Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는 by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 동상 in 문화유산 및 문화 산업 디자인 Competition Category.
동문화유산· 2021
Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는
by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit
Client: Creative Protyping Unit
A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 문화유산 Category
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About Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는
달빛화당(Moonlight Huotang)은 중국 광시성 광난현 동족을 위한 화당(Huotang) 시리즈의 첫 번째 커미션 프로젝트로, 특히 비파 음악 문화를 이어가는 마을 사람들을 위한 작품입니다. 천장의 독특한 볼록한 형태는 더 나은 음향 환경에 대응하여 모임의 느낌을 강화하고, 입구 챔버는 탈의실, 음식 준비실, 고백실 등의 다기능 공간을 제공합니다. 이는 젊은 세대가 더 큰 도시 지역으로 이주한 카운티의 경제를 되살리려는 문화 주도형 농촌 재생의 일환입니다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 동상
Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Moonlight Huotang 동족의 벽난로는, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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