Tianmianshang Pavillon by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Tianmianshang Pavillon by Art Institute of Xiaoyan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.

BronzeArchitecture· 2025

Tianmianshang Pavillon

by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Client: Art Institute of Xiaoyan

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Tianmianshang Pavillon

Tianmianshang est un pavillon situé dans la ville de Huizhou, dans la province du Guangdong. Le pavillon se dresse derrière une orangeraie et offre un lieu de repos paisible au cœur de la nature. Le projet interroge la distinction habituelle entre le sol, la toiture et le plafond, ainsi qu'entre l'intérieur et l'extérieur. Les surfaces ondulantes du sol et de la toiture créent plusieurs espaces de seuil. Quatre murs principaux sont reliés par deux voiles de béton disposés de manière irrégulière et par des colonnes en béton, qui estompent les limites spatiales et enrichissent l'intérieur de multiples strates. La toiture est constituée d'une structure unique en acier léger, aux lignes épurées.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Tianmianshang Pavillon 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. Tianmianshang Pavillon 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. Tianmianshang Pavillon 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: Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. AIXY hopes this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Tags: Rural Design, Cultural Design, Public Space
Production Technology: Its column, using concrete structure, in addition to the four main walls created for the interior space, also added two irregularly arranged concrete walls, which are not simply used to separate the space but blur the boundaries of the space, forming a spatial structure from unorganized to shaped. This design not only enhances the stability of the building but also gives the whole space more layers of change.
A one-piece, lightweight steel structure is used for the roof. This design not only visually presents clean and smooth lines but also strengthens the sense of unity and lightness of the building as a whole, making the building seem to float in the surrounding natural environment. It not only conforms to the aesthetics of modern architecture but also interprets the architectural concept of man and nature.
Design Challenge: This project was completed by the students and tutors of Art Institute School of Xiaoyan, during which the communication and design of the program, as well as the coordination between the students was challenging.
Research: When a space is abstracted to its elementary components, people are given a chance to decompose and re-examine these components on a more fundamental level.
Since mankind adopted the concept of shelter as a tradition, “the threshing floor was a place of work but also a place of gathering, dancing, ritual, and worship” (Elements of Architecture, Rem Koolhaas).
Art Institute School of Xiaoyan intended for the project to be a space of action and gathering. Approaching the request with its intended abstractedness, they want to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. They hope this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Inspiration: From plaza to apartment floors to parliament floor, the idea of floor has been a fundamental symbol for action, be it the more private types or more public types such as a place for negotiation, congregation. Similarly, the roof or ceiling (in this case Art Institute of Xiaoyan is intentionally obscuring the distinction between the two), is the reciprocal of floor, completing the concept of a sheltered space, and has evolved in recent years to being an envelope for practicality (hidden structural system, HVAC system, false ceiling etc)
Project Duration: It is located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province.
Operation Flow: Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to create a space that breaks traditional boundaries, a building that is not just a physical entity but an experience. This pavilion is situated behind an orange grove, where people can temporarily disconnect from the hustle and bustle and experience nature.
Team Members: Jianguo Dong
Jinjun Zhang
John Barton
Simba Xu
Michaël Dooley
Zhixuan Luo
Jintao Li
Yawen Wang
Xiwu Chen
Na Ou
Yanjun Zhang
Yaqi Wang
Yuezhuo Hu
Tsingz Huang
Ziqi Wang
Yueyao Huang
Ziyu Zhou
Zimo Zhao
Yiyi Yang
Peichen Dong
Hao Geng
Langbo Shi
Shanghong Shi
Haoxiang Yuan
Xinlei Liu
Chenyu Lai
Yaxin Zhang
Junning Zhang
Zhishun Min
Jiashu Xiang
Zichang Guo
Yanjie Zhu
Yutong Yao
Qixuan Yang
Zixi Liu
Anni Zheng
Ziyan Wang
Zixi Chen
Ziying Chen
Chuyue Li