Yun Lu - MUDA Architects · CLIENT: Minjiang Village
Wenjiang Shouan is a flower exhibition center built in Minjiang village, Shouan town, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. The building brings together a flower planting exhibition area, a business conference center, a township training center and a sales space for local products. The roof follows the traditional form of Sichuan folk houses and is made of blue tiles and a local timber structure. A free spiral line fills the irregular triangular site and is stretched vertically to shape the interior. Skylights and scattered facade openings bring natural light inside.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- At the end of 2019, MUDA-Architects received the entrustment of the owner to design a osmanthus exhibition hall in Minjiang village around the main urban area of Shouan town to build a diversified natural ecological exhibition space integrating flower planting exhibition center, business conference center, township training center and surrounding product sales.
- Tags
- Exhibition Center, art, travelling, hospitality
- Production Technology
- Through natural curling and artistic processing, the building creates a multi-functional experience space with open space and continuous wall and roof. At the same time, the roof of the whole building is made of blue tiles and local wood structure, and the external facade is treated with scattered openings. The roof is equipped with skylights to introduce natural light. Based on the local materials, combined with the contemporary breakthrough in conventional methods, to achieve a new expression of modernity and locality.
- Project Duration
- The project site is in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Now the design is completed and estimated date of completion in September，2020.
- Operation Flow
- The project is located in an irregular triangle. It is designed to fill the whole plot with a free spiral line, determine the building plan, and then stretch vertically to form a simple and unique space. People are naturally drawn into the building like water.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the works of art, the design uses the traditional roof forms and materials of Sichuan folk houses to intervene in modern aesthetic techniques, abstract deformation, and the small exhibition hall is like a sculpture to form a new architectural form with simple image and great tension.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: MUDA-Architects
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