Antelope Canyon, Arizona
（Antelope canyon）
Antelope Canyon is the world's famous slot-type canyon. It is located in the northern desert of Arizona in the United States. Antelope Canyon is located in the dry river all the year round. The closest city is Page, which belongs to the Navajo Aboriginal Reserve. The terrain is divided into two separate sections, called Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon.
It looks like a ditch of sand on the surface washed out by running water. Deep into the bottom of the valley, you will find that the rock surface of the valley wall is carefully polished, and the grain layer flows along the rock wall, as if the waves millions of years ago were fixed in this valley. Sunlight enters from the top of the canyon, transforming into strange colors.
Antelope Canyon, like other slot-type canyons, is formed by soft sandstones that have been eroded by millions of years. Erosion was mainly caused by flash floods, followed by wind erosion.
During the monsoon season, flash floods often flow into the canyon. Due to the sudden increase in rainfall, the speed of the flash flood is quite fast, and the narrow channel narrows the river channel, so the vertical erosion is relatively large, forming the bottom of Antelope Canyon. Corridors, and the hard, smooth, water-like edges of the valley walls.
The formation of the Grand Canyon did not depend only on the flow of the Colorado River. Flash floods caused by heavy rainfall on the plateau are the main force for surface cutting. The more arid barren mountains, once the rainstorm, the power of flash floods will be more amazing. The extremely dry and hard surface has very poor water absorption, and the rainfall scours along the terrain. If there are some cracks in the surface, the turbulent water and the sand and stones carried along the way are almost indestructible. Over time, the landscape can be turned upside down.
According to historical narratives of the Navajo people, the place used to be a pronghorn antelope habitat, and antelope walks often existed in the canyon. This is also the origin of this canyon named Antelope Canyon. The older generation of Navajos used this place as a habitat for meditation and communication with the Great Spirit.
Inspired architecture
Matrix aspect-Chongqing Yijiang County with artistic mountain shape
The project is located in the mountainous city of Chongqing, on the green land along the Jialing River. Based on the impression of Chongqing that "the mountain is the city, the city is the mountain", in order to show the space in a large environment with a different and artistic style, which is different from the traditional sales center, the design is based on the mountainous landform features. Starting from the concept of "stacked mountains", and taking American Antelope Canyon as artistic inspiration, it extended the image of wind and creatures, and perfectly integrated the interior design with the architecture and natural environment, thus presenting the artistic and unique experience of the case. space.
Extracting design symbols from natural language, based on the "Chongqing Mountain City" tone, the "shape" of the cascading mountain in Antelope Valley was extracted, and the representative color of PANTONE 2019-Living Coral, was designed in layers. Presenting space vitality and vitality, people are exposed to such an environment, and can deeply feel the deep and orderly artistic communication between the building's interior and outside space, people and space, and people and nature.
Project Name | Hongkong Land Chongqing Yijiang County Sales Center
Hardcover Design | Matrix Aspect
Soft outfit design | Matrix Ming Cui
Photography Company | Shixiang Wanhe
Project Type | Sales Center
Project Area | 1400㎡
Main materialsGRG
