Three Interlocking Rings: A Microcosmic Basin(Photography by ARCH-EXIST)
The Tianfu Habitat Pavilion at 2024 Chengdu Expo presents Sichuan's millennia-old dwelling traditions—celebrating life, not architecture. Three interlocking rings shape a courtyard, lotus pond, and bamboo hills, as a tribute to Liu Jiakun's Xicun Courtyard—a mini-basin and giant hotpot. The courtyard links indoors, outdoors, and roof for viewing, listening, tasting, ascending. The lotus pond forms corridors and floating islands. A hillside ring-homestay encloses bamboo hills for post-expo ecology.