Snail Bay
Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space.
Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin was recognized as a creative example of architectural design by the A' Design Award. Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall was awarded the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design in 2020. The A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design competition which celebrates exceptional design of skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions, religious structures, infrastructure designs, landscaping projects and more.
