Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi by Bill Xiong

Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi by Bill Xiong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

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Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi

by Bill Xiong

Client: Poly Property Group

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi

Book Text: Past Time ni ikigo cy'ubucuruzi giherereye i Harbin, mu Bushinwa, gifite ubuso bw'imbere bungana na metero kare 800. Igishushanyo cyifashishije umurage w'ubwubatsi bwaho. Amatafari atukura, urugero rukunze kugaragara ku nkuta zo hanze z'inyubako za kera i Harbin, yazanywe imbere nk'urukuta rw'inyuma rwo kwibutsa ibihe byashize. Umuhanda w'ubuhanzi ugaragaza amafoto y'abakozi bo mu ruganda rukora ibyuma, uhuza uyu mwanya n'amateka y'uyu mugi. Ubuso bworoshye bw'uruhu bwahujwe n'amakadiri y'umuringa n'aya zahabu hamwe n'igikoresho kinini cy'ubuhanzi, ku buryo ibimenyetso by'amateka bihura n'igishushanyo cya kijyambere.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Past Time Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubucuruzi ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The project is located in Harbin. Harbin, as the Moscow of the East, has a special historical process and geographical location, which has created Harbin’s diverse culture and exotic atmosphere. Taking the responsibility of the inheritance of architectural culture, the designer extracted elements from traditional Harbin architecture and constructed a space with memories of the past and modern luxury.
Dimensions & Packaging: 800 square meters
Tags: History, Modern
Production Technology: Red brick background wall, large-scale art installation, artistic micro-jet photography works
Design Challenge: Balancing historical and contemporary elements is the difficulty and key point of design. Regarding the history of the city itself as a meaningful source of creation, it reflects and reorganizes the entire past years.
Research: The designer takes "industry·memory" as the design theme, and takes the historical events of the machine factory as the axis. In the processing of space and the grasp of the scale, the materials with temperature and the modelling with meaning are used to inspire our understanding of history. Enrich the story of the sales office, thereby creating an exhibition space with contemporary significance without losing modern art.
Inspiration: Red bricks are a common texture of the exterior walls of old buildings in Harbin. The designer incorporated the red brick walls as the exterior facades into the interior to evoke memories of the past. The art corridor is hung with photos of workers in the steelmaking plant, connecting the space with the history of the city and carrying the memory of urban development.
Project Duration: Heilongjiang, China
Operation Flow: The clean and minimalist leather is matched with the luxurious and beautiful bronze and golden frame, injecting modern elements into the historical tone, which is closer to the taste of modern people. In this way, historical relics and contemporary design perfectly meet here.
Team Members: Hard outfit: Miao Donghui, Zeng Zhiping, Su Wei
Soft outfit: Chen Dandan, Xiong Ruibin, Ma Wenshuai
Image Credits: All Images : Photographer Chen Yanming, 2020.