Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo by Yiming Zhu

Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo by Yiming Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ArioTotonu· 2022

Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo

by Yiming Zhu

Client: Y Space Design Consulting Firm

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo

O Aranya o se nofoaga e talia ai malo ua fausia i tafatafa o se paka eleele susu i Qinhuangdao. E faaaogaina e le fale ni fausaga uamea papae, ni pusa faafuainumera ma ni puipui tioata tetele, ina ia mafai ai ona vaaia pea le natura mai totonu. O totonu o le fale e faaaogaina ai le natura filemu ma le mamalu o se falesa e fai ma faataitaiga e faia ai se siosiomaga to'afilemu. O le faaluga e ufitia i laupapa e mitiia ai leo ua faia mai alava laau e faaitiitia ai le pisapisao i taimi pisi. O pa e talia ai malo o loo tulai i pupuni i faitotoa e ta'ita'i ma vaevae ai le fetaalai o tagata asiasi. O se puipui faaaliga acrylic e faaali atu ai gaoioiga a le nuu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Aranya Primary Function: Nofoaga Autu e Talia ai Malo o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The area's architectural plans are made of white steel frames and geometric boxes, as well as alongside a beautiful wetland park, so a large area of the glass curtain walls is also used. The pure and transparent volume of this reception center is designed to highlight the superior natural wetland environment. This project takes church as the reference, hoping that through the interior design to create a peaceful atmosphere so as to influence people's behavior and reduce the chaos in sound.
Dimensions & Packaging: Wood silk sound-absorbing cotton board in 1220mm x 2440mm x 15mm
Tags: Reception Center, Transit Distribution, Calm, Respectful, Noise-cancelling
Production Technology: Facing the noisy situation in peak period of people flow, the ceiling of whole space is made of acoustic wooden fiber board. It was a surprise that the rusticity of wooden fiber boards embodied the whole space with a loose sense, softening the space to some extents. Moreover, the brutality of wooden fiber board and the delicateness of hardware and lamps form a contrast between each other.
Design Challenge: 1. This project needs to meet multiple functional needs while also taking on the role of visitor services, and hubs.
2. How to effectively solve the indoor environment chaos, noise, and other problems by a large number of people.
Research: Transformative analysis and research the logic of behaviors and demands of people in the reception space.
The effect of different color temperature lights on people's moods;
The use of sound-absorbing materials in space.
Inspiration: At the beginning, we proposed an assumption as what kind of space would naturally calm people down? We listed and summarized space like bookstore, Buddhist temple, church, classroom, and library, feeling that the solemn and respectful dignity of church greatly matches with the atmosphere and usage of the space. Church is the place to heal the soul of people. This echoes the main concept of aranya that bringing people with spiritual release. We took this as our inspiration and thus, there is a kind of visual hierarchy guidance in current space. It appears as decoration and structure are both queuing, everything is not in rush.
Project Duration: This project is located in aranya, Qinhuangdao, which has been formally put into use on the eve of 2021 aranya theater festival.
Operation Flow: Muti-functional reception bars in box form has been put at various entrances, to integrate functions as well as separate people flow. The display wall made of acrylic was in a clear structure at the entrance of the restaurant, and the content to display could be various by different community activities. In this case, customers can grasp recent community activity arrangements by taking a quick look.
Team Members: Yiming Zhu
Xiaolu Wei
Mengjie Song
Image Credits: Xuguo Tang