Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award የብር ሽልማት in የሥነ ሕንፃ፣ ግንባታ እና መዋቅር ዲዛይን Competition Category.
ብርሥነ ሕንፃ· 2018
Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል
by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie
Client: West-line Studio
A' Design Award የብር ሽልማት Winner in ሥነ ሕንፃ Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል
በቻይና ውስጥ በደቡባዊ የጊዝሁ ግዛት ውስጥ የምትገኘው፣ የሹአይ የባህል ማዕከል የሹኢ ብሔረሰብ መሬት ወደሆነችው ወደ ሳንዱ ካውንቲ መግቢያ በር ነው። የምእራብ-ላይን ስቱዲዮ የዚህ ሕንፃ ግብ የሹኢን የአምልኮ ሥርዓቶች እና ድባብ ወደ ህዝባዊ ቦታ መቀየር ነበር። ቀጭን የነሐስ ቆዳ ከከባድ የኮንክሪት መዋቅር ጋር ንፅፅር ይፈጥራል፣ የፀሐይ ብርሃንን በመስበር ወደ ውስጥ ከገባ በኋላ አስደናቂ ውጤት ይፈጥራል። ጎብኚዎች ክፍት የውሃውን አደባባይ ካለፉ በኋላ የባህል ማዕከሉ የሹይ ተራራ ፎቶግራፎችን የሚቀሰቅሱ በጣሪያዎች ተለይተው የሚታወቁ ሶስት ተከታታይ ቦታዎችን ያቀርባል።
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award የብር ሽልማት
Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል የA' Design Award የብር ሽልማት አሸናፊ ነው፤ ይህም ለምርጥ ደረጃ፣ ውብ እና አስደናቂ ዲዛይኖች የሚሰጥ ያልተለመደ ከፍተኛ ክብር ያለው እውቅና ነው። የብር አሸናፊዎች የዲዛይነሮቻቸውን የላቀ ልምድ፣ ተሰጥኦ እና ጥልቅ ማስተዋል የሚያሳዩ እጅግ ብሩህ እና እጅግ ፈጠራ የተሞላባቸው ሥራዎች ናቸው። Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል እጅግ ሙያዊና ጥልቅ ፈጠራ የተሞላበት አስደናቂ ማሳያ ሥራ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ይህ የA' Design Award የብር ሽልማትን ያሸነፈ ዲዛይን የኪነ ጥበብ፣ የሳይንስ፣ የዲዛይን እና የቴክኖሎጂ ድንበሮችን የሚጠቅምና የሚያስፋፋ ትኩረት የሚስብ፣ የሚደነቅ ፈጠራ ነው። Shui Cultural Center የባህል ማዕከል ፍላጎትን የሚቀሰቅስ፣ በጎ ስሜት የሚያመጣ እና መደነቅንና መገረምን የሚያቀጣጥል በብዙዎች የሚቀኑበት ፈጠራ ነው።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in the Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui. It includes three main stripes, combining all the functions of the tourist-cultural center. With its iconic and distinct shape, it stands as an homage to the local culture and traditional architecture. The Shui culture is evoked using particular materials and shapes and recreating a ritual space, able to lead visitors into Shui’s ancestral world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area surface: 13,808.04 sqm
Building surface: 4,223.59 sqm
Building max height: 23 m
Tower height: 30 m - Tags
- China, Guizhou Province, West-line studio, Cultural Center, Shui Minority, Concrete Architecture, Chinese Architecture, Pitched Roof, Concrete, Bronze
- Production Technology
- 1. Fair-faced Concrete: strongly marked by a wooden pattern, given by the pine quarterdecks
2. Copper Steel Plates: twelve industrial processes recreate the peculiar texture of the bronze used in Shui minority’s ancient rituals
3. Colorful Transparent Glass: Shui Characters, mainly used during ceremonies and sacrifices, are printed on colored glasses, filtering the light and evoking a ritual atmosphere - Design Challenge
- The main challenge has been to turn those typical and ritual elements of Shui minority’s culture, together with the whole scenario they used to create during Bronze Age traditional rites, into a contemporary public space.
- Research
- The project focuses and researches on these main aspects:
1. Regional Connection: local peak-cluster landform
2. Public Life: contemporary public life model of Shui minority group in China
3. Ritual Atmosphere: bronze drums and altars used in Shui’s sacrifices
4. Lighting Atmosphere: filter Shui’s unique pictograms
5. Construction: handcrafted + industrial materials - Inspiration
- The Cultural Center is inspired by Shui minority sacrificial rites, where bronze drums and altars are regarded as symbols of power. The architecture also evokes Shui unique pictograms. From the outside, with its water square, it stands as an open memorial place. While inside visitors are immerged into an introverted ritual atmosphere.
- Project Duration
- Design: June 2016 - October 2016
Location: Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
Construction: October 2016 - November 2017
Location: Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China - Operation Flow
- The building guides visitors step by step into Shui’s ritual world. Starting from the open water memorial square, behind which the building shines with its bronze perforated skin which remembers sacrificial altars. To the interiors strongly characterized by the sharp pitched roof, which aims to recreate an intimate dramatic atmosphere.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to West-line Studio, 2017.
- Team Members
- - Design: Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie
- Architecture and Landscape: Yudan Luo
- Site Construction Control: Haobo Wei, Minghua Ou
- Interior Design: Martina Muratori
- Structure: Yuanping Li, Xiaoqiang Yang
- Equipment: Hongbo Shi
- Research: Lanyu Xu, Danjing Zhong, Zhili Yin, Jing Shi, Yulan Xu
- Graphic: Martina Muratori, Jinda Zheng - Image Credits
- Photo: Jingsong Xie, Jinda Zheng
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