Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri by MadeMake Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
KouraWaihanga· 2020
Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri
Client: MadeMake Architects
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri
Ko Starry Town o te Roto o Fuxian he pokapū manuhiri me tētahi wāhi tūmatanui i hangaia ki te tahatika o te Roto o Fuxian. Ko te hanga o te whare he rite ki tētahi rau mā e tau marino ana i te taha o te wai. Ka hipoki ia tuanui rau i te takiwā o te 1200 mita pūrua, ā, ka whakarato i te taumarumaru e hiahiatia ana e te āhuarangi o taua rohe. E rua ngā pakitara mā rere e hangaia ana ki ngā papa konumohe hei hono i ngā wāhi, me tētahi arawhiti rīpene kōpiko e toro atu ana ki te 145 mita. Ko te tāhuhu kei runga i te tomokanga i hangaia ki ngā papa tapatoru kōnukurangi whakapoutū kua whakamātao-whakaata. Nā te karaihe whānui i te papa raro ka kitea tonutia te roto mai i te wāhi.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Starry Town of Fuxian Lake Te Pokapū Manuhiri i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This case is the first cultural tourism project of Longfor Properties, and the visitor center is the sales office most closely combined with nature. In addition to the display function of the sales building, it is also the best platform to view the lake. The roof has a strong landscape function, which not only has a sense of sculpture, but meets the sun shading requirements of the local climate. It is like a white leaf, floating quietly on the bank of Fuxian Lake.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The length of the entire project is 245 meters, from the visitor center to the end of the ribbon structure. Including a 1673 square meters visitor center, a 200 square meters Zen book cafe and a jade ribbon bridge extending 145 meters. Every leaf roofing is approximately 1200 square meters. One single aluminum wall plate is 3 meters by 1.5 meters.
- Tags
- Interior, Commercial, Sales Center, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, Fairy Lake, Jade Ribbon, Natural, Elegant, Cultural
- Production Technology
- The dominant canopy hanging over the entrance is divided into a series of triangular mirror-finished stainless steel panels. These triangle units are arranged slightly offset each other at an angle to create this huge curvature extending forwards. Two significant flowing white walls are stretching from one end to almost the other. They are made of metallic aluminum plates. After more than adequate 3D experiments, these walls are fully evaluated then hollowed out on specific spots.
- Design Challenge
- Due to its complexity of 3D modeling and the final construction. The pressure also comes from the local authority that the architects must keep the pollution at the minimum. Throughout the collaboration with structural engineers, mechanical engineers and material suppliers, the designer insists that the units dimensions should be adjust one by one when it comes to the edge or the curve. In order to achieve the perfection of interior and exterior.
- Research
- Interacting with landscape and interior designers from initial ideas stage, the architects studied several combinations of horizontal and vertical flow lines that enrich the content. Next, taking account of the suggestions from construction consultants, they zoom in the rhino models, deepen the study of the relationship with the exterior and interior. Especially the aluminum plates and the leaf roofing.
- Inspiration
- Fuxian Lake is a famous and precious conservatory water of my country. When the designer went on his first field trip to the site, he was astonished by its quietness and deepness. Therefore, he use the form of leaf on the site, and keep the arrangement as in-deliberate as possible. Using a soft curve connection that he called Jade ribbon to link adjoin spaces. Besides, huge amount of glazing is put on the ground floor to maintain a see through effect from any angle on the site to lake.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2018 in Yuxi and finished in October 2019 in Yuxi.
- Operation Flow
- In terms of the leaf roofing, the architects have pre-casted the steel sections and then fabricated PTFE fiberglass layers. However, the installing progress of the fiberglass drew another round of experiments on the relationship of connection nodes and plates which they adopted with turnover framework techniques.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to MadeMake Architects, 2019.
- Team Members
- Sheng Chai
Xin Wu - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Chao Wang, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Chao Wang, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Chao Wang, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Chao Wang, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Chao Wang, Starry Town of Fuxian Lake, 2019.
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