Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

FierruUkupi· 2022

Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño

Centennial Shameen nisqaqa huk kawsay wasim, Guangzhou llaqtapi, Shamian Wallpa Islapi, ñawpa wasi ukhunpi ruwasqa. Chay wasiqa 1862 watapi tukusqa karqan, hawa rikch'aynin ñawpa kaqllatapuni waqaychan: kikin tinkusqa forma, punkukunapa qhawakunapa chaninpi tupasqa proporcionninkuna, hinallataq sumaq moldura sirp'ikuna. 260 metro cuadrado ukhupi, 4.55 metro sayaynin hanaq wasi, huk fierro chawpi patapa mit'anta churasqanku, huk kikillan armazón nisqawan. Kay pachaqa arte rikuchikuykunapaman hinallataq llaqtapaq huk té wasipaqmi kachkan. Musuq materialkuna hinaspa musuq k'anchaykunaqa allinta rikch'akun ñawpa pilar sistemawan tupanakuspa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Centennial Shameen Kawsay Wasi Ukhu Diseño yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Located at No.41 Shamian Street on the central axis of Shamian Island, the project was built in 1862 with a history of 159 years. Adhering to the concept of protecting and reusing the historical buildings, this project transforms it into a multifunctional composite cultural space that can accommodate different scenes, for example, cultural art exhibition, and tea house for the community.
Dimensions & Packaging: Taking advantage of the 4.55 meter's high ceiling height in the 260 square-meters room, a steel interlayer is inserted to add different layers. It added a mezzanine space with an independent frame structure locally to make full use of the existing space to create more possibilities.
Tags: Architecture, renovation, culture, building, public space
Production Technology: The exterior of the building retains its original style: within the symmetrical form, precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich moldings lines. By now, stepping into the gate of Ceremonial sense will absolutely open up a new spatial experience.
Design Challenge: Using a section of space as a transition for the entrance, outstanding from the old sense of form; on top of the uses of spacial transition at the entrance, it added new material and design techniques to emphasize the difference, and thus collision between the old and the new style has begun.
Research: Awakening the long-term dormant state of this historical building, it has become an open public space integrated into the urban context and reconnecting the community. The language of the space is concise and lively, and the space still playing the pure beauty of decoration.
Inspiration: Inspired by the local context, the texture of the sandy floor contrasts with the black stone. The horizontal of the three kinds of grain on the stones interspersed with the white volume, which implies the historical meaning of Shamian which washed by the water of the time immemorial Pearl River.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Shameen Island, Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: New materials, new forms of design, and the newest lighting techniques are added to the classical space, interactive with the old pillar system; new things do not adhere to the old structure, and the relationship between the new and the old is clear.
Team Members: Design Director: Keven Wong
Design Director: Fanmie
Lead Designer: Chow Hou Hong