Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award چاندي انعام in فنِ تعمير، عمارت ۽ ڍانچي جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.
چانديفنِ تعمير· 2018
Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز
by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie
Client: West-line Studio
A' Design Award چاندي انعام Winner in فنِ تعمير Category
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The Design
About Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز
چين جي ڏاکڻي گيزو صوبي ۾ واقع، شوئي ڪلچرل سينٽر سانڊو ڪائونٽي جو گيٽ وي آهي، جيڪو شوئي نسلي اقليت جي سرزمين آهي. هن عمارت سان ويسٽ لائين اسٽوڊيو جو مقصد هو ته شوئي جي رسم جي عنصرن ۽ ماحول کي عوامي جاءِ ۾ تبديل ڪيو وڃي. هڪ ٿلهي برانز جي چمڙي ڳري ڪنڪريٽ جي جوڙجڪ سان هڪ برعڪس پيدا ڪري ٿي، سج جي روشني کي ٽوڙيندي هڪ ڀيرو اندر هڪ ڊرامي اثر پيدا ڪري ٿي. سياحن جي کليل واٽر اسڪوائر مان گذرڻ کان پوءِ ڪلچرل سينٽر ٽن هنڌن جو تسلسل پيش ڪري ٿو، جنهن کي مضبوطيءَ سان ٺهڪندڙ ڇتين جو نشانو بڻايو ويو آهي، جيڪو شوئي جي جبل جي تصوير کي ظاهر ڪري ٿو.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award چاندي انعام
Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز A' Design Award چاندي انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، غير معمولي حد تائين معزز اعتراف جيڪو اعليٰ ترين درجي جي، شاندار ۽ متاثر ڪندڙ ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. چاندي جا کٽيندڙ تمام گهڻا روشن ۽ انتهائي تخليقي ڪم آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي شاندار مهارت، صلاحيت ۽ ذڪاوت کي ظاهر ڪن ٿا. Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ شاندار نمائشي ڪم هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ ڳوڙهي جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award چاندي انعام کٽيو آهي، هڪ انتهائي قابل ذڪر، ساراهيل ايجاد آهي جيڪا فائدو ڏئي ٿي ۽ فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جون حدون وڌائي ٿي. Shui Cultural Center ثقافتي مرڪز هڪ اهڙي تخليق آهي جنهن تي گهڻا حسد ڪن ٿا، جيڪا خواهشون جاڳائي ٿي، مثبت جذبا آڻي ٿي ۽ حيرت ۽ تعجب جي چڻنگ ٻاري ٿي.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in the Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui. It includes three main stripes, combining all the functions of the tourist-cultural center. With its iconic and distinct shape, it stands as an homage to the local culture and traditional architecture. The Shui culture is evoked using particular materials and shapes and recreating a ritual space, able to lead visitors into Shui’s ancestral world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area surface: 13,808.04 sqm
Building surface: 4,223.59 sqm
Building max height: 23 m
Tower height: 30 m - Tags
- China, Guizhou Province, West-line studio, Cultural Center, Shui Minority, Concrete Architecture, Chinese Architecture, Pitched Roof, Concrete, Bronze
- Production Technology
- 1. Fair-faced Concrete: strongly marked by a wooden pattern, given by the pine quarterdecks
2. Copper Steel Plates: twelve industrial processes recreate the peculiar texture of the bronze used in Shui minority’s ancient rituals
3. Colorful Transparent Glass: Shui Characters, mainly used during ceremonies and sacrifices, are printed on colored glasses, filtering the light and evoking a ritual atmosphere - Design Challenge
- The main challenge has been to turn those typical and ritual elements of Shui minority’s culture, together with the whole scenario they used to create during Bronze Age traditional rites, into a contemporary public space.
- Research
- The project focuses and researches on these main aspects:
1. Regional Connection: local peak-cluster landform
2. Public Life: contemporary public life model of Shui minority group in China
3. Ritual Atmosphere: bronze drums and altars used in Shui’s sacrifices
4. Lighting Atmosphere: filter Shui’s unique pictograms
5. Construction: handcrafted + industrial materials - Inspiration
- The Cultural Center is inspired by Shui minority sacrificial rites, where bronze drums and altars are regarded as symbols of power. The architecture also evokes Shui unique pictograms. From the outside, with its water square, it stands as an open memorial place. While inside visitors are immerged into an introverted ritual atmosphere.
- Project Duration
- Design: June 2016 - October 2016
Location: Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
Construction: October 2016 - November 2017
Location: Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China - Operation Flow
- The building guides visitors step by step into Shui’s ritual world. Starting from the open water memorial square, behind which the building shines with its bronze perforated skin which remembers sacrificial altars. To the interiors strongly characterized by the sharp pitched roof, which aims to recreate an intimate dramatic atmosphere.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to West-line Studio, 2017.
- Team Members
- - Design: Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie
- Architecture and Landscape: Yudan Luo
- Site Construction Control: Haobo Wei, Minghua Ou
- Interior Design: Martina Muratori
- Structure: Yuanping Li, Xiaoqiang Yang
- Equipment: Hongbo Shi
- Research: Lanyu Xu, Danjing Zhong, Zhili Yin, Jing Shi, Yulan Xu
- Graphic: Martina Muratori, Jinda Zheng - Image Credits
- Photo: Jingsong Xie, Jinda Zheng
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