City Of Light Centre communautaire by Kris Lin

City Of Light Centre communautaire by Kris Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Or in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.

OrArchitecture· 2020

City Of Light Centre communautaire

by Kris Lin

Client: Excellence Group

A' Design Award d'Or Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About City Of Light Centre communautaire

City of Light est un centre communautaire édifié dans un quartier ancien de Shanghai, en Chine. Le bâtiment abrite un gymnase, une salle de yoga, un pavillon thématique pour enfants, un café, une galerie d'art, un centre de santé pour personnes âgées et un espace d'étude destiné aux enfants. La forme épouse le rythme de la rivière située devant le site : la façade est ainsi courbe et continue, à l'image de l'eau en mouvement. Des plaques d'aluminium, matériau économique et courant, ont été façonnées en une surface hyperboloïde grâce à la modélisation tridimensionnelle. La place ouverte aménagée à l'avant invite les habitants à se rencontrer et à échanger.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Or

City Of Light Centre communautaire est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or, une reconnaissance immensément prestigieuse décernée à des designs de premier ordre, merveilleux et remarquables. Les lauréats Or sont des créations extrêmement innovantes, visionnaires et d'un éclat glamour éblouissant, qui reflètent le génie, la sagesse et la maîtrise de leurs concepteurs. City Of Light Centre communautaire est censé être une invention très louée, avant-gardiste et monumentale, qui apporte une valeur sans précédent. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or est un projet spectaculaire et respecté qui sert grandement l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. City Of Light Centre communautaire crée de vifs sentiments de désir, éveille la passion, encourage la créativité et nous fascine.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a public community project, this project is set up as a city station. It is a public open community building with gymnasium, yoga classroom, children s theme pavilion, cafe, art gallery, elderly health center, children s study area, etc. It is a community-oriented open space, but at the same time, we want to be the center and landmark of the surrounding community.So we hope to design a fluid building like water, and hope that the square in front will function as a very open community.
Dimensions & Packaging: area 17222sq.ft
Tags: Streamlined building, The beauty of the curve, Urban shared space, Communication, Lighting
Production Technology: In this project what we adopted is a relatively cost effective and conventional material aluminum plate as a material choice, but we are challenging to design a curved facade, so it is difficult to install aluminum plate on the streamlined lines.And at the same time it functions as a hyperboloid. We used 3D model design and finally made the shape of the building. We realized a hyperboloid effect with aluminum plates. Although it uses economical materials, it is still challenging.
Design Challenge: I hope that this project will bring new vitality in the surrounding old city. We have adopted a new architectural approach and hope it will become a landmark in the surrounding communities, using the creative and fluid architecture. We hope to drive the vitality of the city and create more space, increase more ties between people so that it will become a community center.
Research: In fact, this is a new building based on an old town project. The government wants to build a city station in the old city,hoping to allow more community people to participate, enter and increase the interaction between the neighborhoods. Rather than because of the construction and development of the city, people are becoming more and more estranged. I hope that everyone will have more exchanges.
Inspiration: A river is in front of this project. So we want to develop the design concept from the rhythm of the water itself with the usage of the liquid-like blob architecture. My inspiration comes from the undulating rhythm of the water.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2018 in Shanghai,China, and finished in JAN 2019 in Shanghai,China,and was exhibited in in Shanghai,China,Jan 2019.
Operation Flow: We hope to design an open public space and strive to build a center of the city to increase the interaction of the neighborhood instead of estrange people with the city architecture development. I hope everyone has more communities communication and people to people contact.So we hope to make a more open space for everyone to enter.
Patents: Copyrights belongs to KLID (Kris Lin International Design)
Team Members: Kris Lin
Jiayu Yang
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019