Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम् by Youpei Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः in स्थापत्य, भवन एवं संरचना अभिकल्पना Competition Category.
रजतम्स्थापत्यम्· 2025
Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम्
by Youpei Hu
Client: Studio Hu
A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः Winner in स्थापत्यम् Category
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The Design
About Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम्
भवनम् इदं साभिप्रायं स्थानीयवास्तुशैलीं विहाय आधुनिकसामग्रीसंरचनं प्रयुनक्ति। महत् प्लवमानछदम् औपचारिक-अनौपचारिक-स्थानानि सरलरीत्या एकीकरोति, विशालविवृतछत्रवत्। प्लवमानलघुभावं प्राप्तुं बृहदिस्पातछदेन न केवलं बृहन्निलम्ब-विस्तारान् लङ्घनीयाः, अपितु यथासम्भवं कृशाः संरचनासदस्याः अपि धारणीयाः। अनेकाभिः संरचनानवोन्मेषैः सह छत्रनिलम्बानुकारिणी संकरसंरचना निर्मिता भवति।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः
Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम् A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारस्य विजेता अस्ति; अयम् अत्यसाधारणतया प्रतिष्ठितः सम्मानः सर्वोच्चश्रेणीयेभ्यः सुन्दरेभ्यः प्रभावशालिभ्यश्चाभिकल्पेभ्यो दीयते। रजतविजेतारोऽतितेजस्विन्योऽत्यन्तं सृजनशीलाश्च कृतयः सन्ति, ताः स्वाभिकल्पकानाम् उत्कृष्टां विशेषज्ञतां प्रतिभां सूक्ष्मप्रज्ञां च प्रदर्शयन्ति। Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम् अद्भुतं प्रदर्शनीयं कार्यम् उल्लेखनीयतया व्यावसायिकं गम्भीरनवोन्मेषयुक्तं च भविष्यतीति प्रत्याशा क्रियते। A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारं जितवद् एतद् अभिकल्पकार्यम् अतीवोल्लेखनीयः प्रशंसित आविष्कारोऽस्ति, यो लाभं ददाति कलाया विज्ञानस्याभिकल्पस्य प्रौद्योगिक्याश्च सीमा विस्तारयति च। Village Hall सार्वजनिकं बहुउद्देश्यीयं भवनम् बहुभिरीर्ष्यमाणा सृष्टिरस्ति, या कामना उद्बोधयति, सकारात्मकभावान् आनयति, विस्मयस्य आश्चर्यस्य च स्फुलिङ्गान् प्रज्वालयति।
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The building intentionally avoids the vernacular architectural style, and applies modern materials and structure. A big floating roof unifies the formal and informal spaces in a simple way, like a giant open umbrella.
In order to achieve the floating and light feeling, the big steel roof not only needs to overcome the large cantilevers and spans, but also needs to keep member as slender as possible. With several structural innovations, a hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers are formed. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The building area is 1370 square metres
- Tags
- Multi functional, rural social center, flexible space, cantilevered roof, structural innovation
- Production Technology
- Weathering steel plate
Steel
Concrete
A hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers - Design Challenge
- In order to realise the sense of floating of the big black roof, the building is structurally innovative. The roof, as an overall stress system, not only has to overcome the difficulties of large overhangs and spans, but also has to make each rod as slim as possible to maximise the sense of lightness and composition of the rod structure.
- Research
- Based on the Grasshopper plugin extension tool on the Rhino platform, Karamba3D force analysis and form finding technology were used to explore the tools and paths suitable for architects to carry out structural form design in the scheme stage, and successfully completed the structural form design of asymmetric complex roof shapes.
- Inspiration
- In traditional Chinese housing, the main hall called ‘Ting Tang’ is the most important family space for public activities. It usually has a formal architectural gesture, with tall, dark and semi open space.
Inspired by this, the village center is considered as the ‘main hall’ for the whole village. Besides a multifunction hall for formal public activities, the building also provides lots of open spaces to encourage social interaction between villagers and tourists. - Project Duration
- The project started in 2021 in China and finished in 2023 in China, and the project address is Xiangtang Village, Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
- Operation Flow
- This is a public event centre building, capable of meeting the daily needs of meetings, exhibitions, receptions and other
meeting, exhibition, reception and other daily needs. - Team Members
- Youpei Hu;Lei Shen;Qi Wang;Shufan Wu;Yuanyuan Rui
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