Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran by Gad

Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran by Gad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Arsitektur, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.

PerakArsitektur· 2022

Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran

by Gad

Client: Gad

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Arsitektur Category

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The Design

About Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran

Haimen Agricultural adalah balai pameran untuk benih dan budaya pertanian di Nantong, Tiongkok. Bentuknya diambil dari lumbung tradisional, dengan volume luar berbentuk persegi dan silo bundar di bagian tengah. Kulit luarnya terbuat dari beton berkinerja sangat tinggi (ultra high performance concrete), yang menciptakan kontras visual dengan dinding tirai kaca. Tangga terbuka yang berputar menghubungkan empat lantai mengelilingi atrium sentral, sementara pelat atap berlipat menghadirkan cahaya alami ke lantai teratas. Bangunan ini mencakup luas 4000 meter persegi dan menyediakan ruang untuk pameran serta pertukaran.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Haimen Agricultural Balai Pameran adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The building maximizes the footprint of the barn and excavates a blowing space in the center. The circular silo is introduced with natural lighting and ventilation. As a seed Museum, it provides a place to display and communicate; The rotating open stairs connect the various functions in the vertical direction of the building. The visitors step up , just like stepping on a seed journey, and their desire for viewing and exploration is constantly stimulated.
Dimensions & Packaging: The exhibition hall covers a construction area of 4000 square meters and is divided into four floors.The scheme breaks the conventional concept of "layer" in structure: 4 concrete square boxes circling around the atrium hide the main stress components in the rotating space; The roof folded plate forms a large area of windows on the top floor, realizing the purity of architectural form and space. Traditional regional context and modern lifestyle meet here.
Tags: Barn, Countryside, Nostalgia, Exhibition, Context, Poetic Dwelling
Production Technology: The outer skin is made of UHPC material. This material with low porosity is as warm as jade, which can highlight the shape and lines of the building itself. From a distance, it has sharp edges and corners, and from a close look, it is soft and hazy. The faint sense of permeability blurs the boundary between the building and the environment. It forms a visual contrast with the glass curtain wall, which vividly explains the relationship between enclosure and connection, closure and permeability.
Design Challenge: In today's traditional cultural Renaissance, the design team uphold the dialectical and critical attitude. Ineither to the nostalgia of special regionalism of restoring ancient ways, nor under the globalization trend blindly follow internationalism, they build a poetic residence among the pastoral roads and recovered the wisdom gene in the heritage of Chinese Wu and Yue culture, so as to store culture, place emotions and condense values, Complete critical regionalism practice.
Research: Haimen is the hinterland of Chinese Wu Yue culture and the hometown of Chinese rice culture. China has a long agricultural civilization which is the first form of civilization in human history and determines the characteristics of Chinese culture.The design concept of "the sky is round and the earth is square" is reflected in ancient Chinese architecture which symbolize the ideas of "external Confucianism and internal law" in politics and " flexible outwardly and strict inwardly" in life.
Inspiration: The motif of the agricultural exhibition hall is taken from the barn of Chinese agricultural civilization. Its appearance is like a square box , the internal core is a circular silo, which means "square barn and round granary". It not only implies the legalist concept of "When the granaries are full, people follow appropriate rules of conduct, and when there is enough to eat and wear, people know honor and shame", but also conforms to the construction of spiritual civilization in the new era.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2020 in Nantong, China and finished in April 2021.
Operation Flow: The mortise and tenon structure of the silo dispels the divinity of the space with the color and touch of old wood, making the barn warm and amiable. The two sets of indoor and outdoor stairs form a parallel viewing moving line, overlooking the pastoral scenery, surrounding buildings and internal activities of the agricultural exhibition hall. Visitors can directly enter the town demonstration area and agricultural exhibition area from the west exit of the exhibition hall.
Patents: Copyrights belong to gad, 2021.
Team Members: Wei Zhang
Fengqi Tang
Jie Xu
Zehui Ni
Yangyu Liu
Yuan Liu
Zhengjie Jiang
Jianzhou Chu
Shilong Liu
Fan Yang
Cheng liu
Weihao Mu
Yunlong Jiang
Chen Chi
Yantao Zhao
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer YAOLI STUDIO, Architecture and environment ,2021
Image #2:Photographer YAOLI STUDIO,Aerial view,2021
Image #3:Photographer YAOLI STUDIO,Facade effect ,2021
Image #4:Photographer YAOLI STUDIO,Detail material,2021
Image #5:Photographer YAOLI STUDIO,Internal barn,2021