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Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale by Weimin Zhuang, Hongjun Tang and Kuang Li

Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale by Weimin Zhuang, Hongjun Tang and Kuang Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kūlanakauhale Competition Category.


KeleaweHoʻolālā Kūlanakauhale· 2024

Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale

by Weimin Zhuang, Hongjun Tang and Kuang Li

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hoʻolālā Kūlanakauhale Category

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The Design

About Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale

ʻO ke Kikowaena Lawelawe Mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Yan'an he papahana hoʻōla kūlanakauhale aia i ka ʻāpana waena o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ʻo Yan'an, ʻĀina ʻo Shaanxi, Kina. Hoʻopane ke kālailai i ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe i hōʻino ʻia a me nā lako lehulehu palena. ʻO ka manaʻo nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hoʻomanaʻo o ka wahi i loko o ke kālailai. Ua hoʻōla hou ʻia ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe a ua hana ʻia kekahi paka kūlanakauhale hāmama e hoʻopili ai i ke kūlanakauhale me ka ʻāina nani. Hana ʻia nā alo hale mai ka pōhaku one ʻeleʻele kūloko, a hoʻopili pono ʻia me ka lima e nā limahana kūloko me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana kahiko. Hoʻohui ke kālailai i ka hale me ka mauna.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale 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 Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale 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 Yan'an Tourist Service Center Papahana Hoʻōla Kūlanakauhale i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The tourist service center is located in core area of Yan'an old city, which faced many problems such as damaged ecological environment in surroundings, cultural discontinuity, insufficient supporting facilities and unsustainable urban development. The design needed to realize the balance between economic benefits and social benefits, local residents’ demands and tourists' needs. The architects proposed to approach the project based on the core concept of "integrating site memories into design".
Dimensions & Packaging
Through integrating multidisciplinary and full-process design solutions and consultations, ranging from historical monument conservation, pre-existing cave dwelling renovation, slope treatment, flood control, ecological restoration to architectural, landscape, interior, ecological and smart design, the project helped restore the damaged vegetation of the mountain in a planned and step-by-step manner, and improved the public services of the city.
Tags
Ecological Restoration and Urban Renovation, Urban renovation, Ecological restoration, An open urban park, Integrating site memories in to design, Integrating mountain and river and restoring natural ecology, A landscape architecture
Production Technology
The project utilized local craftsmanship and produced social benefits. The architectural facades were mainly made of local beige sandstones, which were laid seamlessly by local craftsmen based on traditional techniques. The construction process protected and improved local traditional building craftsmanship, while also providing working opportunities for local craftsmen and hence achieving great social benefits.
Design Challenge
The relationship between the main structure of the building and the mountain is complicated. The foundation and its relationship with the surroundings were emphases of the design. The building structure adopted unique design for vertical load transfer, but the seismic effect is not transmitted to the mountain at the same time. The design realized the integration of the building and the mountain, and avoided exerting impacts on the mountain, while also ensuring the seismic safety of the main structure.
Research
One of the innovations lies in the coexistence between the architecture and nature. On the one hand, the damaged ecology of the site and its surroundings were restored, which improved the environment quality and security of the scenic area. On the other hand, local craftsmen were employed to renovate the preserved historical buildings within the site by the use of local materials.
Inspiration
The architects proposed to approach the project based on the core concept of "integrating site memories in to design", and meanwhile worked out specific design ideas, including: integrating mountain and river and restoring natural ecology; creating a landscape architecture to blend into the natural surroundings; using regional materials and inheriting local cultural context; creating an open urban park integrating with the city and landscape.
Project Duration
The project was completed on April 1, 2019 and is located on Jialing Road, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Team Members
Zhuang Weimin
Tang Hongjun
Li Kuang
Sheng Wenge
Zhang Yi
Xu Tengfei
Chen Rongzi
Zhou Yi
Zhang Xuelei
Yang Yongqiang
Yuan Duo
Xu Hua
Guo Hongyan
Hou Qingyan
Liu Jie
Hu Wei
Image Credits
A rock platform planting base, 202221293110.8, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University CO., LTD., 2022, China

A kind of reinforcement device for cave dwelling construction, 202221293701.5, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University CO., LTD., 2022, China

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