In 2019, Shanghai Dachuan Architects completed the Sino-French Science Park Church near Chengdu, China, to celebrate cultural ties between the two nations. The creators reinterpreted traditional Western cathedrals by designing a structure made entirely of light materials. Thousands of white aluminum beams form a delicate, semi-transparent lattice over a modest sixty-five square meters. 🪻 As daylight shifts across the landscape, the sun slips directly through the open framework rather than striking a solid mass. This innovative structure allows natural light to permeate the interior completely, leaving almost no traditional shadow on the ground. When night falls, integrated sensors activate internal lights to create a soft, celestial glow above the surrounding lavender fields. 📸 Design by Shanghai Dachuan Architects