Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit

Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Warisan Budaya dan Industri Budaya Competition Category.

GangsaWarisan Budaya· 2021

Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong

by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit

Client: Creative Protyping Unit

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Warisan Budaya Category

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The Design

About Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong

Sebagai projek komisen pertama siri Huotang untuk etnik Dong di daerah Guangnan, Guangxi di China, Moonlight Huotang khusus untuk kumpulan penduduk kampung yang menjalankan budaya muzik Pipa. Bentuk cembung unik siling meningkatkan rasa berkumpul sebagai tindak balas kepada persekitaran akustik yang lebih baik manakala ruang masuk menyediakan ruang pelbagai fungsi sebagai bilik persalinan, bilik penyediaan makanan dan bilik pengakuan. Ia adalah sebahagian daripada penjanaan semula desa yang diterajui budaya yang berhasrat untuk memulihkan ekonomi sebuah daerah yang generasi mudanya telah berpindah ke kawasan bandar yang lebih besar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Moonlight Huotang Pendiangan Untuk Etnik Dong memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa 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