Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team

Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KeleaweLoko Hale· 2023

Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike

by Z Square Group and Manifold Lab Team

Client: Z Square Group

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike

ʻO Nestwood he hale hōʻikeʻike a me ke keʻena hana i hana ʻia i wahi kaʻana like no nā ʻoihana noʻeau. Ho'opili ka lolouma i 600 mika hoʻonui ma luna o nā papahele ʻelua. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻano kūlohelohe o ka lolouma e nā ʻano hoʻolālā hoʻokumu. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka hana lolouma robotika kikohoʻe e kūkulu i ke ʻano paʻakikī ma ke kila kūʻē i ke kai, gypsum hoʻoikaika kaula aniani, marapa, a me alumini pukapuka. Hōʻike ʻia ke kahua hoʻokipa i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe i ke komo ʻana, a kākoʻo ʻia e kekahi loko meaola liʻiliʻi ma hope. He kikowaena atrium me nā paia i hoʻoulu ʻia mai ke kūlohelohe mai a me kekahi alapiʻi ke lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano he kahua no ka hoʻoulu manaʻo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Nestwood Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Hōʻikeʻike i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Nestwood Gallery is an oasis shared by multiple creative industries.
The design process uses experimental generative design to create an organic space. Each spatial detail is further fabricated with robots using the latest digital fabrication technology to replicate the complex geometry from the computer.
An organically shaped reception marks the entrance and greets the visitors, backed by a mini bio-pond: a mini-ecosystem is balanced by the atrium light, nitrogen, recycled water and minor species. The visitor is then welcomed by naturally inspired atrium walls, where a stair case leads the visitor to the upper level.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600 square meter, 2 floors office
30 m (l) x 10 m (w) x 7m (h)
Digital Fabrication Material Specs: 316L Marine Grade Stainless Steel, Glass Fiber Reinforced Gympsum, Nero Marquina Marble, Perforated Aluminum with Flurocarbon Coating, Plated Fiberglass & CNC Baltic Birch
Tags: office, digital fabrication, z square group, manifold lab, computational design, generative design
Production Technology: Stainless Steel 316L Digital Fabrication: Cold forming & robotic folding
GFRG: Robotic Forming
Perforated Metal: Laser Cut
Coffee Table: Robotic & CNC
Design Challenge: The creative challenge is to realize designers full vision outside the industry's comfort zone. Manifold Lab experimented multiple digital fabrication method to create the full architectural scale space.
Research: Design research: generative design, NURBs, catmull-clark Subdivision
Material research: robotics, GFRG, stainless steel bending, laser cutting, CNC marble
Inspiration: Mathematical forms inspire the organic office space that exists in nature - the design seeks balance between beauty and ration. Program wise, the oasis is aimed to be a creative exchange space for designers and creative industries.
Multiple experimental fabrication methods were explored before finalizing the design to realize the designers' vision.
Project Duration: Project started in 2020 and finished in September 2022 in Toronto.
Operation Flow: The central atrium act as a hub for design teams to exchange ideas.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Z Square Group and Manifold Lab, 2022.
Team Members: Mengdi Zhen
Nan Zeng
Steven Avis
Ying Guo
Ken Yu
Image Credits: Photographer, Hubert Ye Hua, 2022