Golden A' Design Award Winner 2023
This architectural photograph presents a large-scale contemporary building designed as an indoor recreational facility, captured from a plaza-level vantage point that emphasizes the structure's dramatic horizontal sweep and sculptural presence. Scanning from left to right across the composition, the building extends in a continuous flowing mass that rises from approximately two stories at the left edge to perhaps six or seven stories at its highest point toward the right, creating a dynamic ascending diagonal silhouette against the sky. The sky itself occupies the upper forty percent of the image, rendered in soft powder blue with wispy white clouds creating gentle atmospheric texture, feeling cool and expansive like a crisp winter morning. The building's exterior skin consists primarily of smooth panels in alternating bands of bright white suggesting fresh snow and medium gray suggesting polished stone or brushed metal, these horizontal stripes wrapping around curved surfaces to create a sense of continuous flowing movement reminiscent of wind-sculpted drifts or frozen waves. At the left portion of the facade, a distinctive coral-red spiral form approximately three stories tall emerges from a field of perforated metallic panels, this warm accent feeling energetic and playful against the cool surrounding surfaces. The perforations throughout various facade zones create hexagonal patterns suggesting honeycomb or crystalline structures, introducing visual texture and depth. The building's lower edge curves gently inward creating a sheltered zone where small human figures can be discerned near entrance areas, their presence establishing scale and suggesting the welcoming accessibility of the space. The foreground plaza extends forward from the building in a geometric grid of gray paving stones, smooth and level underfoot, occupying the lower third of the composition. A small landscaped area with green vegetation appears at the lower left corner, providing organic contrast. The overall atmosphere feels serene yet dynamic, technological yet approachable, suggesting a place of recreation and wonder.
With its huge building volume, unique architectural shape, and professional ski track, Sunac Snow Park not only naturally integrates into the surrounding mountains of Dujiangyan, but also deeply blends into the lives of ice and snow lovers. At the same time, combined with regional characteristics, with Bashu culture as the core, cultural symbols, and architectural design are integrated to create a landmark building with unique regional characteristics.