Architects: SoBA (
Soft Build Architects
)Location: 40 m two Year: 2025 Photography: Wen Studio Lead Designers: Wang Ruo, Tang Haiyin
Style Group: Chen Tuo, Li Chuanzhang, Wang Yuan, Shen Yichen (Intern), Li Zizhen (Intern)
Lighting Specialist: Shanghai Guangyue Lighting Style Co., Ltd.Contractor: Wenshanglv Group Kunshan Chuanshi Hezhong Advertising and Decor Engineering Co., Ltd.Structural Engineering: Zang Yuhong Customer: Huaqiao Town, Kunshan Municipal Government City: Kunshan, Jiangsu Province Country: China The Blossom Box is a compact architectural intervention created by SoBA for a lakeside website in Central Park, Huaqiao, Kunshan. Changing an underutilized sunshade structure, the task introduces a lightweight structure that reacts to everyday usage, climate, and public presence through a system of operable façades. Sliding, folding, and lifting aspects enable the building to fully open during running hours and retreat into a peaceful, enclosed form when inactive, aesthetically indicating its state of use. Constructed with a steel frame, aluminum panels, and bamboo floor covering, the pavilion lessens effect on the existing platform while maintaining toughness. Rather than serving a set function, the structure supports a series of informal activities, encouraging rest, event, and short-lived occasions while improving the relationship between people and the surrounding landscape. SoBA approached The Flower Box as a temporal structure embedded within the rhythms of
the city, emphasizing change over permanence. The architecture is specified not just by its form however by its ability to move in between openness and enclosure, permitting it to register time through motion. This noticeable transformation enables the pavilion to interact straight with park visitors, expressing activity and rest through architectural gestures instead of signs or programming. The Blossom Box/ SoBA 33 The project departs from the modernist idea of architecture as a fixed maker by proposing a building that behaves more
like a living existence. Its operable walls stimulate the structure throughout the day, reacting to weather, occupancy, and patterns of use. When fully opened, the interior dissolves into the surrounding park; when closed, the pavilion withdraws into a compact volume, maintaining a restrained presence along the lakeside. The Blossom Box/ SoBA 34
The Flower Box/ SoBA 35 Equally central to the style is the production of transitional or “gray”spaces that mediate between interior and exterior. Through layered openings, translucent surface areas, and shaded locations, the pavilion creates semi-open zones that supply convenience while maintaining visual and environmental continuity with the website. These areas extend the practical footprint of the building beyond its enclosed area, encouraging informal profession and social interaction.
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