Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Kev Coj Noj Coj Ua thiab Kev Lag Luam Kab Lis Kev Cai Competition Category.
ToojKev Coj Noj Coj Ua· 2021
Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg
by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit
Client: Creative Protyping Unit
A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Kev Coj Noj Coj Ua Category
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About Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg
Raws li thawj qhov haujlwm ntawm Huotang series rau cov haiv neeg Dong hauv lub nroog Guangnan, Guangxi ntawm Tuam Tshoj, Moonlight Huotang tshwj xeeb yog rau cov pab pawg neeg hauv zos uas ua rau Pipa suab paj nruag kab lis kev cai. Qhov tshwj xeeb convex zoo ntawm lub qab nthab txhim kho qhov kev nkag siab ntawm kev sib sau ua ke hauv cov lus teb rau qhov chaw zoo nkauj zoo nkauj thaum lub tsev nkag tau muab ntau qhov chaw ua haujlwm xws li chav hloov pauv, chav npaj zaub mov thiab chav lees txim. Nws yog ib feem ntawm kev coj noj coj ua ntawm kev coj noj coj ua nyob deb nroog uas npaj siab los txhawb kev lag luam ntawm lub nroog uas nws cov tub ntxhais hluas tau tsiv mus rau hauv nroog loj dua.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Tooj
Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Moonlight Huotang Qhov Cub Rau Dong Haiv Neeg ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Moonlight Huotang is a fireplace for the Dong ethnicity located in Guangnan county, Guangxi province of China. It is the first commission project as part of the Huotang series and particularly for the group of villagers who carry on the Pipa music culture. The unique convex shape of the ceiling enhances the sense of gathering in response to a better acoustic environment while the entry chamber provides a multifunction space as a changing room, food preparation room and confession room.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- main building in 5m diameter circular shape, plot size: 6m Width x 8m Depth
- Tags
- Community Centre, Cultural Regeneration, Fireplace, Huotang, Dong Ethnicity
- Production Technology
- Stone foundation, brick wall plus straw and clay plaster on the surface, CNC cut timber roof structure
- Design Challenge
- As a cultural regeneration project, the challenge was to enhance the local crafts such wood construction and straw weaving techniques while bringing a contemporary architectural understanding to the local community. To ensure its buildability by local craftsmen, wood construction was chosen aided by CNC fabrication to realise a unique geometry for the Huotang typology. Wall finishes and internal doors also utilise the straw weaving techniques to showcase the Dong culture. By doing so, the new Huotang seeks to ensure a contemporary relevance for the Dong culture.
- Research
- Dong ethnicity has been rooted in the remote rural mountain area and increasingly disconnected from the fast-moving cities. It is part of a rural culture regeneration project as an architectural acupuncture which intends to revive the economy of a county whose young generations have moved to larger urban areas. By building specific industrial structures and social projects in relation to the Dong culture and economy, it hopes to boom in the tourism industry for a better connection to the outside world.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration comes from local traditional timber construction house and craft techniques developed by the Dong ethnicity. The circular typology has been chosen due to the form of gathering around the fireplace as well as acting as a small theatre for performing traditional Pipa music instrument. This has been the form of their life for many generations.
- Project Duration
- Permanent, completion in June 2021
- Operation Flow
- The Huotang plays an important role in the daily life of the Dong community. As a forum, it is a gathering place of great social significance, and often the scene of diverse activities, including political discussions and debates, leisure and dinner. Deeply integrated into Dong’s lives, it is their second home. Moonlight Huotang proposal is for up to 25 people who can carry on the folk music culture to the next generations as well as a display of Dong culture for foreign tourists.
- Team Members
- Architect:William Hailiang Chen
Architectural Assistant: Shoujian Eng
Structural Engineer: XinY structural consultants
Acoustic Consultant: Zhu Heng - Image Credits
- All images©Creative Prototyping Unit
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