Dougong (Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng; lit. 'cap [and] block') is a structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important in traditional Chinese architecture. As the workshop for traditional Chinese architectural carpentry under the 2A2 Design Dept. of BIAD, ZHUN workshop attempts to activate the inheritance of traditional Chinese wisdom by innovate the Dougong in modern context and daily usage.

Foguang Temple rebuilt in 857 AD, is the largest surviving wooden building of the Tang Dynasty in China, and also the oldest surviving Dougong with the greatest number of tiers and the furthest distance. This product is the assemble model of dougong set on columns of the Foguang Temple’s Great East Hall, intended for educational and collecting purposes. The design focuses on improving the interaction and presentation of the assemblage in order to rigorously reproduce the original structure while keeping it simple and easy to use.

Took the original structure from “Single-Ang three-layers intermediate sets” of eave bracket from Qing dynasty, it is mostly used in palaces or pavilions. Light refracting in the transparent dougong structure making it a night light which all the components can be assembled and disassembled, with twin tubes for storage at the top which derived from the “Eave purlins” of prototype Dougong.