A gateway concept for a Wanda Group theme park. The project translates the Chinese moon gate, or yuemen, into a large public threshold combining arrival, visibility, media display and prefabricated construction.
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Reference
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The moon gate is already a spatial device.
Moon gates are circular thresholds found in Chinese gardens and courtyard architecture. They frame movement, compress the view and mark passage from one condition to another. For a theme park entrance, that reference was directly tied to the brief: a gateway that could be recognised at distance and repeated across a wider family of destinations.
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System
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The circle becomes threshold, screen and construction system.
The gateway is conceived as a large circular media surface split by a vertical slot. The slot turns the image of the moon gate into an inhabited passage. The front face can display art, wayfinding, announcements and seasonal programming. The surface is divided into prefabricated bays for transport, installation, access and replacement. Their geometry is informed by the rectilinear lattice patterns of antique moon gate shelves.
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Resolution
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Fixed form. Changeable surface.
The gateway keeps a constant identity while allowing its content to change. Its circle, passage, bay structure and display surface all return to the same origin. It is not a sign placed at the entrance. It is the act of entering, made architectural.
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