City Of Light Aedes Communitatis by Kris Lin

City Of Light Aedes Communitatis by Kris Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Architectura Competition Category.

AurumArchitectura· 2020

City Of Light Aedes Communitatis

by Kris Lin

Client: Excellence Group

Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About City Of Light Aedes Communitatis

Urbs Lucis est aedes communitatis in vetere regione urbis Shanghai in Sinis aedificata. Aedificium continet gymnasium, auditorium yogae, porticum pueris dedicatam, cauponam, pinacothecam, valetudinarium senioribus destinatum et locum studiis puerorum aptum. Forma rhythmum fluminis ante locum fluentis sequitur, itaque frons aedificii curva et continua est sicut aqua fluens. Laminae aluminii, materia vilis et communis, ope formationis tridimensionalis in superficiem hyperboloidem figuratae sunt. Area aperta ante aedificium incolas ad conveniendum et inter se colloquendum invitat.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

City Of Light Aedes Communitatis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur City Of Light Aedes Communitatis inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. City Of Light Aedes Communitatis cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a public community project, this project is set up as a city station. It is a public open community building with gymnasium, yoga classroom, children s theme pavilion, cafe, art gallery, elderly health center, children s study area, etc. It is a community-oriented open space, but at the same time, we want to be the center and landmark of the surrounding community.So we hope to design a fluid building like water, and hope that the square in front will function as a very open community.
Dimensions & Packaging: area 17222sq.ft
Tags: Streamlined building, The beauty of the curve, Urban shared space, Communication, Lighting
Production Technology: In this project what we adopted is a relatively cost effective and conventional material aluminum plate as a material choice, but we are challenging to design a curved facade, so it is difficult to install aluminum plate on the streamlined lines.And at the same time it functions as a hyperboloid. We used 3D model design and finally made the shape of the building. We realized a hyperboloid effect with aluminum plates. Although it uses economical materials, it is still challenging.
Design Challenge: I hope that this project will bring new vitality in the surrounding old city. We have adopted a new architectural approach and hope it will become a landmark in the surrounding communities, using the creative and fluid architecture. We hope to drive the vitality of the city and create more space, increase more ties between people so that it will become a community center.
Research: In fact, this is a new building based on an old town project. The government wants to build a city station in the old city,hoping to allow more community people to participate, enter and increase the interaction between the neighborhoods. Rather than because of the construction and development of the city, people are becoming more and more estranged. I hope that everyone will have more exchanges.
Inspiration: A river is in front of this project. So we want to develop the design concept from the rhythm of the water itself with the usage of the liquid-like blob architecture. My inspiration comes from the undulating rhythm of the water.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2018 in Shanghai,China, and finished in JAN 2019 in Shanghai,China,and was exhibited in in Shanghai,China,Jan 2019.
Operation Flow: We hope to design an open public space and strive to build a center of the city to increase the interaction of the neighborhood instead of estrange people with the city architecture development. I hope everyone has more communities communication and people to people contact.So we hope to make a more open space for everyone to enter.
Patents: Copyrights belongs to KLID (Kris Lin International Design)
Team Members: Kris Lin
Jiayu Yang
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019