Blossom Gate: the portico modeled on Chinese calligraphy

The design collective Penda created the Blossom Gate, an entrance portico with dramatic architecture to a flower garden in the Chinese city of Xiangyang. Inspired by the traditional Chinese calligraphy, the conceptual portico is formed by overlapping layers of dry bamboo and bent in the form of strokes.

Winner of a design competition in 2013, the Blossom Gate defies the traditional notion of portico as a Physics Division and reinvents the concept as something and link social junction.  Like many other works of the atelier, this portico celebrates the use of bamboo as a building material, using the internal frame and on the facade, referred to Inhabitat.

The Blossom Gate is located at the entrance of the greater Myrtle flower garden of the city of Xiangyang. Underneath the portico there are benches and stairs, creating a new social space. Seen as a major architectural landmark of the city, the architects have proposed a variety of recreational activities that Blossom Gate can accommodate markets such as weekend, film sessions and outdoor concert.

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