Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex by Youpei Hu

Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex by Youpei Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Architectura Competition Category.

ArgentumArchitectura· 2025

Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex

by Youpei Hu

Client: Studio Hu

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex

Aedificium consulto stylum architectonicum vernaculum vitat materiasque modernas et structuram adhibet. Tectum magnum pensile spatia formalia et informalia modo simplici unit, veluti umbraculum ingens apertum. Ut sensum pensilem levemque assequatur, tectum magnum chalybeum non solum projecturas et intervalla magna superare debet, sed etiam membra quam gracillima servare debet. Pluribus innovationibus structuralibus, structura hybrida quae projecturas umbraculares imitatur formatur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Village Hall Aedificium Publicum Multiplex creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The building intentionally avoids the vernacular architectural style, and applies modern materials and structure. A big floating roof unifies the formal and informal spaces in a simple way, like a giant open umbrella.
In order to achieve the floating and light feeling, the big steel roof not only needs to overcome the large cantilevers and spans, but also needs to keep member as slender as possible. With several structural innovations, a hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers are formed.
Dimensions & Packaging: The building area is 1370 square metres
Tags: Multi functional, rural social center, flexible space, cantilevered roof, structural innovation
Production Technology: Weathering steel plate
Steel
Concrete
A hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers
Design Challenge: In order to realise the sense of floating of the big black roof, the building is structurally innovative. The roof, as an overall stress system, not only has to overcome the difficulties of large overhangs and spans, but also has to make each rod as slim as possible to maximise the sense of lightness and composition of the rod structure.
Research: Based on the Grasshopper plugin extension tool on the Rhino platform, Karamba3D force analysis and form finding technology were used to explore the tools and paths suitable for architects to carry out structural form design in the scheme stage, and successfully completed the structural form design of asymmetric complex roof shapes.
Inspiration: In traditional Chinese housing, the main hall called ‘Ting Tang’ is the most important family space for public activities. It usually has a formal architectural gesture, with tall, dark and semi open space.
Inspired by this, the village center is considered as the ‘main hall’ for the whole village. Besides a multifunction hall for formal public activities, the building also provides lots of open spaces to encourage social interaction between villagers and tourists.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 in China and finished in 2023 in China, and the project address is Xiangtang Village, Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
Operation Flow: This is a public event centre building, capable of meeting the daily needs of meetings, exhibitions, receptions and other
meeting, exhibition, reception and other daily needs.
Team Members: Youpei Hu;Lei Shen;Qi Wang;Shufan Wu;Yuanyuan Rui