stepped
Shanxia Cultural Station<\/span><\/em> is informed by its proximity to landscape and ritual<\/p>\n

\"stepped
located across from the field where Shanxia Village\u2019s historic Bench Dragon Lantern<\/span><\/em> ceremony unfolds each year<\/p>\n

\"stepped
the Cultural Station<\/span><\/em> becomes an instrument in the festival\u2019s perpetuation<\/p>\n

\"stepped
layers of bricks echo the contours of the hills<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\"shanxia-cultural-station-MUFU-designboom-01\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n

a quiet public space<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

\t\t<\/p>\n

\"\"
the project reflects a larger sensibility of the architect<\/strong> to treat architecture as an ongoing mediums of culture-making<\/p>\n

\"\"
set at the foot of Houyanta Hill in Zhejiang Province<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

name:<\/strong> Shanxia Cultural Station<\/p>\n

architect:<\/strong> MUFU Arch Lab<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

location:<\/strong> China<\/p>\n

The post stepped brick layers of MUFU archlab’s cultural space hosts festival traditions in china village<\/a> appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

shanxia cultural station backdrops the village’s yearly festival   Set at the foot of Houyanta Hill in Zhejiang Province, the Shanxia Cultural Station by MUFU ARCHLAB is informed by its proximity to landscape and ritual. Located directly across from the open field where Shanxia Village\u2019s centuries-old Bench Dragon Lantern ceremony unfolds each year, the project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}