Rice Wine Town Reception Room Cultural Exhibition by Wei Zhang and Kesuo Wu - gad Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

The Work

Project

Rice Wine Town Reception Room Cultural Exhibition

Function

Cultural Exhibition

Category

Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Discipline

Spatial Design

Industry

Architecture

Colors

Light Sky Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green and Dim Gray

Images

5

Client

Gad

The Recognition

Laureate

Wei Zhang and Kesuo Wu - gad

Country

China

Recognition

Silver A' Design Award

Edition

2021 - 2022

Design ID

#134980

Credits

Team

Wei Zhang, Kesuo Wu, Yiran Wang, Xiaoyu Sun, Chenglong Ma, Hengyi Cai, Fangyuan Yang, Yuxin An, Dianyu Sun, Lian Zhang, Qi Huang and Fangfang Li and others

Image Credits

Photographer Li Yao, main image, 2021.; Photographer Li Yao, The bird view, 2021.; Photographer Li Yao, The portion of architectural facade, 2021.; Photographer Li Yao, The view accross the river, 2021.; Photographer Li Yao, Perspective view of the building entrance, 2021.

Design Details

Unique Properties

The original site was a workshop for producing rice wine, now its red brick chimney is preserved. In the early stage of the project, it will be used as Shaoxing Yellow Rice Wine Exhibition and Experience Hall, including yellow rice wine cultural experience exhibition, bookstore, flower shop and other functions. Later, it will be converted into a waterfront commercial building containing three restaurants and a bookstore.

Inspiration

The design makes full use of the landscape advantages of the site, the three-story building volume is stacked and retreated back from south to north, forming a number of roof terraces overlooking the Dashu River, creating more possibilities for the later use of the restaurant. Drawing on the strong functional adaptability of traditional wooden frame architecture and Domino architecture system, the scheme decided to take 4.8mx4.8mx4.8m cubic square as the basic module of the building.

Research

Modular space and modular form are highly unified, bringing the maximum degree of rapid prefabrication and installation, but also fit the actual requirements of rapid construction and cost control. The original plan was to adopt a wooden structure. In consideration of the tight cycle of the project and the fire prevention standards of large-scale wooden structure buildings, as well as the rainy climate in Jiangnan, the poor durability of wooden structure and high maintenance requirements in the later period, the wooden structure form was finally abandoned and the steel frame structure form was adopted which was more fast and controllable.

Challenge

The original plan was to adopt a wooden structure. In consideration of the tight cycle of the project and the fire prevention standards of large-scale wooden structure buildings, as well as the rainy climate in Jiangnan, the poor durability of wooden structure and high maintenance requirements in the later period, the wooden structure form was finally abandoned and the steel frame structure form was adopted which was more fast and controllable.

Realization and Technology

Through the investigation and comparison of various materials, the facade decoration is made of recycled bamboo as the main material of the exterior wall: The recycled bamboo is made from original bamboo, which has the advantages of convenient materials, simple processing technology and environmental protection. The bamboo planks are preprocessed into L-shaped members in the factory, which reduces the on-site assembling workload and joint treatment, and improves the construction speed and the accuracy of on-site installation.

Operation and Interaction

The site is surrounded by a dense water network. In ancient times, it was the waterway of Shaoxing Grain transport, facing the Dashu River in the east, with good landscape conditions. The design makes full use of this advantage, the three-story building volume is stacked and retreated back from south to north, forming a number of roof terraces overlooking the Dashu River, creating more possibilities for the later use of the restaurant. On one side of the river, the ground floor exits to form a gray space facing the landscape.

Project Duration and Location

The project started in 12. 2020 in Shaoxing Of Zhejiang and finished in 09. 2021.

Specifications

This basic modular unit is completely mapped to the form and facade of the building, and the repeated modular units form a unique architectural temperament. Adding another frame to the outer wall of the building allows the interior solid space to retreat and form a deep and layered facade. The awning, which refers to the removable Windows of Jiangnan folk houses, further increases the depth and layers of the facade. Due to the functional transformation in different periods and the avoidance of large-scale civil construction, the division of architectural space must be flexible.

Keywords

Rice Wine Town, Exhibition, Experience Hall, Waterfront Commercial