Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi by Haisheng Xu

Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi by Haisheng Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla in Gine-gine Competition Category.

TagullaGine-gine· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi

by Haisheng Xu

Client: Studio 0

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla Winner in Gine-gine Category

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The Design

About Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi

Cibiyar Baƙi ta Dutsen Aman Wuta (Volcano Visitor Center) cibiyar baƙi ce a ƙasar Iceland wadda ke gabatar da bayanai kan ilimin ƙasa, tarihi, da al'adu game da tsaunukan aman wuta na Iceland. Ginin ya mamaye fadin murabba'in ƙafa 7,300 kuma an gina shi a cikin ƙasa mai dutsen aman wuta, yana haɗa wuraren da ke ƙarƙashin ƙasa da rufin da aka sassaƙa da fasaha. Kayan gini masu sauƙi ne, wato siminti, ƙarfe, da gilashi, tare da kore rufi da aka tsara don tallafa wa tsirran gida. An yi amfani da kayan aikin zane na parametric wajen ƙera siffar mai lanƙwasa yayin da aka kiyaye tsarin lissafi mai ma'ana. Hanyoyin zirga-zirga suna jagorantar baƙi don su ji daɗin ganin sararin sama, ƙasa, da yanayin halitta.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla

Zanen Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na musamman waɗanda ke da ƙirƙira, basira da hikima. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Tagulla kayayyakin fasaha ne masu ƙwarewa da ƙirƙira mai ban mamaki waɗanda ke tabbatar da babban gogewa, tunani da dabarun masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi ya zama abu da ake girmamawa sosai, ake sha'awa da ƙauna, mai ƙwarewa da ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla yana haɗa mafi kyawun ayyuka a fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani, kuma yana da kyau saboda kulawarsa ga cikakkun bayanai. Zanen Volcano Visitor Center Cibiyar Baƙi yana biyan buƙatu da kyau, yana taɓa sha'awa, yana jan hankalin zukata kuma yana jawo sha'awar sani.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: 7,300 square feet.
Tags: Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Production Technology: 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.
Design Challenge: 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: 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.
Project Duration: 2025, Iceland
Operation Flow: 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.
Team Members: Haisheng Xu