Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik by United Units Architects

Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Emas in Arsitéktur Competition Category.

EmasArsitéktur· 2023

Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik

by United Units Architects

Client: United Units Architects

A' Design Award Emas Winner in Arsitéktur Category

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The Design

About Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik

Dirojong ku pagunungan karst anu beralun, wangunan pabrik ieu ngagambar basa desainna tina kontéks alam. Di kalereun situs aya dataran bulistir anu rata ku tambang pabrik semén. Dina raraga ngabales alam jeung memori situs, fasad wangunan ieu diulas ku pola rentang gunung undulating pikeun visually ubar ruksakna gunung ku dampak manusa, evoking timer pamariksaan kagiatan manusa. Pola pagunungan diturunkeun tina kombinasi opat sét kurva fungsi trigonometri ngaliwatan desain paramétrik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Emas

Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik mangrupa juara A' Design Award Emas, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas kahiji, ngaranjing jeung unggul. Para juara Emas téh kréasi anu pohara inovatif, visionér jeung matak ngacung anu ngagambarkeun kajeniusan, hikmah jeung kaahlian para désainerna. Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik diharepkeun jadi panemuan anu pohara dipuji, pelopor tren, sarta monumental anu méré nilai anu can kungsi aya. Desain juara A' Design Award Emas ieu mangrupa proyék spéktakulér tur dihormat anu pohara mangpaatna sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. Mountain Impression Pembangkit Listrik nyiptakeun rasa hayang anu kuat, ngahudang gairah, ngadorong kréativitas, jeung ngagumkeun urang.

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.