Tianmianshang Paviliun by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Tianmianshang Paviliun by Art Institute of Xiaoyan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Seni Bina, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.

GangsaSeni Bina· 2025

Tianmianshang Paviliun

by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Client: Art Institute of Xiaoyan

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Seni Bina Category

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The Design

About Tianmianshang Paviliun

Tianmianshang ialah sebuah paviliun yang terletak di Bandar Huizhou, Wilayah Guangdong. Paviliun ini berdiri di belakang sebuah dusun oren dan menawarkan tempat yang tenang untuk berehat di dalam pangkuan alam semula jadi. Reka bentuk ini mempersoalkan pembezaan lazim antara lantai, bumbung dan siling, serta antara ruang dalaman dan luaran. Permukaan lantai dan bumbung yang beralun membentuk beberapa ruang ambang. Empat dinding utama disatukan oleh dua dinding konkrit yang diletakkan secara tidak teratur serta tiang konkrit, yang mengaburkan sempadan ruang dan menambah lapisan kepada bahagian dalaman. Bumbungnya merupakan struktur keluli ringan tunggal dengan garisan yang bersih.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Tianmianshang Paviliun 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. Tianmianshang Paviliun 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. Tianmianshang Paviliun 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: Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. AIXY hopes this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Tags: Rural Design, Cultural Design, Public Space
Production Technology: Its column, using concrete structure, in addition to the four main walls created for the interior space, also added two irregularly arranged concrete walls, which are not simply used to separate the space but blur the boundaries of the space, forming a spatial structure from unorganized to shaped. This design not only enhances the stability of the building but also gives the whole space more layers of change.
A one-piece, lightweight steel structure is used for the roof. This design not only visually presents clean and smooth lines but also strengthens the sense of unity and lightness of the building as a whole, making the building seem to float in the surrounding natural environment. It not only conforms to the aesthetics of modern architecture but also interprets the architectural concept of man and nature.
Design Challenge: This project was completed by the students and tutors of Art Institute School of Xiaoyan, during which the communication and design of the program, as well as the coordination between the students was challenging.
Research: When a space is abstracted to its elementary components, people are given a chance to decompose and re-examine these components on a more fundamental level.
Since mankind adopted the concept of shelter as a tradition, “the threshing floor was a place of work but also a place of gathering, dancing, ritual, and worship” (Elements of Architecture, Rem Koolhaas).
Art Institute School of Xiaoyan intended for the project to be a space of action and gathering. Approaching the request with its intended abstractedness, they want to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. They hope this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Inspiration: From plaza to apartment floors to parliament floor, the idea of floor has been a fundamental symbol for action, be it the more private types or more public types such as a place for negotiation, congregation. Similarly, the roof or ceiling (in this case Art Institute of Xiaoyan is intentionally obscuring the distinction between the two), is the reciprocal of floor, completing the concept of a sheltered space, and has evolved in recent years to being an envelope for practicality (hidden structural system, HVAC system, false ceiling etc)
Project Duration: It is located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province.
Operation Flow: Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to create a space that breaks traditional boundaries, a building that is not just a physical entity but an experience. This pavilion is situated behind an orange grove, where people can temporarily disconnect from the hustle and bustle and experience nature.
Team Members: Jianguo Dong
Jinjun Zhang
John Barton
Simba Xu
Michaël Dooley
Zhixuan Luo
Jintao Li
Yawen Wang
Xiwu Chen
Na Ou
Yanjun Zhang
Yaqi Wang
Yuezhuo Hu
Tsingz Huang
Ziqi Wang
Yueyao Huang
Ziyu Zhou
Zimo Zhao
Yiyi Yang
Peichen Dong
Hao Geng
Langbo Shi
Shanghong Shi
Haoxiang Yuan
Xinlei Liu
Chenyu Lai
Yaxin Zhang
Junning Zhang
Zhishun Min
Jiashu Xiang
Zichang Guo
Yanjie Zhu
Yutong Yao
Qixuan Yang
Zixi Liu
Anni Zheng
Ziyan Wang
Zixi Chen
Ziying Chen
Chuyue Li