Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit

Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gangsa in Warisan Budayo Competition Category.

GangsaWarisan Budayo· 2021

Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong

by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit

Client: Creative Protyping Unit

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Warisan Budayo Category

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The Design

About Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong

Sabagai proyek komisi pertamo dari rangkaian Huotang untuak etnis Dong di Kabupaten Guangnan, Guangxi, Tiongkok, Moonlight Huotang dirancang khusus untuak kalompok masyarakaik kampuang nan malanjuikan budayo musik Pipa. Bantuak langik-langik cembung nan unik maningkakan suasono bakumpua sambil manciptoan lingkungan akustik nan labiah baik, samentaro ruang pintu masuak manyajikan ruang multiguna sabagai ruang ganti, ruang persiapan makanan, dan ruang pangakuan. Karya iko marupoan bagian dari regenerasi padukuhan babasis budayo nan batuang mangidupkan baliak ekonomi kabupaten di mano generasi mudo alah pindah ka wilayah perkotaan nan labiah gadang.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Moonlight Huotang Perapian untuak Etnis Dong mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Moonlight Huotang is a fireplace for the Dong ethnicity located in Guangnan county, Guangxi province of China. It is the first commission project as part of the Huotang series and particularly for the group of villagers who carry on the Pipa music culture.  The unique convex shape of the ceiling enhances the sense of gathering in response to a better acoustic environment while the entry chamber provides a multifunction space as a changing room, food preparation room and confession room.
Dimensions & Packaging: main building in 5m diameter circular shape, plot size: 6m Width x 8m Depth
Tags: Community Centre, Cultural Regeneration, Fireplace, Huotang, Dong Ethnicity
Production Technology: Stone foundation, brick wall plus straw and clay plaster on the surface, CNC cut timber roof structure
Design Challenge: As a cultural regeneration project, the challenge was to enhance the local crafts such wood construction and straw weaving techniques while bringing a contemporary architectural understanding to the local community. To ensure its buildability by local craftsmen, wood construction was chosen aided by CNC fabrication to realise a unique geometry for the Huotang typology. Wall finishes and internal doors also utilise the straw weaving techniques to showcase the Dong culture. By doing so, the new Huotang seeks to ensure a contemporary relevance for the Dong culture.
Research: Dong ethnicity has been rooted in the remote rural mountain area and increasingly disconnected from the fast-moving cities. It is part of a rural culture regeneration project as an architectural acupuncture which intends to revive the economy of a county whose young generations have moved to larger urban areas. By building specific industrial structures and social projects in relation to the Dong culture and economy, it hopes to boom in the tourism industry for a better connection to the outside world.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from local traditional timber construction house and craft techniques developed by the Dong ethnicity. The circular typology has been chosen due to the form of gathering around the fireplace as well as acting as a small theatre for performing traditional Pipa music instrument. This has been the form of their life for many generations.
Project Duration: Permanent, completion in June 2021
Operation Flow: The Huotang plays an important role in the daily life of the Dong community. As a forum, it is a gathering place of great social significance, and often the scene of diverse activities, including political discussions and debates, leisure and dinner. Deeply integrated into Dong’s lives, it is their second home. Moonlight Huotang proposal is for up to 25 people who can carry on the folk music culture to the next generations as well as a display of Dong culture for foreign tourists.
Team Members: Architect:William Hailiang Chen
Architectural Assistant: Shoujian Eng
Structural Engineer: XinY structural consultants
Acoustic Consultant: Zhu Heng