The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی by Xuechen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Raman û Têgehî Competition Category.
ZîvRaman· 2024
The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی
by Xuechen Chen
Client: Xuechen Chen
Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Raman Category
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The Design
About The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی
بەلەمی تاکراو کە لە کەناری ڕووباری هارلەم جێگیرە، شوێنێکی چەند مەبەستییە و خزمەت وەک هەمە بۆنێکی سواری بەلەم بۆ کۆلێژی کۆمەڵگا، کتێبخانەیەکی بچووک و مۆزەخانەیەک کە تایبەتە بە وەرزشی سواری بەلەم. ئەم بیناکارییە کە تایبەتمەندە بە سەربانێکی کانزایی تاکراو، شوێنی ناوەوەی خۆی پێناسە دەکات بە تێکەڵکردنی بێ کێشەی دیوارەکان بە سەربانەکانەوە. لە شوێنی یەکگرتنەوەی ناوچە مێژووییەکان و نوێیەکان دانراوە، جێگیرکردنی ورد و وریای توخمەکان ڕێز لە بەرنامەکان، هاتووچۆ و دیمەنی شارستانی دەگرێت.
The Recognition
About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn
The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. The Folding Boat ناوەندی کۆمەڵایەتی afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Folding Boat, located along the shore of the Harlem River, is a multifunctional space serving as a rowing facility for the community college, a small library, and a museum dedicated to sport rowing. Featuring a folded metal roof, this structure defines its interior space by seamlessly blending walls into ceilings. Positioned at the convergence of historical and modern districts, meticulous placement of elements respects programs, circulation, and the urban landscape.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 18,000sf
- Tags
- culture, community center, wood, metal, concrete
- Production Technology
- metal, glass and wood panel
- Design Challenge
- The multiversity of the programs and the materials.
- Research
- This research abstract explores the integration of folding as architectural elements across various scales, experiences, and programs within the context of the Rowing Boat project. Serving as a sport museum, rowing boat facility for a local college, and a community center for the neighborhood, the project examines how folding techniques can be applied to create dynamic spaces and functional designs. Through case studies and design explorations, this research delves into the innovative use of folding to enhance architectural aesthetics, spatial experiences, and programmatic functionalities within a multi-functional facility.
- Inspiration
- The project's inspiration stems from the unique topography of the site, characterized by varying slopes. This distinctive landscape presents an opportunity to mimic and enhance the site's features through the use of folding in the design. The folded elements not only echo the site's topography but also contribute to the project's special aesthetic qualities.
- Project Duration
- Unbult, Bronx, Newyork
- Operation Flow
- The Folding Boat project draws inspiration from the site's unique topography, using folding in design to echo its slopes and enhance aesthetics. Located along the Harlem River, it's a rowing facility, small library, and sport museum. The folded metal roof blends spaces, respecting historical context and urban landscape. This research explores folding's integration in various scales, programs, and experiences, enhancing architectural aesthetics and functionality.
- Team Members
- Xuechen Chen
- Image Credits
- XUECHEN CHEN
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