Device of Perception Whare Ahurea by Yuting Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
ParahiWaihanga· 2022
Device of Perception Whare Ahurea
by Yuting Zhang
Client: Yuting Zhang
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Device of Perception Whare Ahurea
Ko te Device of Perception he whare ahurea kei Mexico City, e tū ana i waenganui i tētahi rohe o mua whare-iti me tētahi whakawhanaketanga arumoni whare-teitei. Ko te whare nei e hipoki ana i te 4500 mita tapawha, ā, kei roto he wharenui kōrero, he whare tapere iti, he wāhi whakaatu, he tari, he wāhi rokiroki me tētahi kāfē. He marae tāpokopoko i te tomokanga e wehe ana i te whare mai i te huarahi ngangahau, ā, e mahi ana hei whakawhānui i te atamira o roto. Ko ia papa o te pourewa poto kua hurihia kia hauwhā-huri, e hanga ana i tētahi awherangi tūmatanui e hono ana, e whakaatu ana i ngā tirohanga o te tāone kua whakaahuatia. Ko te rino-uho whakakaha me te maitai matawhaiwhai ngā rawa kua whakamahia.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Device of Perception Whare Ahurea te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Device of Perception Whare Ahurea he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Device of Perception Whare Ahurea i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The site is in between the low rise colonial historic quarter and the high rise commercial development, as an intersection node full of complexity in Mexico City. The cultural center is not only an exhibition space for Mexico City but could also be regarded as the device of perception. The perception is twofold in this project. One is that exterior plaza as the extension of the interior stage, the other is that a spiral path with various scenery frames as the narrative to understand the city.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Approximate total area 4500 square meters, with main conference/lecture hall, small theater hall, exhibition space, offices, storage, cafe.
- Tags
- cultural center, gallery, theater, exhibition
- Production Technology
- The cultural center is constructed using reinforced concrete. Informed by “stereotomic” architecture, the board-marked concrete walls of the center are treated as a found object. Corten is another material been introduced to the project. The use of the weathering steel creates an immediate visual link between past, present, and future.
- Design Challenge
- The selected site is adjacent to Zarco Plaza, public plaza alongside the Church of San Judeas Tadeo, near the convent of San Hipolito, located on Reforma Avenue at Avenida Hidalgo, which is an intersection node full of complexity in Mexico City. The design challenges are how to use space to fully interprete the surrounding urban context and the rich cultural and history narratices.
- Research
- Explore how experimental miniature stage was used as a space in which objects, 2-‐dimensional drawings and 3-‐dimensional constructions of different scales could coexist in a seemingly unproblematic way, to see how the same spatial base was used to accommodate different scenarios and situations, just by moving props around, adding surfaces and changing backdrops.
- Inspiration
- Aldo Rossi's Project the Small Scientific Theatre from 1978 is taken as a starting point to reflect upon the relation between architecture and image, and between object/ prop and space/ stage. The theatrino models made for the project then have borrowed this primary idea from Aldo Rossi to explore how does the Zarco Plaza could be regarded as the extension of the stage of the auditorium. The definition of performers has been extended in the exploration.
- Project Duration
- 2017 in Mexico City
- Operation Flow
- The sunken entrance plaza of the cultural center creates a tranquil start of the narrative, separating the cultural center from the heavy traffic La Reforma Avenue. The lower ground floor surrounding the sunken plaza houses the art storage facilities and a cafe, maximizing publicly accessible space continues from the plaza into the lobby of the building.
Each floor of the short tower is twisted a quarter turn, which creates a large spiral public gallery as the extension of the interior exhibition space. The story of the city has been told through the switch-over between the interior gallery and different compositions of historical layers from the breaking points/openings in the cube of the spiral path. Two auditoriums have been embedded in this spiral discourse, with lectures, talks, debates, conferences, and film screenings conducted in front of the urban backdrop. - Team Members
- Yuting Zhang
- Image Credits
- Yuting Zhang
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