New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata ab Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh

Opus New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata a designatore Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Graphica.

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New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata

a Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh

Cliens: School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Graphica

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De New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata

Novus Stilus Sinensis est tabula urbana manu delineata urbis Lanzhou in Sinis. Haec tabula unicam provinciae capitem ostendit per quam Flumen Flavum fluit. Lineae stilo fontano ductae sunt et deinde aquarellis in charta speciali coloratae, cum folio fundamentali metrorum 1.1 in 1.7. Prospectus aerius mobilis, a pictura Sinensi classica inspiratus, aedificia insignia, aquarum vias, itinera et scaenas populares in unam imaginem continuam coniungit. Opus perfectum involucrum exterius, tabulam ipsam et duas chartulas cursuales complectitur.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. New Chinese Style Tabula Urbana Manu Delineata necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: This design represents a visual exploration that employs contemporary design language to recount the story of a Chinese city. Anchored by the spiritual core of "Golden City Lanzhou," the work takes its point of departure from a unique geographical and cultural fact: Lanzhou is the only provincial capital through which the Yellow River flows. The design transmutes the city’s historical memory, urban development, and folk customs into a readable, palpable, and "Guofeng" (Neo-Chinese style) visual narrative. Transcending the utilitarian function of a traditional map, this piece serves as a vessel to construct a cultural scroll that fuses natural landforms, urban structure, and human life, capturing the holistic temperament of a "City of the Yellow River where the ancient and modern coexist."
Dimensiones et Involucrum: Drawing specifications: the base paper for drawing: 1.1 * 1.7 meters.
Notulae: The spatial narrative is grand, the details are richly illustrated, and the use of color is elegant and refined.
Technologia Productionis: The process begins with creating the line drawing using a fountain pen (ink: Catfish brand, pen: LAMY/extra fine). Then, watercolor is applied for coloring. Based on this, the final hand-drawn map product consists of three parts: "outer packaging + hand-drawn map + 2 postcards." The material used is specialty paper.
Provocatio Designandi: The entire hand-drawn map's illustration design is burdensome, taking a total of 1,200 hours to complete. There are 143 buildings and scenic spots alone, more than 100 different character shapes, and there are more flowers and trees. On the other hand, distilling and organizing these complex elements requires a profound level of creative thinking and design experience.
Investigatio: In order to fully showcase Lanzhou’s urban development and the new vitality of its social folk culture, this work innovatively uses the unique loess landscape of the region as its foundation, skillfully integrating the multi-point perspective composition and ink-and-color-on-silk techniques found in the classical Chinese artwork Along the River During the Qingming Festival. By adopting a mobile viewpoint, it dynamically captures landmark architecture, waterways, roads, and folk scenes, weaving these complex elements into an elegant and cohesive humanistic picture. Presented in the popular contemporary format of a hand-drawn map, the piece offers a comprehensive portrayal of Lanzhou’s renewed image. The resulting visual narrative merges the rich earthy presence of the Loess Plateau with the delicate texture of silk painting, culminating in a expansive spatial story that transcends time and space.
Inspiratio: Taking the expressive methods and painting styles of ancient Chinese classical art, mainly drawing inspiration from the famous Northern Song painter Zhang Zeduan's 'The Qingming Festival along the River'.
Duratio Operis: Completed Date& Duration: October 2023, Duration: approximately 6 months; Project Location: Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China
Cursus Operationis: With the aerial perspective of "mobile point of viewing", combined with the Yellow River and urban roads passing through Lanzhou. Together, they create an intertwined spatial structure and visual guidance, showcasing the architectural sequence of Lanzhou's urban area as well as its folk culture and daily life.
Patentes: Copyrights belong to Husheng PAN and Xiaohong WANG
Membra Turmae: Husheng PAN
Mingming ZHONG
Xiaohong WANG
Agnitiones Imaginum: IP and copyrights belong to Husheng Pan and Wang Xiaohong.