With World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF) announcing this year’s shortlist at the end of June, the Bamboo Pavilion, World Flora Exposition, is nominated among others. Situated in Huludun Park, Fengyuan, the creation, under the sponsorship of Taichung Real Estate Development Association, is designed by architect Chen Yi-chong of Zuo Studio over the image concept of seeds, bamboo forest and the Central Range. The structure and weaving display a form of bamboo forest, allowing visitors to take a unique bamboo forest walk among the floral park.

The industrial critic and academic research award, WAF, is nominating 7 Taiwanese projects this year from Office to House and Commercial mixed-use. The Bamboo Pavilion, of all, entered the category of Leisure Led Development - Future Project. The award is to take place in Amsterdam this November, followed by a three-day architecture forum. The project team Zuo Studio will be live presenting to the panel of the design concept and inviting the industry to visit Taichung Flora Expo.

In place of concrete, “Bamboo Pavilion” adopted the ubiquitous, thriving bamboo in Taiwan as green material to strike a balance between architecture and the natural environment with sustainable components. Upon creating a novel experience of designed space, the project advocates historic development of oriental bamboo craft, says architect Chen Yi-chong.

Taichung Flora Expo is a journey where the walkable, cozy Bamboo Pavilion is incorporated in curves, blending into background and coexisting with Mother Nature. Bring yourself among the flow of light and wind, discover a brand new space at each step, a new finding at every angle. “Visitors are triggered with more imagination towards the forms of architecture and the interaction in between.”

As per Economic Development Department, “Bamboo Pavilion” is Taiwan’s only public construction nominated in WAF, solidifying the strength of Taichung architecture while leaving a great achievement in promoting Taichung city aesthetics. The shortlisted project is the best acknowledgement to public participation to the Flora Expo. Not only the event showcases flowers and horticultural skills, the presentation of outstanding architect, design teams and artists, as well as the public and private organizations collaboration, are shining from local to global stage.