DoDesign's Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in Chongqing features rearrangeable cedar logs

DoDesign, a local architecture firm, has finalized the Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in Chongqing, China. This unique structure features gridded metal walls filled with thousands of loose cedar logs that visitors can move around. The pavilion was constructed following the discovery of a Ming-dynasty Buddhist shrine on a wooded hill near Nanhai Village, where a Buddha sculpture carved into a crape myrtle tree trunk was erected by the owner to mark the site. The previous shed-like building was insufficient for visitors. The minimalist design incorporates black-steel columns and a timber roof with skylights. Approximately 4,000 cedar logs were cut, with only half installed to encourage visitor interaction. DoDesign had earlier completed the Drifting Stones Pavilion in Chongqing.