Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte by WoWA Architecture

Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte by WoWA Architecture is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.

BronzeArchitecture· 2021

Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte

by WoWA Architecture

Client: WoWA Architecture

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte

Le plan directeur du quartier de l'aéroport de Honghua est un projet d'urbanisme à usage mixte conçu pour un site situé à Nankin, en Chine. Le site mesure environ 649 mètres sur 590 et est traversé par une ancienne piste d'aéroport de 62 mètres de large. Une barre d'activités reliée unit les parties nord et sud du site le long du parc aménagé sur la piste. Un centre de spectacles ancre le plan et anime la piste. Des bureaux, un hôtel et des espaces commerciaux s'organisent autour de cours indépendantes. Les volumes bâtis sont fragmentés en boîtes empilées de plus petite taille, aux façades variées. Des auvents en verre à LED éclairent le niveau de la rue et accompagnent les événements publics.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Honghua Airport District Masterplan Plan directeur à usage mixte satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Along the runway park, we designed a "linked activity bar" to connect the north and south. Performance center, "Cirque Du Soleil Anchor" is created to activate the runway and linked bar. Offices, hotel and retails are planned with independent courtyards as the extension from the runway. Building massing are broken down into smaller scale stacked boxes and provide diverse façade design. LED glass canopy and "ball" surface will provide animating light show to encourage street level's events.
Dimensions & Packaging: The site is almost like a 649m x 590m checkerboard with an old 62m wide airport runway cutting through in east and west direction. North commercial parcels allow 35m building height, and south residential parcels allow 100m building height. Only one parcel allows the tallest office tower to be 150m in height.
Tags: Airport, Nanjing, Honghua, Masterplan, Planning
Production Technology: Wood, stone, metal, concrete, steel, dirt, plants, and art installation will be used in different parts of the project depending on the design. We use a parametric design tool starting from massing studies, gross floor area calculation, facade pattern control, drawing generation with modifications to landscape design studies. The parametric design tool helps us find the right design balance faster based on scientific analysis and aesthetic preferences.
Design Challenge: The site is cut by a vast scale old airport runway, how to link the street level activity energy from north to south is the first major challenge. How to break the long courtyard office/ hotel facades to animate the runway park and link bar is the 2nd design challenge. How to intergrade different "flows" of traffic, such as commuters, visitors, local residents and allow them to find their own "belonging community" is the 3rd design challenge.
Research: Function, urban space, projects with similar site scale researches are conducted. Case studies and scale comparison are the methods used to collect design data. Our design team members conduct the research. Zoning map, activities suggestions, urban space articulation, and building forms are the result and insights we gain from the researches. And we believe the users here will find plenty of enjoyments and surprises to make this project a memorable place and become the destination of Nanjing.
Inspiration: Courtyard, mega frame and pixel infill concept are the main inspirations for this project, starting from master planning, building massing articulation, facade design to landscape pattern. Modernizing traditional Chinese design vocabulary for the pixel infill is additional inspiration. Consistent design elements with decent diversity mix is our design goal.
Project Duration: The project is located in Nanjing, China. And will complete in 2-3 years.
Operation Flow: Animated urban space such as sunken plaza, LED performance center’s building skin, LED glass canopy are all trying to actively engage natural, artificial lights and contents with pedestrians from the runway park and subway exits. Leading them to the outdoor activities hub to promote social interactions. Different art installations, zoning characters, exercise equipment suggestions are also meant we use to promote a healthy lifestyle and happiness for people who work and live in this area.
Team Members: WoWA Architecture