New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa by Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh

New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa by Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.

ParahiWhakairoiro· 2026

New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa

by Pan HS, Zhong MM and Wang Xh

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

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Whakairoiro Category

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The Design

About New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa

Ko New Chinese Style he mahere tāone i tuhia ā-ringa mō Lanzhou, Haina. E whakaatu ana te mahere i te tāone matua ā-porowini kotahi anake e rere ai te Awa Kōwhai (Yellow River) mā roto. I tuhia ngā rārangi ki te pene wai, kātahi ka tāia ki te peita wai ki runga i te pepa motuhake, me tētahi pepa tūāpapa e 1.1 mita te whānui, e 1.7 mita te roa. He tirohanga rererangi neke haere, i whakaaweawetia e ngā peita Hainamana tawhito, e hono ana i ngā whare rongonui, ngā ara wai, ngā huarahi me ngā āhuatanga o te iwi ki roto i te pikitia kotahi e rere tonu ana. Kei roto i te hua oti ko te takotoranga o waho, ko te mahere me ngā kāri poutāpeta e rua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa 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 New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa 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 New Chinese Style He Mahere Tāone i Tuhia ā-Ringa i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: 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."
Dimensions & Packaging: Drawing specifications: the base paper for drawing: 1.1 * 1.7 meters.
Tags: The spatial narrative is grand, the details are richly illustrated, and the use of color is elegant and refined.
Production Technology: 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.
Design Challenge: 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: 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'.
Project Duration: Completed Date& Duration: October 2023, Duration: approximately 6 months; Project Location: Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China
Operation Flow: 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.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Husheng PAN and Xiaohong WANG
Team Members: Husheng PAN
Mingming ZHONG
Xiaohong WANG
Image Credits: IP and copyrights belong to Husheng Pan and Wang Xiaohong.