Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qaab-dhismeedka, Dhismaha iyo Qaab-dhismeedyada Competition Category.
DahabQaab-dhismeed· 2023
Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto
Client: United Units Architects
Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Qaab-dhismeed Category
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The Design
About Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto
Waxaa taageeraya buuraha karst ee aan duliga lahayn, dhismaha warshadan ayaa luuqadeeda naqshadaynta ka soo jiidaya macnaha dabiiciga ah. Dhanka waqooyi ee goobta waxaa ku yaal dhul banaan ah oo ay la simeen macdanta warshadda sibidhka. Si looga jawaabo dabeecadda iyo xusuusta goobta, wejiga dhismaha ayaa lagu muujiyey qaab ka samaysan silsilado buuraley ah oo aan la dhayalsan karin si muuqaal ahaan loogu dabiibo waxyeelada buuraha ka soo gaadha saamaynta bani’aadamka, taas oo kicinaysa is-baaritaanka hawlaha bani’aadamka. Nashqada safafka buurta waxaa laga soo qaatay isku darka afar qaybood oo ah qaloocyada shaqada trigonometric iyada oo loo marayo nakhshad parametric ah.
The Recognition
About the Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ee A' Design Award
Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf aad u weyn oo la siiyo naqshado heerka koowaad ah, cajiib ah oo aan caadi ahayn. Guuleystayaasha Dahabka waa hal-abuurro cusub oo aad u badan, aragti fog leh oo si indho-qabsi ah u dhalaalaya, kuwaas oo ka tarjumaya caqli, xikmad iyo xirfadda naqshadeeyayaashooda. Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto waa shaqo la filayo inay noqoto hal-abuur aad loo ammaano, dejisa isbeddello cusub oo weyn, keenta qiimo aan hore loo arag. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ee A' Design Award waa shaqo cajiib ah oo la ixtiraamo, waxtar weyn leh oo hormarisa xuduudaha farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada. Mountain Impression Warshad Koronto waa shaqo abuurta dareenno xoog leh oo rabitaan ah, kicisa xiiso, dhiirigelisa hal-abuur una soo jiidata.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Backed by undulating karst mountains, this factory building draws its design language from the natural context. To the north of the site there is a bare plateau flattened by the mining of a cement factory. In order to respond to the nature and memory of the site, the facade of the building is featured by a pattern of undulating mountain range to visually remedy the damage to the mountains by human impacts, evoking the self-examination of human activities. The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves through parametric design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Floor Area: 54,000 m2
Daily Waste Processing Capacity: 3,000 tons - Tags
- Waste to Energy, Power Plant, Carbon Neutrality, Parametric Design, Waste Treatment, Karst Mountains
- Production Technology
- The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves. The mathematic control not only ensures the smoothness of the curve, but also provides parameters for design development. By manipulating the colour, texture and form of the facade, the building is endowed with a dynamic aesthetic that changes with the viewing angle, light, and weather in an imperceptible and sophisticated way, reducing the impact of the building's vast volume on the environment.
- Design Challenge
- The distinctive regional environment can often stimulate the bold ideas of architects, while large-scale infrastructure projects carrying social responsibilities usually require careful decision-making. Therefore, to achieve a balance between radical and conservative depends on an ingenious and effective design strategy. The design team realized the poetic design concept with rigorous engineering rationality, creating a state-of-the-art factory where art and engineering come together as one.
- Research
- Nanning is a frontier city for China's opening up and cooperation with ASEAN, and is known as China's Green City. The rich folk culture in the multi-ethnic inhabited area and the mountains in the karst landform area together constitute the resource of design language belonging to Nanning, and also become the spiritual contention between the people and the building. UUA hopes to build a waste-to-energy power plant that eliminates the Not In My Backyard effect and allows the public to accept and even love it, so that the advanced waste treatment technology can operate smoothly.
- Inspiration
- The site of the project prompts us to reflect on the interaction between human activities and the natural environment in a very inspiring way. We hope to take this opportunity to set a precedent for similar projects, through metaphorical and abstract extraction of natural and cultural characteristics to unite art and engineering, provide multiple interpretations, and redefine the public attributes and humanistic values of industrial buildings.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2020 and finished in August 2022 in Nanning, China.
- Operation Flow
- The garbage trucks enter the factory building along the ramp and unload to the enclosed garbage pit for fermentation. The fermented garbage is sent to the incinerator. The flue gas generated by the combustion of garbage is purified and discharged to the air; the fly ash is disposed of for landfill; the bottom ash can be comprehensively utilized. Finally the thermal energy generated by waste incineration is used to heat high-temperature steam to drive the steam turbine generator set to generate electricity, which is connected into the national grid.
- Team Members
- Yongzheng Li
Qizhi Li
Falu Wang
Wenbo He
Yanfeng Lyu
Bing Zhao
Liang Deng
Xinghua Ma
Hongbo Fang
Yihao Zhang
Bo Yang - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Lian He, Aerial View, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Lian He, View from Southeast, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Lian He, Landscape, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Lian He, View from Southwest, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Lian He, Facade Details, 2022.
Video Credits: Archi-translator, 2022.
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