Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter by RUF Architects

Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter by RUF Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Platina in Arkitektur-, Byggnads- och Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.

PlatinaArkitektur· 2021

Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter

by RUF Architects

Client: RUF Architects

A' Design Award i Platina Winner in Arkitektur Category

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The Design

About Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter

Tianjin Zarsion är ett utställningscenter byggt vid en biflod till floden Yongding i Tianjin, Kina. Planlösningen använder en vattendroppsform placerad diagonalt på tomten, vilket förlänger vägen från stadens utkant till entrén. Djupa takutsprång och stora glasytor skapar ett lätt tak som tycks sväva. Konstruktionen är huvudsakligen i trä, kompletterad med stål, och 68 radiella balkar av rödtall bildar en paraplyformad bågstomme. Åtta invändiga träpelare möjliggör en bred pelarfri hall. En bladformad takljusöppning är dimensionerad för att hålla ljuset i interiören mjukt och stillsamt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Platina

Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter är vinnare av A' Design Award i Platina, ett ytterst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas genuint exceptionella, eleganta och magnifika designverk. Platinavinnare är skapelsens underverk, bevis på den intellektuella kreativitetens gränser, och visar sina formgivares oöverträffade yrkeskunnande och genialitet. Dessa verk förväntas vara de mest hyllade som definierar en epoks estetik, bidrar till samhällets välbefinnande och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter uppvisar en transcendent nivå av excellens och gör utan tvekan världen till en bättre plats med sina fördelaktiga och värdefulla egenskaper. Tianjin Zarsion Utställningscenter är ett vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Platina som väcker längtan, inspirerar, entusiasmerar, förtjusar och väcker stor glädje.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Architects initially tried to use symbolic architectural language to establish a connection with the historical environment.

As to layout, water drop shape is placed diagonally into the site, which not only elongates the moving line from the city interface to the entrance, but also makes the shape more intuitive. The profound eaves overhang and large area glass applications create a directionless floating roof, which presents a charming tranquility with the swaying shadows of the trees.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior 8 wooden columns and the 3 diagonal wooden columns at the front make the structure realize the 34.0mx14.5m indoor column-free space and the 3.7m outdoor cantilever.

The smoke-gray aluminum-magnesium plates, ultra-white tempered glass, small faceted spruce suspended ceiling and leaf-shaped exterior outline create an honest expression of microscopic stress.
Tags: Innovative, New Experience, Polysemy, Community, Commercial, Dynamic, Architecture, Interaction
Production Technology: The project’s structure went through three rounds of schemes, and final scheme is dominated by wood structure and supplemented by steel structure.

The concept of three rings is adopted. The roof uses the skylight and the beam columns to realize force conversion. The cornice is made of steel structure and the rest is made of wood structure to achieve perfect radiating effect.
Design Challenge: The project was completed in the form of wooden structure. The biggest challenge in the process of project implementation is the large span and overhang in the structure. After several rounds of structural tests, the final shape is umbrella-shaped spoke-type arched architecture scheme, which is formed by inner, middle and outer circular steel beams and 68 radial red pine beams.
Research: At the initial design stage, the external place is not clearly defined, and the relationship between the building and the place presents a sense of spontaneous floating. Along with the design development forwarded, metaphorical polysemy emerges. Architects use the cavities of roof sheathing and inclined beams as well as the cavities of main ring beams to hide all pipelines involving water, electricity, air conditioning and so on.
Inspiration: The project locates next to a meandering tributary of the Yongding River. In this vast expanse of grass, the external place is not clearly defined.

The design started with the roof, architects initially tried to use symbolic architectural language to establish a connection with the historical environment. This is like a crystal clear water drop quietly dissolves into the endless winding river. However, with the gradual development of the narrative, metaphorical polysemy emerges.
Project Duration: The project started in July. 2019 in Tianjin Municipality, China and was completed in March 2020.
Operation Flow: The building does not have a clear main entrance. Three exposed diagonal wooden posts are used to define the entrance space at the front.

To enter the exhibition space from the front, visitors will enter a lower transitional space under the eaves, and then gradually move to the space under the leaf-shaped skylight, which is covered with light. We deliberately control the interference of excessive direct light through the size of the skylight, so as to ensure the soft and quiet space atmosphere inside.
Team Members: RUF Architects
Lead Architect：Qian Mingbo
Design Team：Song Xinhua,Wu Meihong, Rao Zeming, Ji Changshuai
Image Credits: Photo Credits: Hu Yijie