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beijing 2013 - hotel kapok 3

            Hotel Kapok, a.k.a. Blur Hotel (Studio Pei-Zhu, 2004-2006). A thorough renovation and recladding job on an aging government office building, accepting even this more recent heritage as part of the city worth preserving. The new design carves prismatic voids (sun-rooms and light courts) out of the existing slabs, explicitly intended to evoke the courtyards of historic siheyuan. On the outside, we get a new facade of fiberglass screens, which in turn are supposed to approximate a traditional Chinese lantern; I'd guess the greenish color is going for "jade" as well. As Zhu's profile has risen, this project has fallen off of the studio's website, but it's not bad work at all.
   

Taken on: August 24, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/10.0, 1/80 sec, 50mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF50mm f/1.8 II
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.14 (Windows)
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