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Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho by Hu Sun - S.P.I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Nānā ʻĀina a me Māla Competition Category.


GulaHoʻolālā Nānā ʻĀina· 2022

Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho

by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Client: Guangzhou S.P.I Design Co., LTD

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Hoʻolālā Nānā ʻĀina Category

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The Design

About Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho

He hoʻolālā ʻāina ʻo Times Mansion no kahi wahi hōʻikeʻike hale noho ma Nanjing. ʻO ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa he 8400 mika ʻāhinahina, a ʻo ka ʻāpana hoʻolālā ʻāina he 6000 mika ʻāhinahina. Ua mālama ʻia nā kumulāʻau goldenrain a me nā kumulāʻau kamapora e kū nei. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka wahi a me nā ala hele ma kahi mamao mai nā kumulāʻau. He wai hoʻonani i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia e puni ana i nā kumulāʻau goldenrain a hana i nā lua kumulāʻau. Ua kūkulu ʻia nā kahua kūʻokoʻa a me kahi kūkulu kila ma kahi mamao palekana mai nā aʻa. Ua uhi ʻia ke kūkulu me ka pā kila i kālai ʻia, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā pōhaku wai hoʻonani a ua kaʻe ʻia me ke kila kīnaʻole aniani.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Times Mansion Ka Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Wahi Hōʻikeʻike Hale Noho i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
When designers first arrived at the site, they were enchanted by the goldenrain tree and camphor preserved there. They planned to reconstruct the site on the basis of preserving the original ecology. The overall design, such as space layout and flow line, kept away from the original trees; highlighted their values and gave them new lives. They strived to intervene in the site in a "humble" way and adapt to local conditions. They used trees to create a forest theater under the urban reinforced concrete.
Dimensions & Packaging
The total area is 8400 square meters, and the landscape design area is 6000 square meters.
Tags
site reconstruction, symbiotic design, original ecology, waterscape, forest theater
Production Technology
The most important thing was to preserve the original trees on the site. After communicating with plant designers and structural designers, several independent foundations were finally determined to be built in limit distance without damaging the root system, and a steel frame structure should be used. A layer of steel embossing plate was put on the steel frame and then paved with waterscape stones on, enclosed decorated with mirrored black titanium stainless steel plate.
Design Challenge
The design that used the same design system in different sites without distinction is not rare on the market. However, designers hope to talk with the site in a humble way and get involved in it. How to keep the original goldenrain tree and camphor on the site and give them new lives was what we thought about. The space layout and flow line totally kept away from the original trees.
Research
Designers hoped to talk with the site in a humble way and get involved in it. They kept original trees on the site to give them new lives. They tried to communicate with them in the forest theater.
Inspiration
Site reconstruction is not only the inheritance and redevelopment of humanistic spirit and nature, but also the respect for the site. As a design strategy, it is permeated with the humanized care for users. It shows the unique spirit of the site, and reveals its essence. Designers hoped to present the spirit thoroughly; therefore, they began to think about how to respect nature, find appropriate ways and suitable materials so as to develop a strong relationship between human, the site and nature.
Project Duration
The project started in Dec. 2020 and completed in April 2021 in Nanjing.
Operation Flow
Designers carefully thought about the elevation, and used the raised waterscape to embrace the original goldenrain trees to form tree holes, and the structural system kept away from the root system at utmost, and the entire water surface was supported by an overhead structure, which protected the original tree species from being destroyed.
Team Members
Hu Sun
Yue Wang
Kai Wu
Mingming Qin
Tian Tian
Rui Gong
Chi Cheng
Mingli Chen
Image Credits
Image#1: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#2: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#3: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#4: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#5: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.

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