A gateway structure for Wanda Studios Qingdao. The project marks entry into a film production campus through a shallow arch derived from the physical logic of celluloid film.
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Reference
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The entrance to a studio is part of its public identity.
Studio gateways have long shaped how film campuses are recognised. For Wanda Studios Qingdao, the reference was the strip of celluloid film: frame, perforation, sequence and movement. The project uses the medium’s physical past to define a contemporary threshold.
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System
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The film strip becomes two folded surfaces.
Two long, slender surfaces rise from the ground on either side of the entrance. Each begins vertically, twists upward to form a shallow arch, then returns to the ground. The structural bays follow the rhythm of film frames. The perforations become openings for integrated lighting. Surface, structure, canopy and sign work as one element.
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Resolution
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A threshold built from the logic of film.
The gateway gives the studio a public face without relying on applied branding. It treats film as a physical system of frames, perforations, light and movement. Those properties determine the structure, rhythm and act of entering.
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