ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum by Wey Duan Luo

ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum by Wey Duan Luo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Goud in Argitektuur-, Gebou- en Struktuurontwerp Competition Category.

GoudArgitektuur· 2020

ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum

by Wey Duan Luo

Client: Ever Rise Construction Co., Ltd

A' Design Award in Goud Winner in Argitektuur Category

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The Design

About ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum

ERC Autumn Village is 'n ontvangsentrum in Taipei, Taiwan. Die gebou kombineer 'n boekwinkel, 'n kafee en 'n verkoopsontvangsarea binne een ruimte van 926 vierkante meter. 'n Daklig-binnehof met 'n wasbessieboom staan in die middel, omring deur ineengevlegte platforms van verskillende vloerhoogtes. Die staalstruktuur het houtvloerplate en 'n eksterne baksteenmuur wat met H-balke en metaalonderdele vasgeheg is. Sitplekke, beligting en kaste is pasgemaak van herwonne houtpalette. Buigsame uitlegte maak dit moontlik om uitstallings, lesings en forums te hou.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Goud

ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Goud, 'n geweldig prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan eersteklas-, wonderlike en uitstaande ontwerpe. Wenners in Goud is uiters innoverende, visionêre en glansryk verblindende skeppings wat die vernuf, wysheid en bekwaamheid van hul ontwerpers weerspieël. Daar word verwag dat ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum 'n hoogs geprese, tendensskeppende en monumentale uitvinding is wat ongekende waarde lewer. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Goud gewen het, is 'n skouspelagtige, gerespekteerde projek wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie in hoë mate bevoordeel en uitbrei. ERC Autumn Village Ontvangsentrum wek intense gevoelens van begeerte, roep passie op, moedig kreatiwiteit aan en boei ons.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design concept of this project has implicated the current phenomenon - the vanishing of physical bookstore in this digital era. Integrating multiple industries like cafe, bookstore and reception center into one space, it also allows exhibitions, lectures and forums organized simultaneously. It has successfully attracted the public, transformed the concept of development project marketing with various interesting design features like skylight courtyard and flexible design elements.
Dimensions & Packaging: The area is 926 square metres. With a skylight courtyard at the center, surrounded by interlacing platforms with different floor heights, it forms an open mixed-use space. The arrangement of the metal frames on the glass wall is of note-like sequence. 1F has a courtyard, show house unit, cafe, kitchen and hot food area, bookstore, stair-seating, VR room, administration area, dining area, WC and storage room. Community activities area, exhibitions, seating area, forum space and terrace are on 2F.
Tags: Industrial, Flexibility, Bookstore, Cafe, Courtyard
Production Technology: The design team has created a unique construction of the external brick wall. It uses H beam and metal parts fixing the inner part of the hollow bricks, creating the facade with modern visual pattern. It is a steel structure building with wooden slabs floors. The custom-made furniture includes lightings, seats and cabinets built of recycled wood pallets. The height of the book displays compliances with consumer usability. The sitting area around the waxberry tree allows people to relax.
Design Challenge: Merging cafe, bookstore and reception centre for a development project into one space, is the greatest challenge of this project. Letting each of the businesses perform independently without affecting one another have become the design focus. The design team uses bookstore as the main theme, adding cafe as another commercial attraction to realize the spatial design of a grand reception centre for promoting the development project without any sense of conflict.
Research: The waxberry central courtyard gathers people to sit and interact with one another. The free-flowing circulation indicates the freedom of modern lives. The aroma of coffee accompanies reading activities of the public, form a lively scene. Going upstairs, surrounding the homocentric rectangular circulation space, one will enter a multifunctional space for exhibitions, cultural talks, parent-child events and etc. Visitors are able to conceive a pleasant experience in this vibrant space.
Inspiration: Due to the main facility of the Autumn Village residential apartment which is to be built, is focusing on the reading area, the reception center for this development project has targeted to break through the stereotype of general reception center, using reading activity as the core idea of the whole space to create a unique form of space with innovative integrated marketing model of different industries.
Project Duration: The project started in 1 October 2018 and completed in 26 May 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The circulation is diverged into two main flows. Business consultation area is located behind the courtyard. Merges the real estate promotional event into commercial space softly, it rises the curiosity of the people. Extra-wide staircase allows people to slow down their pace or sit down to read. Theme exhibition area on 2F promotes works of local artists. The forum area, designed as stair-seating, can hold different events. The flexible changes of the layouts suit different functions.
Team Members: Lead Designer: Wey-Duan Luo
Design Team: Chien-Chun Wu, Tzu-Ping Chan, Teng-Wen Yu
Image Credits: Wey-Duan Luo