Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall
Kris Lin
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space.
Golden A' Design Award Winner
Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin is a winner of the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award. Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall earned the Golden A' Design Award in 2020 and is showcased on Architectural Design Award Winners among other remarkable designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Kris Lin and see why Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall design rises above its competition.
About Snail Bay
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space. Snail Bay earned the Golden A' Design Award, one of the highest levels of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Golden A' Design Award winner designs combine strong original ideas with outstanding technical mastery, and are selected by a grand jury, as exceptional entries in their respective categories, after fair, just, meritocratic and independent academic review, where entries are voted through blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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