Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

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Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis

Textus Libri: Centennial Shameen est spatium culturale intra aedificium historicum in Insula Shamian Guangzhou, in Sina, creatum. Aedificium anno 1862 perfectum est, et exterior eius formam symmetricam originalem, proportiones exactas ostiorum et fenestrarum, ac lineas ornamentales divites servat. Intra conclave 260 metrorum quadratorum, quod altitudinem tecti 4,55 metrorum habet, intercapedo ferrea gradum medianum cum structura independenti addit. Spatium exhibitiones artis et domum thearum communitati praebet. Materiae novae et lumina nova cum vetere columnarum systemate clare contrastant.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Centennial Shameen Munus Ordinarium: Designatio Interior Spatii Culturalis ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Located at No.41 Shamian Street on the central axis of Shamian Island, the project was built in 1862 with a history of 159 years. Adhering to the concept of protecting and reusing the historical buildings, this project transforms it into a multifunctional composite cultural space that can accommodate different scenes, for example, cultural art exhibition, and tea house for the community.
Dimensions & Packaging: Taking advantage of the 4.55 meter's high ceiling height in the 260 square-meters room, a steel interlayer is inserted to add different layers. It added a mezzanine space with an independent frame structure locally to make full use of the existing space to create more possibilities.
Tags: Architecture, renovation, culture, building, public space
Production Technology: The exterior of the building retains its original style: within the symmetrical form, precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich moldings lines. By now, stepping into the gate of Ceremonial sense will absolutely open up a new spatial experience.
Design Challenge: Using a section of space as a transition for the entrance, outstanding from the old sense of form; on top of the uses of spacial transition at the entrance, it added new material and design techniques to emphasize the difference, and thus collision between the old and the new style has begun.
Research: Awakening the long-term dormant state of this historical building, it has become an open public space integrated into the urban context and reconnecting the community. The language of the space is concise and lively, and the space still playing the pure beauty of decoration.
Inspiration: Inspired by the local context, the texture of the sandy floor contrasts with the black stone. The horizontal of the three kinds of grain on the stones interspersed with the white volume, which implies the historical meaning of Shamian which washed by the water of the time immemorial Pearl River.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Shameen Island, Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: New materials, new forms of design, and the newest lighting techniques are added to the classical space, interactive with the old pillar system; new things do not adhere to the old structure, and the relationship between the new and the old is clear.
Team Members: Design Director: Keven Wong
Design Director: Fanmie
Lead Designer: Chow Hou Hong