Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Huehuetlacayotl ihuan Nemachiyotl Tequitiliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
BronseHuehuetlacayotl· 2021
Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa
by William Chen - Creative Prototyping Unit
Client: Creative Protyping Unit
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Huehuetlacayotl Category
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About Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa
Inic ce tequitl Huotang ipan Dong tlacamecayotl Guangnan, Guangxi, China ipan, Moonlight Huotang oc cenca ipampa altepetlacah quipiyah Pipa cuicatl toltecayotl. Iyollohco cueponi tlapanco quichihua chicahuac nepantiliztli pampa cualli caquilizcopa, auh calaquiyancalli quitequipanoa miac tlamantli: tlatzacuayancalli, tlacualchihualoyan ihuan tlatlahtolcalli. Ca nepantla toltecayotl-yancuiliztli altepeyotl, quinequi yancuilis tlanamacoyotl ipan altepetl in campa telpopochtin oyahqueh ipan hueyaltepemeh.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse
Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli tlachihualli in motenehua ipampa yancuic tlamantli, tlamatiliztli ihuan ixtlamatiliztli. In quicuicah Bronse ca tlachihualli in quipia toltecayotl ihuan quinextia in cenca miac nemiliztli ihuan tlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Moonlight Huotang Tlecuilli Dong Tlacamecayotl Ipampa quipaquiltia in tlacah ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia in intlanequiliz.
Behind the Design
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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 - Image Credits
- All images©Creative Prototyping Unit
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