Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas by Arch-Age Design

Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas by Arch-Age Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Ouro in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.

OuroArquitectura· 2021

Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas

by Arch-Age Design

Client: Arch-Age-Design (AAD)

A' Design Award de Ouro Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas

Yinchuan Sunac City é un centro de vendas construído á beira do lago Gedi en Yinchuan, China. O edificio segue un enfoque minimalista, cun volume en forma de anel e liñas curvas que seguen a liña de costa. A cuberta en forma de media lúa inclínase cara ao lago e conéctase cunha ponte. Esveltas columnas perforadas sosteñen as dúas ás da cuberta. As tiras de luz integradas brillan pola noite. Os paneis perforados presentan orificios coa forma da flor de Malan, a flor da cidade de Yinchuan. Un muro cortina de vidro transparente mira cara ao lago. A área do proxecto é de 450 metros cadrados.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ouro

Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas gañou o A' Design Award de Ouro, un recoñecemento inmensamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de primeira clase, marabillosos e sobresaíntes. Os gañadores Ouro son creacións sumamente innovadoras, visionarias e glamurosamente deslumbrantes que reflicten o xenio, a sabedoría e a destreza dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas sexa unha invención moi eloxiada, pioneira e monumental que ofrece un valor sen precedentes. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ouro é un proxecto espectacular e respectado que beneficia moito a arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía e fai avanzar os seus límites. Yinchuan Sunac City Centro de Vendas crea intensos sentimentos de desexo, esperta a paixón, anima a creatividade e fascina.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project goes for a minimalistic design approach. The circular blocks and soft and neat curved elements are integrated into the field design, resembling a strand of silk floating on the lake to embrace Gedi Lake in a natural and elegant way. The half-moon shaped roof tilts to and extends toward the Lake. The perforated slender columns are orderly scattered under the two wings of the roof. The built-in light strips glow in the evening, making the roof look like lifted up and suspended in the sky.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project area is 450 square meter.
Tags: Yinchuan, minimalistic, sales center, Gedi Lake, Malan flowers, leaving blanks, civil cultural center
Production Technology: The artificial stone wall corresponds to the perforated panel curtain wall. The shape of holes on the perforated panel is customized according to Malan flowers, Yinchuan's city flower. The panel splice forms two curved lines, echoing the ripples of the Lake and increasing the layers of light and shadows. The facade facing the lake adopts the transparent tempered hollow glass curtain wall, matched with pear white roofing aluminum panels, looking crystal and lightweight.
Design Challenge: The slanting half-moon-shaped rooftop caused the variation of structural beams, and the two large overhangs needed to be independent from the main rooftop structure. So how to ensure the integrity and lightness of the rooftop became the biggest challenge. The architects used curtain walls as envelope to weaken the splicing relationship between the two wings and main rooftop structure, and adopted slim perforated pillars to support the wings, thereby making the rooftop "float" above water.
Research: The project makes full use of the resources of the surrounding natural environment, and uses contemporary techniques to connect man and nature, integrating the present environment with time, space and light as the link. In such context, the architecture becomes one part of the park's landscape.
Inspiration: The project is located on the bank of Gedi Lake, in the eastern area of Yinchuan city. The construction of the park is gradually becoming the city's iconic exhibition hall and the landmark. It functions as a sales center but later as a civil cultural center open to the city. The design should create a landmark while respecting nature. It integrates Yinchuan's profound culture and history with regional characteristics, making it one of the city's iconic buildings.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2019 and finished in July 2020 in Yinchuan, China
Operation Flow: The building floats on the lakeside in a ring shape, perfectly blending into the overall planning of the park. The roof is slanted towards the water surface of the lake, and connects to the bridge. It blurs the boundary between the building space and the lake, making people closer to nature. The transparent tempered hollow glass curtain wall is used on the facade facing the lake, which is light and transparent, and embraces the outdoor scenes. Visitors can sit around the lake and enjoy the view.
Team Members: Chief designer: Hu Zhiying
Design team: Cai Jinxian, Zhang Hongguo, Huang Mengting，Zhao Zhihui
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