Mountain Impression 발전소 by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 금상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
금건축· 2023
Mountain Impression 발전소
Client: United Units Architects
A' Design Award 금상 Winner in 건축 Category
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The Design
About Mountain Impression 발전소
기복이 심한 카르스트 산맥을 배경으로 하는 이 공장 건물은 자연의 맥락에서 디자인 언어를 끌어냅니다. 부지 북쪽에는 시멘트 공장의 채굴로 인해 평평해진 벌거벗은 고원이 있습니다. 대지의 자연과 기억에 응답하기 위해 건물의 외관은 인간의 충격으로 인해 산이 훼손된 것을 시각적으로 치유하기 위해 기복이 있는 산맥의 패턴을 특징으로 하며 인간 활동에 대한 자기 성찰을 불러일으킵니다. 산맥의 패턴은 파라메트릭 디자인을 통해 4개의 삼각함수 곡선 세트를 조합하여 파생됩니다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 금상
Mountain Impression 발전소, 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. Mountain Impression 발전소, 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. Mountain Impression 발전소, 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
- Backed by undulating karst mountains, this factory building draws its design language from the natural context. To the north of the site there is a bare plateau flattened by the mining of a cement factory. In order to respond to the nature and memory of the site, the facade of the building is featured by a pattern of undulating mountain range to visually remedy the damage to the mountains by human impacts, evoking the self-examination of human activities. The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves through parametric design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Floor Area: 54,000 m2
Daily Waste Processing Capacity: 3,000 tons - Tags
- Waste to Energy, Power Plant, Carbon Neutrality, Parametric Design, Waste Treatment, Karst Mountains
- Production Technology
- The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves. The mathematic control not only ensures the smoothness of the curve, but also provides parameters for design development. By manipulating the colour, texture and form of the facade, the building is endowed with a dynamic aesthetic that changes with the viewing angle, light, and weather in an imperceptible and sophisticated way, reducing the impact of the building's vast volume on the environment.
- Design Challenge
- The distinctive regional environment can often stimulate the bold ideas of architects, while large-scale infrastructure projects carrying social responsibilities usually require careful decision-making. Therefore, to achieve a balance between radical and conservative depends on an ingenious and effective design strategy. The design team realized the poetic design concept with rigorous engineering rationality, creating a state-of-the-art factory where art and engineering come together as one.
- Research
- Nanning is a frontier city for China's opening up and cooperation with ASEAN, and is known as China's Green City. The rich folk culture in the multi-ethnic inhabited area and the mountains in the karst landform area together constitute the resource of design language belonging to Nanning, and also become the spiritual contention between the people and the building. UUA hopes to build a waste-to-energy power plant that eliminates the Not In My Backyard effect and allows the public to accept and even love it, so that the advanced waste treatment technology can operate smoothly.
- Inspiration
- The site of the project prompts us to reflect on the interaction between human activities and the natural environment in a very inspiring way. We hope to take this opportunity to set a precedent for similar projects, through metaphorical and abstract extraction of natural and cultural characteristics to unite art and engineering, provide multiple interpretations, and redefine the public attributes and humanistic values of industrial buildings.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2020 and finished in August 2022 in Nanning, China.
- Operation Flow
- The garbage trucks enter the factory building along the ramp and unload to the enclosed garbage pit for fermentation. The fermented garbage is sent to the incinerator. The flue gas generated by the combustion of garbage is purified and discharged to the air; the fly ash is disposed of for landfill; the bottom ash can be comprehensively utilized. Finally the thermal energy generated by waste incineration is used to heat high-temperature steam to drive the steam turbine generator set to generate electricity, which is connected into the national grid.
- Team Members
- Yongzheng Li
Qizhi Li
Falu Wang
Wenbo He
Yanfeng Lyu
Bing Zhao
Liang Deng
Xinghua Ma
Hongbo Fang
Yihao Zhang
Bo Yang - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Lian He, Aerial View, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Lian He, View from Southeast, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Lian He, Landscape, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Lian He, View from Southwest, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Lian He, Facade Details, 2022.
Video Credits: Archi-translator, 2022.
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