Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ihe Nketa Omenala na Ụlọ Ọrụ Omenala Competition Category.
BronzIhe Nketa Omenala· 2021
Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong
by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit
Client: Creative Protyping Unit
Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ihe Nketa Omenala Category
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About Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong
Dị ka ọrụ ọrụ mbụ nke usoro Huotang maka agbụrụ Dong na mpaghara Guangnan, Guangxi nke China, Moonlight Huotang bụ maka otu ndị obodo na-eme omenala egwu Pipa. Ụdị convex pụrụ iche nke elu ụlọ ahụ na-eme ka echiche nke mgbakọ na-emeghachi omume na gburugburu ebe obibi ụda dị mma mgbe ọnụ ụlọ ntinye na-enye ohere dị iche iche dị ka ụlọ na-agbanwe agbanwe, ụlọ nkwadebe nri na ọnụ ụlọ nkwupụta. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke mmeghari ime obodo na-eduga n'ọdịbendị nke bu n'obi ịtụte akụ na ụba obodo nke ọgbọ ndị na-eto eto kwagara n'ime obodo mepere emepe.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz
Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Moonlight Huotang Ebe Ọkụ Maka Agbụrụ Dong na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.
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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