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Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў by Haisheng Xu

Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў by Haisheng Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн архітэктуры, будынкаў і канструкцый Competition Category.


БронзаАрхітэктура· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў

by Haisheng Xu

Client: Studio 0

Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Архітэктура Category

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The Design

About Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў

Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў вулкана — гэта цэнтр для наведвальнікаў у Ісландыі, які прадстаўляе геалагічную, гістарычную і культурную інфармацыю пра ісландскія вулканы. Будынак займае 7 300 квадратных футаў і ўпісаны ў вулканічны ландшафт, аб'ядноўваючы падземныя прасторы са скульптурным дахавым пейзажам. Палітра матэрыялаў простая і складаецца з бетону, металу і шкла, а зялёны дах распрацаваны для падтрымкі мясцовых раслін. Параметрычныя інструменты праектавання сфарміравалі крывалінейную форму, захоўваючы пры гэтым рацыянальную геаметрыю. Схема руху накіроўвае наведвальнікаў, дазваляючы ім адчуць гарызонт, зямлю і прыроду.

The Recognition

About the Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award

Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў — пераможца Бронзавай прэміі A' Design Award, высокапрэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца выдатным дызайнам, што вылучаюцца творчасцю, вынаходлівасцю і праніклівасцю. Бронзавыя пераможцы — гэта ўмелыя і ўражліва творчыя артэфакты, якія пацвярджаюць вялікі вопыт, уяўленне і знаходлівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы прадмет, надзвычай прафесійны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Бронзавую прэмію A' Design Award, уключае лепшыя практыкі ў мастацтве, навуцы, дызайне і тэхналогіях і выдатны ўвагай да дэталей. Volcano Visitor Center Цэнтр для наведвальнікаў цудоўна задавальняе патрэбы, кранае жаданні, зачароўвае пачуцці і ўзбуджае цікаўнасць.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
Dimensions & Packaging
7,300 square feet.
Tags
Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Production Technology
The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
Research
The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
Inspiration
Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
Project Duration
2025, Iceland
Operation Flow
The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
Team Members
Haisheng Xu

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