Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

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Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea

Ko Centennial Shameen he wāhi ahurea i hangaia ki roto i tētahi whare hītori kei Shamian Island, Guangzhou, Haina. I oti te hanga o te whare i te tau 1862, ā, e mau tonu ana tōna āhua o waho i te hangarite rite, te tika o ngā ratio o ngā kūaha me ngā matapihi, me ngā rārangi whakairo whai take. I roto i te rūma 260 mita pūrua te rahi, e 4.55 mita te teitei o te tuanui, kua tāpirihia he papa waenga rino hei taumata mezzanine me tōna ake anga tū motuhake. Kei roto i te wāhi ngā whakaaturanga toi me tētahi whare tī mā te hapori. Ko ngā rauemi hou me ngā rama hou e whakaatu mārama ana i te rerekētanga ki te pūnaha pou tawhito.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Centennial Shameen Te Hoahoa Rāroto o te Wāhi Ahurea mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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