Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui by Shimu Wang

Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui by Shimu Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.

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Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui

by Shimu Wang

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui

He hoʻoponopono hou ʻo Thriving i ka alo hale o ʻelua hale aʻo a me kahi puka pā kula hou ma Taiyuan, Kina. ʻO nā papa alumini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka pena ʻālohilohi e hoʻohui i ke ʻano mele i nā ʻaoʻao hale a hūnā i nā lako a me nā uea o waho. Kū ka puka pā ma ka 14.7 mika ke kiʻekiʻe a hoʻohui i nā hale ʻelua o ke kiʻekiʻe like ʻole, e hoʻopuni ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka hale nui o ke kula. Ua uhi ʻia ka hale kila nui i nā papa kila kūmamao aniani, a ʻo nā kia lahilahi o ka paipu kila kūmamao me ka pena kālā e hōʻemi i ke kaumaha o ka ʻike maka. ʻO ka pae aniani ma lalo e hōʻike i ke kiʻekiʻe aʻe o ka puka pā a hōʻailona i ka ulu ʻana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Thriving Hoʻoponopono Hou i ka Alo Hale, Puka Komo Nui no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Aluminum panels finished with bright-colored paint are used for facade detailing, which enhance the rhythm of the elevation and conceal the messy equipment and cables at the same time. Besides, the gate organically connects the two buildings of different heights. This gate also becomes a view frame for the main campus building. Design adopts the imagery of 'growth', conveying the wish that students will take root and thrive in their future careers , just like seeds reaching for the sky.
Dimensions & Packaging: Renovated Facade Area: 9581 square meters.
The New Gate: Width 22m x Depth 9.8m x Height 14.7m.
Tags: Modest renovation, Coherence, Rhythm, Vibrant colors, Lightness, Airy, Futuristic aesthetic
Production Technology: Standing at 14.7 meters high, the gate was required to be majestic yet airy. To ensure the gate is visually lightweight, mirror stainless steel panels are chose to clad the main steel structure. The decorative, slender columns surrounding the main steel structure are made of stainless steel pipes finished with silver fluorocarbon paint, further dissolving the visual mass of structure. The mirrored soffit makes the gate appear taller when viewed from below, enhancing the dynamic sense of growth.
Design Challenge: One of the key challenges in the design process was sorting out and rearranging the layout of outdoor equipment. The design had to comprehensively consider the locations of equipment-connected interior rooms, the dimensions of different equipment, drainage routes, and cable positions, lending the building a rhythmic, orderly, and harmonious facade.
Research: This renovation was required to be restrained and frugal. We spent a huge amount of effort to organically unify the individual buildings and use harmonious with variations design language to create visual consistency.
Inspiration: This project contains a facade renovation of two teaching buildings over twenty years old and a construction of a new gate. The buildings front the street and the gate stands between them. The client expected to transform their outdated appearance into vibrant, neat and energetic style. The new school gate should be majestic and futuristic. To meet these requirements, the design revolves around bright colors and a lightweight, airy visual effect.
Project Duration: Design Period: April to June, 2025
Finished time: October 2025
Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Operation Flow: The automatic doors are installed between the main structural columns and the decorative columns. When opened, they are well concealed within the forest of columns, and when closed, they match the decorative columns well in color. Landscaping at the foot of the slender columns, adds a touch of vitality to the otherwise slightly cold structure. As pedestrians and vehicles traverse the gateway, the experience evokes the sensation of passing through a miniature forest.
Image Credits: Image #1, #2, #3, #4, #5: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Thriving, 2025.