Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز by Haisheng Xu

Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز by Haisheng Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award برونز انعام in فنِ تعمير، عمارت ۽ ڍانچي جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.

برونزفنِ تعمير· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز

by Haisheng Xu

Client: Studio 0

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in فنِ تعمير Category

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The Design

About Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز

وولڪينو وزيٽر سينٽر آئس لينڊ ۾ هڪ سياحن جو مرڪز آهي جيڪو آئس لينڊ جي آتش فشانن بابت ارضياتي، تاريخي ۽ ثقافتي معلومات پيش ڪري ٿو. هيءَ عمارت 7,300 چورس فوٽن تي پکڙيل آهي ۽ آتش فشاني زمين اندر جوڙيل آهي، جيڪا زير زمين جاين کي هڪ تراشيل ڇت جي منظر سان ملائي ٿي. مواد جو انتخاب سادو آهي، جنهن ۾ ڪنڪريٽ، ڌاتو ۽ شيشو شامل آهن، ۽ هڪ سائي ڇت مقامي ٻوٽن جي واڌ لاءِ ٺاهي وئي آهي. پيرا ميٽرڪ ڊيزائن جي اوزارن هن جي موڙيل شڪل کي جوڙيو، جڏهن ته هڪ منطقي جاميٽري برقرار رکي وئي. گذرگاهه سياحن کي افق، زمين ۽ فطرت جو تجربو ڪرڻ ڏانهن رهنمائي ڪري ٿي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Volcano Visitor Center سياحن جو مرڪز ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
Dimensions & Packaging: 7,300 square feet.
Tags: Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Production Technology: The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
Research: The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
Inspiration: Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
Project Duration: 2025, Iceland
Operation Flow: The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
Team Members: Haisheng Xu