Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

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Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

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

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco

Centennial Shameen ni umwanya w'umuco waremwe imbere mu nyubako y'amateka iherereye kuri Shamian Island i Guangzhou, mu Bushinwa. Iyi nyubako yarangijwe kubakwa mu 1862 kandi hanze yayo hakomeje kugaragaza imiterere yayo y'umwimerere isa kuri buri ruhande, ingano nyayo z'imiryango n'amadirishya, ndetse n'imirongo y'ubukorikori ikungahaye. Imbere mu cyumba cy'ubuso bwa metero kare 260, gifite uburebure bw'igisenge bwa metero 4.55, urwego rw'icyuma rwongewemo rushyiraho urwego rwo hagati rufite imiterere y'ibikoresho yigenga. Uyu mwanya ukoreshwa mu kwerekana imurikagurisha ry'ubuhanzi ndetse n'inzu y'icyayi ku baturage. Ibikoresho bishya n'itara rishya bigaragaza itandukaniro rigaragara ugereranyije n'inkingi z'imyubakire ya kera.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Centennial Shameen Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Mwanya w'Umuco yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

Behind the Design

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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