Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum troch Haisheng Xu

Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum troch Haisheng Xu is in heech wurdearre winner fan de tige prestizjeuze 2026 A' Design Award yn Brûns yn de kompetysje-kategory Arsjitektuer, Gebou en Struktuerûntwerp.

BrûnsArsjitektuer· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum

troch Haisheng Xu

Klant: Studio 0

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner yn de kategory Arsjitektuer

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Oer Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum

Volcano Visitor Center is in besikerssintrum yn Yslân dat geologyske, histoaryske en kulturele ynformaasje oer Yslânske fulkanen presintearret. It gebou beslacht 7.300 fjouwerkante foet en is yn it fulkanyske terrein set, wêrby't ûndergrûnske romten ferbûn wurde mei in byldhoud daklânskip. It materiaalpalet is ienfâldich en bestiet út beton, metaal en glês, mei in grien dak dat ûntwurpen is om lokale planten te stypjen. Parametryske ûntwerpark hawwe de bûgde foarm foarme, wylst in rasjonele geometry behâlden bleau. De sirkulaasje liedt besikers om de hoarizon, it lân en de natuer te ûnderfinen.

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Oer de A' Design Award yn Brûns

Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Volcano Visitor Center Besikerssintrum foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

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Credits, teamleden en technyske details levere troch de ûntwerper.

Unike Eigenskippen: Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
Ofmjittingen & Ferpakking: 7,300 square feet.
Labels: Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Produksjetechnology: The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
Untwerpútdaging: The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
Undersyk: The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
Ynspiraasje: Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
Projektdoer: 2025, Iceland
Operaasjestreamferrin: The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
Teamleden: Haisheng Xu