Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز by Haisheng Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 د برونز A' Design Award جایزه in د معمارۍ، ودانۍ او جوړښت ډیزاین Competition Category.
برونزمعماري· 2026
Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز
by Haisheng Xu
Client: Studio 0
د برونز A' Design Award جایزه Winner in معماري Category
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The Design
About Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز
د آتشفشان د لیدونکو مرکز په آیسلنډ کې د لیدونکو یو مرکز دی چې د آیسلنډي آتشفشانونو په اړه جیولوژیکي، تاریخي او کلتوري معلومات وړاندې کوي. دا ودانۍ ۷۳۰۰ مربع فوټه مساحت لري او د آتشفشاني ځمکې دننه جوړه شوې ده، چې د ځمکې لاندې فضاګانې د یو مجسمه شوي چت له منظرې سره یوځای کوي. د موادو ټولګه ساده ده، چې له کانکریټ، فلز او ښیښې څخه جوړه شوې ده، او یو شین چت لري چې د سیمهییزو بوټو د ملاتړ لپاره ډیزاین شوی دی. پارامتریک ډیزاین وسایلو کږه بڼه شکل کړه، په داسې حال کې چې منطقي هندسه یې ساتلې ده. د تګ راتګ لارې لیدونکي دې ته لارښوونه کوي چې افق، ځمکه او طبیعت تجربه کړي.
The Recognition
About the د برونز A' Design Award جایزه
Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز د برونز A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی دی، یوه ډېره ویاړلې پېژندنه چې غوره ډیزاینونو ته ورکول کېږي چې په خلاقیت، هوښیارۍ او زیرکتیا ځانګړي دي. د برونز ګټونکي ډېر ماهر او په حیرانوونکي ډول خلاقي آثار دي چې د خپلو ډیزاینرانو پراخ تجربه، تخیل او چارواکتیا تاییدوي. له Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز څخه تمه کېږي چې یو ډېر ارزښتناک، ستایل شوی او ګران شی وي چې په پام وړ ډول مسلکي او نوښتګر دی. دا د برونز A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی ډیزاین په هنر، ساینس، ډیزاین او ټیکنالوژۍ کې غوره کړنلارې یو ځای کوي او د جزیاتو ته د پاملرنې له امله غوره دی. Volcano Visitor Center د لیدونکو مرکز اړتیاوې په ښکلي ډول پوره کوي، هیلو ته رسېږي، احساسات ځانته ملګري کوي او لیوالتیا راپاروي.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 7,300 square feet.
- Tags
- Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
- Production Technology
- The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
- Research
- The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
- Inspiration
- Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
- Project Duration
- 2025, Iceland
- Operation Flow
- The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
- Team Members
- Haisheng Xu
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