Bronze A' Design Award Winner 2024
Centered within the composition rests a white geometric architectural structure consisting of two connected pavilion-like forms with sharply angled faceted surfaces suggesting folded planes or crystalline geometry, positioned on a dark horizontal platform that extends into perfectly still water creating a mirror reflection that exactly doubles the structure below the waterline. The architecture appears approximately fifteen feet tall at its peaked highest points and perhaps thirty feet in total width spanning both connected modules, rendered in pristine white that reads as matte-finished panels or cladding with visible seam lines suggesting modular construction. The geometric vocabulary employs sharp triangular planes meeting at crisp linear edges creating an overall form that resembles abstract mountain peaks, folded origami, or geometric crystalline structures. At the center where the two pavilion forms meet, a warm golden-lit translucent section reveals vertical linear elements suggesting natural wood slats or cladding in honey or amber tones, approximately eight feet wide, glowing with interior illumination that contrasts invitingly against the cool white exterior surfaces and provides the composition's warmest color note. The horizontal platform supporting the structure appears as a dark neutral gray or black, possibly wood or composite decking, extending several feet beyond the architectural forms into the water. The water itself reads as extraordinarily calm, its surface acting as a perfect mirror reflecting every detail of the white geometric structure, the dark platform, and even catching suggestions of the forest behind, rendered in slightly darker tones than the actual forms above creating subtle value distinction between reality and reflection while maintaining precise geometric correspondence. Surrounding and rising behind the architectural intervention, dense coniferous forest fills the upper two-thirds of the composition with evergreen trees ranging from deep forest green in the foreground where individual branch structures remain visible to progressively lighter, cooler, more blue-tinged greens in the middle distance, finally dissolving into misty atmospheric veils of pale blue-gray in the far background where tree forms become indistinct silhouettes. The trees appear as a mix of tall narrow spruce or fir with characteristic conical profiles, their irregular organic forms and soft textural quality contrasting dramatically with the hard geometric precision of the white architectural forms. The sky occupies the upper portion reading as overcast with cool pale blue-gray tones suggesting diffused natural light from cloud-covered sky, possibly during dawn or dusk hours given the soft quality of illumination and the presence of interior lighting within the structure's translucent core. The overall atmosphere conveys cool temperature as one might experience near mountain lakes surrounded by alpine or subalpine forest, with humidity suggested by the misty atmospheric softening of distant forms and the perfectly still water surface undisturbed by any breeze, creating a sense of profound quietness, isolation, and contemplative stillness within pristine wilderness.
The Infinity Unit is aimed to provide people a new solution toward dwellings. The inner skeleton is flexible, which its shape can be adjusted according to different terrains, and sits lightly and elegantly on the site. Therefore, it is not limited to being fixed in a certain location. With different modular components and various facade options, the Infinity can be placed anywhere around the world, joining the adventure with people to explore the infinite possibilities.