Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny d'Espais Interiors i Exposicions Competition Category.

FerroInterior· 2022

Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural

Shameen Centenari és un espai cultural creat a l'interior d'un edifici històric a l'illa de Shamian, a Guangzhou, Xina. L'edifici es va completar el 1862 i el seu exterior conserva la forma simètrica original, les proporcions precises de portes i finestres, i unes riques motllures. A l'interior de la sala de 260 metres quadrats, que té una alçada de sostre de 4,55 metres, un entresostre d'acer afegeix un nivell intermedi amb una estructura de bastida independent. L'espai acull exposicions d'art i una casa de te per a la comunitat. Els nous materials i la nova il·luminació contrasten clarament amb l'antic sistema de pilars.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Centennial Shameen Disseny d'Interiors d'Espai Cultural és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Located at No.41 Shamian Street on the central axis of Shamian Island, the project was built in 1862 with a history of 159 years. Adhering to the concept of protecting and reusing the historical buildings, this project transforms it into a multifunctional composite cultural space that can accommodate different scenes, for example, cultural art exhibition, and tea house for the community.
Dimensions & Packaging: Taking advantage of the 4.55 meter's high ceiling height in the 260 square-meters room, a steel interlayer is inserted to add different layers. It added a mezzanine space with an independent frame structure locally to make full use of the existing space to create more possibilities.
Tags: Architecture, renovation, culture, building, public space
Production Technology: The exterior of the building retains its original style: within the symmetrical form, precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich moldings lines. By now, stepping into the gate of Ceremonial sense will absolutely open up a new spatial experience.
Design Challenge: Using a section of space as a transition for the entrance, outstanding from the old sense of form; on top of the uses of spacial transition at the entrance, it added new material and design techniques to emphasize the difference, and thus collision between the old and the new style has begun.
Research: Awakening the long-term dormant state of this historical building, it has become an open public space integrated into the urban context and reconnecting the community. The language of the space is concise and lively, and the space still playing the pure beauty of decoration.
Inspiration: Inspired by the local context, the texture of the sandy floor contrasts with the black stone. The horizontal of the three kinds of grain on the stones interspersed with the white volume, which implies the historical meaning of Shamian which washed by the water of the time immemorial Pearl River.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Shameen Island, Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: New materials, new forms of design, and the newest lighting techniques are added to the classical space, interactive with the old pillar system; new things do not adhere to the old structure, and the relationship between the new and the old is clear.
Team Members: Design Director: Keven Wong
Design Director: Fanmie
Lead Designer: Chow Hou Hong