Wearing 'skirt' building Yangzhou multifunctional space

The site lies by a small river west of Yangzhou, three hundred meters north to Mingyue Lake. It was part of the old Jinghua amusement park; by completion, the last Ferris wheel had been removed. Like most urban sites in China, it carries rich memories but is now blank, on which a new building group will rise. Urban symbol is a design thread parallel to natural narrative, arising from a question: can everyday functions in a city carry spiritual meaning beyond the everyday? The answer is the symbol. A few space types, through enduring form, naturally carry empathy and monumentality, such as the field, church, balcony and grand stair. Special types are few in the city; most are restaurants, cafes, gyms and small shops. The symbol connects the two. Semantically, theater is no longer a noun but becomes an adjective, theatrical, bringing monumentality to ordinary functions through folded, light-catching volumes.