Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터 by Shanghai PTArchitects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 금상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
금건축· 2021
Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터
Client: Shanghai PTArchitects
A' Design Award 금상 Winner in 건축 Category
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The Design
About Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터
'Born With Legend'는 중국 쉬저우시 구러우구에 위치한 커뮤니티 센터이다. 이 건축물은 공공시설이 부족한 주변 구도심 주거지역을 위해 조성되었다. 실내 공간과 옥외 공간은 두 개의 직사각형 영역을 이루며, 곡면으로 서로 연결된다. 둥글게 처리된 모서리와 백색 에나멜 알루미늄 패널이 파사드에 통일감을 부여한다. 출입구는 백색 금속 그릴을 얹은 우산 형태의 기둥과 속이 찬 유리 벽돌 벽으로 강조된다. 2층은 천장 높이까지 이어지는 유리 패널로 둘러싸여 있다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 금상
Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 금상 수상작으로, 일류의 경이롭고 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 극히 권위 있는 인정입니다. 금상 수상작은 대단히 혁신적이고 선견지명이 있으며 눈부시게 빛나는 작품으로, 디자이너의 천재성, 지혜, 기량을 반영합니다. Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터, 이 작품은 가장 높이 평가받는 트렌드 선도적이고 기념비적인 발명품으로서 전례 없는 가치를 제공할 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 금상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 장관을 이루는 존경받는 프로젝트입니다. Born With Legend 커뮤니티 센터, 이 작품은 강렬한 욕망을 불러일으키고 열정을 자아내며 창의성을 북돋우고 매료합니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The project is located in the Gulou District of Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Built in 1938, Gulou is the oldest urban district in Xuzhou and still retains its historical and cultural importance amidst the current modern way of life. The community center lies next to the east side of the city center. Urban services cover the surrounding old neighborhoods, making up for the lack of public facilities in these historic communities. With the establishment of the community center, we hope to revive the neighborhood and reestablish communal connections.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site Area: 2237.92㎡
Floor Area: 751.57㎡ - Tags
- community Center, public facilities, visual landmark, white
- Production Technology
- To ensure that the community space remains accessible and that the building appears clean and clear, the façade is dominated by regular lineal elements. White enamel aluminum plates serve as the basic element unifying the various materials used throughout. The entrance is characterized by umbrella-shaped pillars topped with a grille made of white metal, forming a semi-enclosed space that connects the ground floor with the entrance, which further extends into the urban cityscape. The building itself uses curved aluminum plates as corners, rounding off the edges and establishing an overall frame for the architecture. The second story is enclosed by ceiling-high glass panels, whose reflection of its surrounding creates an echo of the nearby aluminum panels, giving off the effect of a monumental sculptural piece.
- Design Challenge
- As the main supportive facility serving the surrounding residential areas, the community center takes into consideration its function as both a physical space for public venues and as a visual landmark of the city.
- Research
- The entryway leads naturally through the gate into the garden, connecting the interior with the exterior, allowing for a sense of openness, integration, and community. The naturally curved lines found throughout the complex serves as a tribute to classical geometry.
- Inspiration
- The project creates an open space within a confined urban fabric while also meeting the architectural demarcation requirements of urban planning. The interior space and the exterior venue are divided into two distinct rectangular spaces but are joined together by a curved plane that forms between the two areas. This combined with the curvature introduced into the corners of the spaces creates a fixed and distinguished enclosure around the complex as a whole. The entire effect further allows for the rigidity of the complex to soften and expand. The public entryway is unified with the rest of the structure by the white metal grille placed above. The integrated organization of the linear elements forms simple shapes that produce rich effects of light and shadow, endowing the community center with various spatial experiences that are nevertheless part of a larger whole.
- Project Duration
- The project started in August 2019 and finished in May 2020 in Xuzhou, China
- Operation Flow
- The architect uses modern techniques to re-contextualize classical aesthetics. Traditional brick elements of the ancient city walls are introduced into the entryway. Using old procedures with new techniques, the entryway wall is made of solid glass bricks, improving the visibility and the recognizability of the space. Simultaneously, the light transmitted through the glass bricks allows for a translucent and inexpressible visual effect. With the addition of directional sunlight reflecting off the pool, a similar effect of light and shadow is produced on the walls of the building. The conscious effort to use fewer columns and beams in the interior creates an open, fluid, and luminous space within the community center.
- Team Members
- Shanghai PTArchitects
- Image Credits
- IMAGE by Yuan Yang
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