High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor by Guanghai Cui

High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor by Guanghai Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Arquitetura, Edifícios e Estruturas Competition Category.

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High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor

by Guanghai Cui

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Arquitetura Category

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The Design

About High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor

A forma arquitetônica do abrigo foi projetada para relembrar o estilo arquitetônico clássico chinês com telhados de quatro águas curvados e telhados de duas águas com vários volumes e outras características arquitetônicas modernas, manifestando claramente a ordem hierárquica dos edifícios históricos do palácio taoísta, o que ajuda a lembrar o genial loci deste site. Os espaços do pátio e dos salões da história foram construídos com arquitetura moderna de acordo com o plano manifestado pela informação arqueológica para representar o sentido de um palácio taoísta tradicional.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site Palácio Taoísta De Alta Pureza No Local, O Abrigo Protetor é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The architectural form of the shelter was designed to recall the classical Chinese architectural style with curved hip roofs and gable roofs with various volumes and other modern architectural features, clearly manifesting the hierarchic order of the historical buildings of the Taoist palace, which helps to recall the genius loci of this site.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 11365㎡
Total floor area of the protective shelter: 5117.3㎡.
Tags: Protective Shelter, High Purity Taoist Palace, Archaeological Site, Religious, Local
Production Technology: A steel structure was applied to create a column-free space of both 30m in length and width for the main shelter, with curved hip roof similar to that in the most important classical Chinese buildings. Four different forms of foundations were chosen and precisely constructed to minimize interference on the unearthed remains and the underground relics. The section of the column plinths in the courtyard was reduced to 5cm in diameter to protect the pavements of cobblestones.
Design Challenge: The archaeological site should be conserved according to such professional standards and principles as distinguishability, minimal intervention, reversibility, sustainability, and etc. It should also be used as a Taoist religious place as in tradition and serves for religious rituals as Taoist Granting, sacrificial rites and daily worshiping. Therefore, the genius loci of the site were respected and emphasized in the design to achieve a balance between conservation and religious usage.
Research: The project aims to achieve the goals of conservation, exhibition and interpretation of the archaeological remains excavated of the historic High Purity Taoist Palace in an innovative way to balance between the requirements of modern conservation and architectural self-discipline, and the desire and expectation of local communities and the Taoist religious group.
Inspiration: As it was expected by the local communities and religious group to build a new Taoist palace in pseudo-classical Chinses style on the site long before, the conservation project of protective shelters, interpretation and exhibition of the relics, and other preservation measures has finally helped to meet the demands of local people and to continue the tradition of this living heritage in a balanced way with modern architectural philosophy and technologies.
Project Duration: Construction work commenced in May 2019 and was completed in July 2021 in Yingtan, Jiangxi.
Operation Flow: The spaces of the courtyard and the halls in history were built with modern architecture according to plan manifested by archaeological information to represent the sense of a traditional Taoist Palace. A main shelter was designed in the center of the courtyard on the site of Goddess of Earth Hall, in connection with the Three-Purities Hall at the end of the central axis to create a continuous column free space for presentation and religious purposes.
Team Members: Guanghai Cui, Jing Li, Mingxia Zhu, Lin Zhou, Zhilan Xu
Xiaoxiao Ma, Jin Tao, Ningxin Zheng, Jing Wang, Zhigang Ma
Jinghui Xu, Su Zhou, Suna Liu, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Chai
Tianyu Yang, Zhuo Lv, Yahui Wang, Shuang Qu, Zao Jiang