Prata Idea · 2024
The Folding Boat Centro Comunitario
by Xuechen Chen
- A' Design Award de Prata 2024 in Idea
- CLIENT: Xuechen Chen
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 282,924
- Verification code 53560699F8 · Verify this award
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About The Folding Boat Centro Comunitario
O Barco Pregado, situado ao longo da ribeira do Río Harlem, é un espazo multifuncional que serve como instalación de remo para o colexio comunitario, unha pequena biblioteca e un museo dedicado ao remo deportivo. Con unha cuberta de metal pregada, esta estrutura define o seu espazo interior integrando perfectamente as paredes cos teitos. Situado na converxencia de barrios históricos e modernos, a colocación meticulosa dos elementos respecta os programas, a circulación e a paisaxe urbana.
About the A' Design Award de Prata
The Folding Boat Centro Comunitario gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que The Folding Boat Centro Comunitario sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. The Folding Boat Centro Comunitario é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.
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- Unique Properties
- The Folding Boat, located along the shore of the Harlem River, is a multifunctional space serving as a rowing facility for the community college, a small library, and a museum dedicated to sport rowing. Featuring a folded metal roof, this structure defines its interior space by seamlessly blending walls into ceilings. Positioned at the convergence of historical and modern districts, meticulous placement of elements respects programs, circulation, and the urban landscape.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 18,000sf
- Tags
- culture, community center, wood, metal, concrete
- Production Technology
- metal, glass and wood panel
- Design Challenge
- The multiversity of the programs and the materials.
- Research
- This research abstract explores the integration of folding as architectural elements across various scales, experiences, and programs within the context of the Rowing Boat project. Serving as a sport museum, rowing boat facility for a local college, and a community center for the neighborhood, the project examines how folding techniques can be applied to create dynamic spaces and functional designs. Through case studies and design explorations, this research delves into the innovative use of folding to enhance architectural aesthetics, spatial experiences, and programmatic functionalities within a multi-functional facility.
- Inspiration
- The project's inspiration stems from the unique topography of the site, characterized by varying slopes. This distinctive landscape presents an opportunity to mimic and enhance the site's features through the use of folding in the design. The folded elements not only echo the site's topography but also contribute to the project's special aesthetic qualities.
- Project Duration
- Unbult, Bronx, Newyork
- Operation Flow
- The Folding Boat project draws inspiration from the site's unique topography, using folding in design to echo its slopes and enhance aesthetics. Located along the Harlem River, it's a rowing facility, small library, and sport museum. The folded metal roof blends spaces, respecting historical context and urban landscape. This research explores folding's integration in various scales, programs, and experiences, enhancing architectural aesthetics and functionality.
- Image Credits
- XUECHEN CHEN
