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Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro by Greentown China Holdings Limited

Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro by Greentown China Holdings Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award in Akitekicha, Zvivako neZvivakwa Competition Category.


GoridheAkitekicha· 2022

Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro

by Greentown China Holdings Limited

Client: Greentown China Holdings Limited

Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award Winner in Akitekicha Category

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The Design

About Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro

Slab Hill inzvimbo yemagariro yakavakwa muChangsha, kuChina. Chivako ichi chinofukidza masikweya mita 2071 uye chakaumbwa kubva pazvikamu zvechivako makumi mana neshanu zvakaita seamburera. Saizi nhatu dzezvikamu, dzakavakirwa pamodhuru yemamita matatu, dzinosanganiswa kuita purani inogona kukura. Madziro ese ari mukati anenge akabviswa, saka nzvimbo dziri pakati pembiru dzeamburera dzinoramba dzakashama uye dzichiyerera. Nhengo dzepamusoro dzeamburera dzakafukidzwa negirazi faibha yakasimbiswa nekonkiriti ine mavara akaita semadhaka uye chimiro chinodzika zvishoma nezvishoma nechokumativi. Chinangwa ndechekuisa kakomo kadiki kakagadzirwa nevanhu mukati menzvimbo yemazuva ese iri kunze kweguta.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award

Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro, rukudzo rwakakwirira kwazvo runopiwa kumadhizaini ekutanga, anoshamisa uye akanakisa. Vakunda veGoridhe mabasa ane zvitsva zvakawanda, ane chiratidzo uye anopenya, anoratidza njere, uchenjeri nehunyanzvi hwevagadziri vawo. Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinorumbidzwa kwazvo, chinoita mafambiro matsva uye chakakura, chinopa kukosha kusati kwamboonekwa. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award basa rinoshamisa, rinoremekedzwa, rinobatsira zvikuru uye rinosundira mberi miganhu yehunyanzvi, sayenzi, dhizaini netekinoroji. Slab Hill Nzvimbo yeMagariro inomutsa manzwiro akasimba ekuda, inomutsa mwoyo, inokurudzira kugadzira uye inotikwezva.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The designers restored a certain "self-explanatory" of the basic unit through architectural forms and structural expressions, and to realize artificially reconstructed non-daily experience of the landscape through the organizational growth of this unit, the complex implantation of multi-functions, and the superimposed penetration of landscape and greenery.
It dispels almost all of the interior walls and the plans between the umbrella columns create a highly free, flowing spatial reorganization.
Dimensions & Packaging
Area: 2071 sqm
The glass curtain wall is basically supported by T-beams as the keel and all interior partitions are clad in mirror stainless steel. The continuous, vanishing interior interface weakens the presence of the rods while emphasizing the extended display of the glass surface. The glass curtain wall intersecting with the umbrella conceals the frames and components within the joint recesses of the GRC curtain wall, ensuring structural integrity and purity as far as possible.
Tags
Greentowm, Umbrella-shaped Building, Sales Center, Lifestyle Lab, gad/line+
Production Technology
The GRC material texture of the umbrella units is interpretive of the structure and we have chosen earthy colors that are close to nature. In order to find the most suitable GRC texture density, we went through several stages of computer simulation, 3D printing and physical prototyping to precisely control the horizontal texture, thus achieving a cascading texture.
Design Challenge
The site is surrounded by two main urban roads in the east and north, a planned high-density neighborhood in the south, and an urban river spreading out from the Songya Lake wetland basin on the west, where artificial and natural fragmentation intertwine during rapid urbanization. Faced with the lack of context of the site, we intend to stimulate this everyday suburban landscape by inserting a small heterogeneous "hill"-the "Slab Hill".
Research
After identifying the structural prototype as the basic cell unit, we formed three kinds of structural units of 6x6m, 6x12m and 9x18m using 3m as the basic module. The design further revolves around the need for spatial capacity, with the 45 umbrella structures meeting the seismic requirements with a uniform canopy edge distance of 2m and a limited number of connections, which are then combined in the same series of modules to form a homogeneous "growabl"eplane.
Inspiration
In order to build a deep foundation of dialogue with nature in the everyday urban site, we envisage a new architectural prototype based on the fractal geometry of nature-the smallest structural unit in the construction process as the basic spatial unit, which, with a certain"self-similarity", thus building up the architectural form-this evolution of the building from unit to whole is similar to the natural growth of a living creature in response to the laws of nature.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2021 in Changsha, Hunan Province, China and finished in August 2021 in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Operation Flow
As the name suggests, the "Slab Hill" is an artificial hill based on an umbrella-shaped structural unit. The umbrella-shaped structure was chosen as a structural prototype because of its clear and simple "column-slab" structural support system and the sense of domain created by the large spatial coverage, and because umbrella shapes are common in the plant world-from small umbrella-shaped mushrooms to trees like Dracaena draco-which highlights the bionic traits.
Team Members
Clients:Greentown China Holdings Limited, Midea Real Estate Holding Limited
Design Firm: line+, gad
Chief Architect/Project Leader: Zhu Peidong
Design Team: Sun Xiaoyu, Yang Xiaoyu, Sun Jin
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer LI YI, MZ STUDIOS
Image #2: Photographer LI YI, MZ STUDIOS
Image #3: Photographer LI YI, MZ STUDIOS
Image #4: Photographer LI YI, MZ STUDIOS
Image #5: Photographer MZ STUDIOS

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