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Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi by RUF Architects

Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi by RUF Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ajan in Achitekti Competition Category.


AjanAchitekti· 2021

Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi

by RUF Architects

Client: RUF Architects

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Achitekti Category

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The Design

About Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi

Handan Zarsion se yon sant lavi ki bati sou anplasman yon ansyen izin dilijans oksijèn nan Handan, Lachin. Kwen chanfre bilding lan fòme yon plas iben ki rete louvri sou lari a. Rezidan yo itilize plas la pou pale, jwe echèk, fè yon ti mache ak pwomennen chen. Yon aranjman long ki fòme yon bann swiv fòm etwat sit kwen an. Nan dezyèm etaj la, 18 lame metalik an fòm navèt yo mete a entèval regilye, chak vire dis degre. Limyè solèy sou lame yo kreye modèl chanjan limyè ak lonbraj atravè fasad la.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Handan Zarsion Sant Lavi se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The project was designed to form an urban square by chamfered corners to maintain the greatest interaction and openness. The square formed by chamfered corners of the building is not only a display platform in harmony with the city, but also a natural convergence point of vitality.

Considering that this is a long and narrow urban corner land, the "一"-shaped layout can perfectly fit its overall boundary attribute. A brand new super-scale interface strongly stimulates the vitality of the city.
Dimensions & Packaging
The black and white moire pattern is formed by the misaligned array. When there is sunlight, the effect of light and shadow makes the two-dimensional building facade present a three-dimensional dynamic of industrial aesthetics and a geometric illusion rather than a static approach, thus giving this undulating long interface a strong sense of future and fantasy.
Tags
Living Center, Renovation, Urbanization, Community, Commercial, Architecture
Production Technology
On the second floor of the building, 18 metal shuttle-shaped louvers are embedded in the 8,400 width like rhythmic keys. Each louver rotates 10 degrees and is installed at a distance of 450 intervals, which gives full consideration to the actual functions and transparency of vision.
Design Challenge
The arched space formed inadvertently between two mushroom-shaped columns creates a kind of spatio-temporal dialogue, which actually beautifies the structural intention of the cow-leg pillars and arch trusses in the old workshop. The anti-gravity and sense of history of the mushroom columns interweave in the background of the interlayer arc light strips, presenting some kind of contradiction and uncertainty.
Research
Along with the development and urbanization of China continues, the project is part of the updates in the city. Time flies, decades of years have passed, and industries are constantly improving and updating. In the past 30 years with the new production methods and forces coming up, those factories and affiliates built by old production force need to be updated constantly, adapting to all the functions required by the new productive relations.
Inspiration
The project locates in the once glorious Handan Oxygenerator Factory. Founded in 1946, it has rapidly become a forgotten urban ruin due to the recent change of industry. The land, which bears the memory of generations, has undergone fractured changes in an instant.

The original intention of the design is to realize urban renewal in an industrial heritage of low industrial aesthetic value, and to give new life to this large area of forgotten cold ruins and bring hope and joy to the city.
Project Duration
The project started in Dec. 2019 in Handan City, Hebei Province, China and was completed in March 2020.
Operation Flow
By chamfered corners, architects formed an urban square to maintain the greatest interaction and openness between the living center and the city, making it a good place for residents to chat, play chess, take a walk and walk dogs. This vivid pocket square injects a kind of new energy into the city.
Team Members
RUF Architects
Lead Architect:Qian Mingbo
Design Team:Song Xinhua, Li Fucai, Zhao Yuanyuan, Zhang Zichao
Image Credits
Photo Credits: CreatAR Images, Shrimp Studio, Li Shengyang

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