Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв by Haisheng Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал in Архитектур, барилга ба байгууламжийн дизайн Competition Category.
ХүрэлАрхитектур· 2026
Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв
by Haisheng Xu
Client: Studio 0
A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал Winner in Архитектур Category
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The Design
About Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв
Галт уулын зочдын төв нь Исландын галт уулсын тухай геологи, түүх, соёлын мэдээллийг танилцуулдаг Исланд дахь зочдын төв юм. 7,300 квадрат фут талбайтай уг барилга нь галт уулын хөрсөнд суулгагдсан бөгөөд газар доорх орон зайг уран баримал мэт хэлбэржүүлсэн дээврийн ландшафттай холбож өгдөг. Материалын сонголт нь энгийн бөгөөд бетон, металл, шилээс бүрддэг ба нутгийн ургамлыг тэтгэх зорилготой ногоон дээвэртэй. Параметрик дизайны хэрэгслүүд нь оновчтой геометрийг хадгалахын зэрэгцээ муруй хэлбэрийг бүрдүүлсэн. Хөдөлгөөний урсгал нь зочдыг тэнгэрийн хаяа, газар нутаг, байгалийг мэдрэхэд чиглүүлдэг.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал
Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв нь A' Design Award Хүрэл шагналын ялагч бөгөөд бүтээлч чанар, овсгоо, цэцэн ухаанаараа ялгарсан шилдэг загварт олгодог маш нэр хүндтэй хүлээн зөвшөөрөлт юм. Хүрэл ялагчид бол хангалттай ур чадвартай, гайхалтай бүтээлч ажил бөгөөд зохион бүтээгчдийн өргөн туршлага, төсөөлөл, самбаатай байдлыг баталдаг. Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв нь өндөр үнэлэгдсэн, биширсэн, хайрласан зүйл, мэдэгдэхүйц мэргэжлийн, шинэлэг байх болно гэж хүлээгддэг. Хүрэл шагнал хүртсэн энэ загвар нь урлаг, шинжлэх ухаан, загвар, технологийн шилдэг туршлагыг шингээж, нарийн ширийнд анхаарал хандуулснаараа тод юм. Volcano Visitor Center Зочдын төв хэрэгцээг гайхалтай хангаж, хүслийг хөндөж, сэтгэл хөдлөлийг байлдан дагуулж, сониуч занг татдаг.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 7,300 square feet.
- Tags
- Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
- Production Technology
- The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
- Research
- The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
- Inspiration
- Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
- Project Duration
- 2025, Iceland
- Operation Flow
- The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
- Team Members
- Haisheng Xu
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