Quad Primary Function: Bar by Nolan Chao

Quad Primary Function: Bar by Nolan Chao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Reka Bentuk Seni Bina, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.

PerakSeni Bina· 2020

Quad Primary Function: Bar

by Nolan Chao

Client: ARCHISTRY design&research office

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Seni Bina Category

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The Design

About Quad Primary Function: Bar

Quad ialah sebuah bar yang terletak di dalam bangunan segi empat bersejarah di pusat Beijing. Struktur asalnya berada dalam keadaan tidak selamat, yang menyukarkan usaha pengukuhan dan pembinaan semula. Pengubahsuaian ini menambah fungsi moden sambil mengekalkan ciri-ciri kawasan bandar lama. Konkrit digunakan untuk fasad dan kayu untuk hiasan dalaman. Reka bentuk ini mengimbangi tiga pasang perkara yang bertentangan: baharu dan lama, sederhana dan mewah, komersial dan keselesaan. Privasi dilindungi supaya bar ini berpadu secara harmoni dengan kejiranan bersejarah di sekelilingnya.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Quad Primary Function: Bar ialah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengiktirafan yang sangat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk bertaraf tinggi, indah dan mengagumkan. Pemenang Perak ialah karya yang amat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan kepakaran, bakat dan ketajaman fikiran yang luar biasa pereka bentuknya. Quad Primary Function: Bar diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, contoh teladan, sangat profesional dan sangat inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini ialah ciptaan yang sangat ketara dan dikagumi yang memberi manfaat kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Quad Primary Function: Bar ialah ciptaan yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif dan mencetuskan rasa hairan serta kagum.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Building with advancing and invisible design conception and construction way to recall the attractive moment in 100 years ago, in the oldest and ancient quadrangle area in the central of Beijing, The original building is the dangerous one, which increase the difficulty of reinforcing and rebuilding without any trace, meanwhile it is hard to balance the style of the bar with the privacy and the whole historical neighbor.
Dimensions & Packaging: Light, 28cm*175cm, Oluce, Superluna397
Tags: Interior, Design, Architect, Consturction, SiHe, Quad , Old town
Production Technology: Woods for decoration,Concerte for the facade.
Design Challenge: New and old, low key and high end, market and comfort, these three pairs of antagonistic words often appear in discussion of design life in old but fast changing Beijing. It is more like an experiment when regarding it as an opportunity to expand the border of the complex culture and design concept. Balance the traditional symbolic image and the modern use function. It will produce the new space, experience, opportunities and imaginations while the project is designed, constructed and used.
Research: It is nearly 100 years since the Republic of China this building has been standing in the ancient city area of Qianmen Dazhalan in the center of Beijing. This building has changed from a residential building to a spare parts factory, and then to a Mahjong chess and card room. After several transformations, it has changed several times. Now it will be protected and transformed into a speakeasy club.
Inspiration: Architectural space like the words Quad which contain the meaning of centrality and privacy, the modern use function blend in the ancient scene naturally, low key, comfortable and fabulous.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2018 in Beijing in China and finished in November 2018.
Operation Flow: The project is located in central of the city, with the different elements with conflict about new and old existing.The project has been designed beyond the traditional and also absorbing the new things.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Nolan Chao, 2018
Team Members: Nolan Chao
Image Credits: Example: Image #1: Photographer Zhu Wenqiao, Variations, 2018. Image #2: Photographer Zhu Wenqiao, Variations, 2018,Image #3: Photographer Zhu Wenqiao, Variations, 2018,Image #4: Photographer Zhu Wenqiao, Variations, 2018,Image #5: Photographer Zhu Wenqiao, Variations, 2018.
Video Credits:Photographer Yang Bo, Variations, 2018