Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions by Zhubo Design

Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions by Zhubo Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny d'Arquitectura, Edificació i Estructures Competition Category.

ArgentArquitectura· 2023

Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions

by Zhubo Design

Client: Zhubo Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions

Kirin Island és un centre d'exposicions situat a Jining, província de Shandong, Xina. L'edifici constitueix la primera fase d'un parc industrial. El centre s'utilitza per a exposicions de planificació i promoció d'inversions en la fase inicial, i posteriorment esdevindrà una sala d'exposicions urbana vinculada a l'espai públic circumdant. El disseny segueix la idea d'un cel rodó i una terra quadrada, de manera que un edifici quadrat acull un pati rodó. Una estructura de murs pantalla amb pòrtics d'una llum de 18,6 metres crea un espai interior sense pilars. Els voladissos de 10,3 metres a les façanes nord i sud formen zones semiexteriors.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Kirin Island Centre d'Exposicions és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is the first phase of Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Industrial Park of Jining High-tech District, which will be used for planning exhibition and investment promotion of the industrial park in early stage, and transformed to be an urban exhibition hall integrated into the surrounding public space in later stage. Put forward six design concepts:" Round and Square, Axial Symmetry, A Floating Box, Kylin-Like Exterior, Integration of space and Beyond the Bounds".
Dimensions & Packaging: Total land area: 7234.47m2
Gross floor area: 3920.01m2
Floor area ratio: 1.85
Height: 16.6m
Floors: 3 (3 above the ground and 0 underground)
Tags: Public service buildings, Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, Round and Square, Axial Symmetry, A Floating Box, Kylin-Like Exterior, Integration of space, Beyond the Bounds
Production Technology: The building is a frame-shear wall structure,with a north-south overhang of 10.3m and a span of 18.6m between the two traffic cores in the middle. The long-span structure realizes a pillar-less indoor space and creates a broad and through overall space. The far-reaching overhangs on the north and south sides create a semi-outdoor activity space for the public.
Design Challenge: The building is a frame-shear wall structure, with a north-south overhang of 10.3m and a span of 18.6m between the two traffic cores in the middle. The design and construction of large span concrete structures need to overcome many design difficulties and innovative implementation. Local culture is integrated into the design. Other decorative elements are excluded except Kirin scales to emphasize simpleness of the facade and material texture. The curtain wall design needs to solve many technical problems of oblique support and division.
Research: The project is located in Jining, Shandong Province, occupying a superior geographical location surrounded by residential and commercial office areas with complete transportation and supporting facilities. To make full use of street corners and surrounding resources, the build is designed to be a cuboid from the macro perspective of urban design, and realizes good orientation and visibility at all interfaces through lifting, twisting, protruding, retreating and overhanging.
Inspiration: The design of the project focuses on the culture of Jining, the Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the City of the Grand Canal, and reinterprets traditional regional elements by modern techniques to create a modern and simple architectural form with regional characteristics.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2020 and finished in October 2021 in Jining City, Shandong Province, China.
Operation Flow: The design is based on the relationship between "round sky and square earth" to create a "square" building with a "round" courtyard to achieve a pure and quiet atmosphere. The project realized regional expression with modern formal language, restrained structure, space and materials, and rebuilt the relationship between tradition, nature, architecture and human. It has become a focal point of the region, and the first business card of Kylin Island of Jining High-tech District.
Team Members: Project Director: Yang Weizhong,
Project Managers: Wang Qi, Liu Wubin, Wang Yonggang，
Project Team: Pang Zhenfei, Wei Bo, Li Tao, Li Yingwei, Lai Shengqi, Xia Chong, Ouyang Jie, Chen Xiaojun, Wang Yijie, Li Shanwei, Huang Jian, Qiao Xin
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