Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai by Qun Wen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.

GulaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020

Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai

by Qun Wen

Client: Aoe

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka manaʻo hoʻolālā waihona ma luna o ka supremacism hana noʻeau i hōʻike i nā loli kaiāulu a me ka ʻenehana o nā makahiki 1920, me ka manaʻo e hōʻike i ka pilina a me ka kūkulu pili ma waena o ka wahi kino a me ka wahi virtual i ka au digital. Ma ke ʻano he hōʻike ʻana o ke ao maoli, hoʻāʻo kēia papahana e nānā ma mua o ka hana hoʻokahi o ka keʻena kūʻai ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻolālā, i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka maikaʻi o ke ola lehulehu a alakaʻi i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo no ka wā maikaʻi aʻe a hāʻawi i kōkua pono i ka kaiaulu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai 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 Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai 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 Courtyard NO.1 Keʻena Kūʻai i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is situated at the intersection of Guangzhou Road and Minjiang Road in the Economic Development Zone of Heze City in Shandong. Due to its unique location, the project is expected to be a landmark building in the future development of this prefecture level city. The concept of humanity and sustainability is about to express the future of the city yearning for a better life, and to provide to local residents an impressive public space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Each object echoes a corresponding function in a unique form, including the entrance representing horseshoe, model area representing big camera lens and so on. Objects floating in the air form a rich and hierarchical space, welcoming the surrounding audiences with an open dynamic posture. Some of the objects collide with the glass surface and leave traces to form a unique architectural image.
Tags: Innovative, New Experience, Futuristic, Community, Commercial, urbanization, dynamic, architecture, interior, interection
Production Technology: Stainless steel metal panels with different reflectivity are used in the space, giving different objects a variety of colour and forming a rich interaction between people and space, objects, light, images, colours and materials. Visitors will experience different changes of light and shadow at every moment. The building facade is made of ultra white glass which makes objects, spaces, material and colour from the interior visible to the outside space.
Design Challenge: The purpose of this project is to reconsider the special function of the sales office building, in hopes of making it more sustainable through design, by becoming a symbolic public building for the future community and city.
Research: As the development and urbanization of China continues, property developers have begun to expand into new markets such as third and fourth tier cities. Sales offices have become an important conduit for them to demonstrate their strength and design philosophy of the brand. These offices are not only community activity centers and lounge areas for client communication, but also a promotional window to attract more clients to buy properties. After most of the properties have been sold, however, the usefulness of these offices declines.
Inspiration: In the digital age, many actions are performed in the virtual world nowadays. Therefore, the objects in the building are designed to float in an unstable state, welcoming the surrounding audiences with an open dynamic posture.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2016 in Heze City, Shandong,China and was completed in April 2019.
Operation Flow: The designer adopted high criteria for every single detail. Try to collaborate the client and the management company, and to monitor the construction site frequently to make sure the project was on the right track. With respect to the choice of features and materials for the design and furnishings, the designer took into account of being sustainable and environmentally-friendly .
Patents: N/A
Team Members: Qun Wen, Mingwang Huo, Gen Li, Jing Du, Chen Liu, Kaiqi Yang, Xiaodan Chang, Zhuojun Niu
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4 Photographer Huang Ligang