Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트 by Shimu Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award 철상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
철건축· 2026
Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트
by Shimu Wang
A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 건축 Category
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About Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트
'Thriving'은 중국 타이위안에 위치한 두 개 교사(校舍)의 파사드 리노베이션과 새로운 학교 정문을 다룬 프로젝트이다. 밝은 색상으로 도장된 알루미늄 패널은 입면에 리듬감을 부여하는 동시에 옥외 설비와 배선을 가려준다. 높이 14.7미터의 게이트는 서로 높이가 다른 두 건물을 연결하며, 캠퍼스 본관 건물의 경관을 액자처럼 담아낸다. 미러 스테인리스 스틸 패널이 주요 철골 구조를 감싸고, 은색으로 도장된 가느다란 스테인리스 스틸 파이프 기둥이 시각적 중량감을 덜어낸다. 거울처럼 반사되는 하부 천장면은 게이트를 더욱 높아 보이게 하며 성장의 의미를 상징한다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 철상
Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Thriving 파사드 리노베이션, 정문 게이트, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Aluminum panels finished with bright-colored paint are used for facade detailing, which enhance the rhythm of the elevation and conceal the messy equipment and cables at the same time. Besides, the gate organically connects the two buildings of different heights. This gate also becomes a view frame for the main campus building. Design adopts the imagery of 'growth', conveying the wish that students will take root and thrive in their future careers , just like seeds reaching for the sky.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Renovated Facade Area: 9581 square meters.
The New Gate: Width 22m x Depth 9.8m x Height 14.7m. - Tags
- Modest renovation, Coherence, Rhythm, Vibrant colors, Lightness, Airy, Futuristic aesthetic
- Production Technology
- Standing at 14.7 meters high, the gate was required to be majestic yet airy. To ensure the gate is visually lightweight, mirror stainless steel panels are chose to clad the main steel structure. The decorative, slender columns surrounding the main steel structure are made of stainless steel pipes finished with silver fluorocarbon paint, further dissolving the visual mass of structure. The mirrored soffit makes the gate appear taller when viewed from below, enhancing the dynamic sense of growth.
- Design Challenge
- One of the key challenges in the design process was sorting out and rearranging the layout of outdoor equipment. The design had to comprehensively consider the locations of equipment-connected interior rooms, the dimensions of different equipment, drainage routes, and cable positions, lending the building a rhythmic, orderly, and harmonious facade.
- Research
- This renovation was required to be restrained and frugal. We spent a huge amount of effort to organically unify the individual buildings and use harmonious with variations design language to create visual consistency.
- Inspiration
- This project contains a facade renovation of two teaching buildings over twenty years old and a construction of a new gate. The buildings front the street and the gate stands between them. The client expected to transform their outdated appearance into vibrant, neat and energetic style. The new school gate should be majestic and futuristic. To meet these requirements, the design revolves around bright colors and a lightweight, airy visual effect.
- Project Duration
- Design Period: April to June, 2025
Finished time: October 2025
Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China - Operation Flow
- The automatic doors are installed between the main structural columns and the decorative columns. When opened, they are well concealed within the forest of columns, and when closed, they match the decorative columns well in color. Landscaping at the foot of the slender columns, adds a touch of vitality to the otherwise slightly cold structure. As pedestrians and vehicles traverse the gateway, the experience evokes the sensation of passing through a miniature forest.
- Image Credits
- Image #1, #2, #3, #4, #5: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Thriving, 2025.
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