Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel by Youpei Hu

Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel by Youpei Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award d'Argent in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.

ArgentArchitecture· 2025

Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel

by Youpei Hu

Client: Studio Hu

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel

Le bâtiment évite intentionnellement le style architectural vernaculaire et met en œuvre des matériaux et une structure modernes. Une grande toiture flottante unifie les espaces formels et informels de manière simple, tel un parapluie géant déployé. Pour obtenir cet effet flottant et léger, la grande toiture en acier doit non seulement surmonter d'importants porte-à-faux et portées, mais aussi maintenir des éléments aussi élancés que possible. Grâce à plusieurs innovations structurelles, une structure hybride imitant les porte-à-faux d'un parapluie est ainsi formée.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Village Hall Bâtiment Public Multifonctionnel est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The building intentionally avoids the vernacular architectural style, and applies modern materials and structure. A big floating roof unifies the formal and informal spaces in a simple way, like a giant open umbrella.
In order to achieve the floating and light feeling, the big steel roof not only needs to overcome the large cantilevers and spans, but also needs to keep member as slender as possible. With several structural innovations, a hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers are formed.
Dimensions & Packaging: The building area is 1370 square metres
Tags: Multi functional, rural social center, flexible space, cantilevered roof, structural innovation
Production Technology: Weathering steel plate
Steel
Concrete
A hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers
Design Challenge: In order to realise the sense of floating of the big black roof, the building is structurally innovative. The roof, as an overall stress system, not only has to overcome the difficulties of large overhangs and spans, but also has to make each rod as slim as possible to maximise the sense of lightness and composition of the rod structure.
Research: Based on the Grasshopper plugin extension tool on the Rhino platform, Karamba3D force analysis and form finding technology were used to explore the tools and paths suitable for architects to carry out structural form design in the scheme stage, and successfully completed the structural form design of asymmetric complex roof shapes.
Inspiration: In traditional Chinese housing, the main hall called ‘Ting Tang’ is the most important family space for public activities. It usually has a formal architectural gesture, with tall, dark and semi open space.
Inspired by this, the village center is considered as the ‘main hall’ for the whole village. Besides a multifunction hall for formal public activities, the building also provides lots of open spaces to encourage social interaction between villagers and tourists.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 in China and finished in 2023 in China, and the project address is Xiangtang Village, Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
Operation Flow: This is a public event centre building, capable of meeting the daily needs of meetings, exhibitions, receptions and other
meeting, exhibition, reception and other daily needs.
Team Members: Youpei Hu;Lei Shen;Qi Wang;Shufan Wu;Yuanyuan Rui