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Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng

Platinum Architectura · 2024

Nanbu Eye Gymnasium

by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng

  • Praemium A' Design Award Platinum 2024 in Architectura
  • CLIENT: Zhoyu
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 4,938,416
  • Verification code 859526CEF0 · Verify this award
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About Nanbu Eye Gymnasium

Nanbu Eye est gymnasium iuxta flumen Jialing aedificatum. Aedificium viginti duo milia metrorum quadratorum complectitur atque ad altitudinem triginta duorum metrorum surgit. Tabulatum superius arenam tectam ad ludum follis canistrique continet, quae tria milia hominum capit. Tabulatum inferius est centrum civicum athleticum cum piscina quinquaginta metrorum atque conclavibus ad pilam pinnatam, pilam mensalem, exercitationem corporis et yogam destinatis. Systema structurale, gemmae simile, tholum nonaginta metrorum diametri sustinet. Taenia curvata ex laminis aluminii coloratis umbram praebet et forum publicum circumdat, atque incisurae in superficie tres porticus panoramicas secundum aquam efficiunt.

About the Praemium A' Design Award Platinum

Nanbu Eye Gymnasium 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. Nanbu Eye Gymnasium excellentiam transcendentem exhibet et utilibus proprietatibus mundum meliorem reddit. Nanbu Eye Gymnasium opus est Praemio A' Design Award Platino victum, quod cupiditates excitat, animos incitat, delectat et magnum gaudium creat.

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Unique Properties
Located by the Jialing River, this gymnasium achieves harmony, openness and interaction with nature. The design is carried out from the three core concepts of earthscape, integration and openness. The overall project is conceived as an earthscape, just like a picture scroll in one stroke along the Jialing River. The city and nature are merged together, the architecture and landscape are integrated, a continuous spatial sequence is formed along the waterfront.
Dimensions & Packaging
The gymnasium is 22,000 square meters in size and 32 meters in height. It contains two main floors, the upstairs space is designed with an indoor basketball arena with a capacity of 3,000 people; the downstairs space is a civic sports center, which includes a swimming pool with 50-meter standard swimming lanes and functional spaces for badminton, table tennis, fitness and yoga.
Tags
Earthscape, Integration, Openness, "Jewel" structural system, "Silk" surface
Production Technology
"Jewel": The jewel-like structural system realizes the integrity of the building, supports the huge architectural dome and surface, and forms the distinctive interior facade and space, achieving the unity of the structure, space and facade.
"Silk": The soft ribbon brings the building a sensual image that blends into nature, and the panoramic footpath is a metaphor for the Silk Road. The "silk" surface plays the function of shading and energy saving, and forms a gray space of micro-climate regulation.
Colorful aluminum plate: Nanchong is the silk capital of western China. The undulating exterior of the building twists and turns along the waterfront. The colorful aluminum plates, the changing sky light and time coexist harmoniously with the silk charm of Nanchong.
Design Challenge
The strong function and structure of the sports building and its integration with nature are the most important challenges facing the project. Through the soft silk surface, we integrate the building with the landscape waterfront as a whole.
Openness is the second major challenge, and through the multiple grey spaces enclosed by the surface, the building creates sufficient open possibilities.
The structure is the third major challenge. The inner space of the building, supported by the jewel structural system, carries a huge dome with a span of 90 meters, a 10m projecting silk surface and a circular corridor, presenting distinctive features, forming the inner facade and achieving the unity of the structure, space and facade.
Research
1. Earthscape: Architecture in the earthscape.
2. Integration: Integrated construction of the building and waterfront.
3. Openness: A truly open sports building for all.
4. Jewel structural system: The realization of the integration of structure, space and facade.
5. Silk surface: Silk Road, a combination of panoramic platform and ecological architecture.
Inspiration
The gymnasium is conceived as a landscape building on the banks of the Jialing River, a brilliant gem on the Silk Road, where nature and humanity, technology and poetry meet.
Sports and architecture symbolize power, but nature is soft, and the Nanbu Eye seems to be the medium between them. The collision and fusion of "soft" and "tough" burst out fresh energy, integrating sports into the natural environment, allowing people to strengthen their health in a relaxed and back-to-nature environment.
Project Duration
The project started in November 2020 in Chengdu and finished in August 2022 in Chengdu.
Operation Flow
Openness: The building expresses maximum openness, the 'ribbon' encloses tens of thousands of square meters of civic square and sports field, and the cuts on the building surface form three panoramic corridors of different heights, visitors can enjoy the ever-changing scenery of the Jialing River while walking. These spaces are open 24/7.
Professional sports: The basketball hall can host basketball games, performance and other activities; the citizen sports center is open all year round to provide professional fitness facilities; the outdoor sports venue presents flexible layout and is free of charge.
Patents
Technically, this project is designed in accordance with the Green Building Evaluation Standard-Two Star and will be certified after completion.
Image Credits
Image #1-5: Photographer Dong Liang and Zhang Hongge, RAWVISION studio, 2023

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