Platinum Architectura · 2021
Strait Culture Centrum Artium
by Zong Wu Xu and Pekka Salminen
- Praemium A' Design Award Platinum 2021 in Architectura
- CLIENT: PES-Architects Ltd & CHINA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING DESIGN GROUP CO.,LTD.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 226,632
- Verification code 09ADB68154 · Verify this award
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About Strait Culture Centrum Artium
Centrum Culturae et Artium Freti est aedificiorum culturalium complexus in ripa meridionali fluminis Minjiang in urbe Fuzhou, Sinis, situm. Centrum theatrum multiplicis usus, theatrum operisticum, aulam concentuum, museum artium, centrum cinematographicum et televisificum atque aulam culturalem centralem continet. Consilium a iasmino, flore urbis Fuzhou proprio, inspiratur. Quinque aedificia principalia quinque petala candida efformant, et flumen Liangcuo inter ea tamquam caulis fluit. Ceramica et bambusa, quae ambo in Fujian producuntur, in frontibus exterioribus et politionibus adhibentur. Forum subdiale, suggestus in tecto et spatium aquaticum publico patent.
About the Praemium A' Design Award Platinum
Strait Culture Centrum Artium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Platinum, honoris amplissimi formis vere eximiis, elegantibus et magnificis dati. Victores Platini miracula creationis sunt, testimonia finium ingenii inventivi, et industriam inaequabilem auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur has formas opera celeberrima fore, quae aetatis venustatem definiant, ad societatis salutem conferant et fines artis, scientiae, formandi et technologiae promoveant. Strait Culture Centrum Artium excellentiam transcendentem exhibet et utilibus proprietatibus mundum meliorem reddit. Strait Culture Centrum Artium opus est Praemio A' Design Award Platino victum, quod cupiditates excitat, animos incitat, delectat et magnum gaudium creat.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This case, with a gross floor area of 153,000㎡ on the southern bank of the Minjiang River in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is a cultural complex composed of a multifunctional theatre, opera house, concert hall, art museum, film and television center, and central cultural hall.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total Area : 152601.48 square meters
- Tags
- Architect, Flower, Unique, Comfort, Economy
- Production Technology
- The center is built with Chinese traditional materials of ceramics and bamboo. Ceramics originated in China, and bamboo is the symbol of the Chinese spirit and endowment. More importantly, Fujian is one of the producing areas of ceramics and bamboo, which saves a lot of cost for the production and transportation of materials.
- Design Challenge
- This project is built along with the local flood control facilities by renovating and widening the floodway, and making the Liangcuo River a part of the whole architecture. It has reserved a space for future connection with the subway, filling the gap of public traffic lines in the region. The project has also opened the outdoor square, roof platform and waterborne space to the public, and integrated with the Minjiang landscape system to form a space for immersive urban cultural experience.
- Research
- In order to avoid any subtle invisible cracks, the louvers are subjected to rigorous manual and machine tests, and German wind tunnel tests.
- Inspiration
- The center is an innovative expression of Chinese traditional culture. Its design is inspired by jasmine, a world-renowned symbol of Chinese culture, as well as the city flower of Fuzhou. Five main buildings constitute five white jasmine petals, through which runs the Liangcuo River like a flower stalk. Several small petals make up a waterborne platform that goes deep into the Minjiang River. Together, they build up a magnificent Chinese picture featuring "blossoming jasmine flowers over a moonlit river".
- Project Duration
- The project was located in Fu Zhou, China. It was finished in August 2018.
- Operation Flow
- On the basis of expressing cultural innovation, this project has realized the unity of technology and art. More than 40,000 ceramic rods are used on the front facade of the outer curtain wall, while 36,000 ceramic plates are applied for the back facade. The project has hence been hailed as the largest ceramic curtain wall building in the world.
- Image Credits
- Yong Zhang, Marc Goodwin
