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High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga by Guanghai Cui

High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga by Guanghai Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Majengo, Ujenzi na Miundo Competition Category.


FedhaUsanifu wa Majengo· 2023

High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga

by Guanghai Cui

Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Usanifu wa Majengo Category

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The Design

About High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga

Muundo wa usanifu wa makao hayo ulibuniwa kukumbuka mtindo wa usanifu wa Kichina wa zamani na paa za makalio zilizopindika na paa za gable na ujazo tofauti na sifa zingine za usanifu wa kisasa, ikionyesha wazi mpangilio wa hali ya juu wa majengo ya kihistoria ya jumba la Taoist, ambayo husaidia kukumbuka genius loci ya tovuti hii. Nafasi za ua na kumbi katika historia zilijengwa kwa usanifu wa kisasa kulingana na mpango ulioonyeshwa na habari za kiakiolojia ili kuwakilisha maana ya Jumba la kitamaduni la Tao.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award

High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa ya ajabu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya hali ya juu kabisa, ya kupendeza na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Fedha ni kazi zinazong'aa mno na bunifu kupita kiasi zinazoonyesha utaalamu bora, kipaji na busara ya wabunifu wao. High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga inatarajiwa kuwa kazi nzuri ya kuigwa ambayo ni ya kitaalamu kwa kiasi kikubwa na yenye ubunifu wa kina. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award ni uvumbuzi unaojulikana sana na kupendwa, unaonufaisha na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. High Purity Taoist Palace on the Site High Usafi Taoist Ikulu Kwenye Tovuti Ya Makazi Ya Kinga ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The architectural form of the shelter was designed to recall the classical Chinese architectural style with curved hip roofs and gable roofs with various volumes and other modern architectural features, clearly manifesting the hierarchic order of the historical buildings of the Taoist palace, which helps to recall the genius loci of this site.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area: 11365㎡
Total floor area of the protective shelter: 5117.3㎡.
Tags
Protective Shelter, High Purity Taoist Palace, Archaeological Site, Religious, Local
Production Technology
A steel structure was applied to create a column-free space of both 30m in length and width for the main shelter, with curved hip roof similar to that in the most important classical Chinese buildings. Four different forms of foundations were chosen and precisely constructed to minimize interference on the unearthed remains and the underground relics. The section of the column plinths in the courtyard was reduced to 5cm in diameter to protect the pavements of cobblestones.
Design Challenge
The archaeological site should be conserved according to such professional standards and principles as distinguishability, minimal intervention, reversibility, sustainability, and etc. It should also be used as a Taoist religious place as in tradition and serves for religious rituals as Taoist Granting, sacrificial rites and daily worshiping. Therefore, the genius loci of the site were respected and emphasized in the design to achieve a balance between conservation and religious usage.
Research
The project aims to achieve the goals of conservation, exhibition and interpretation of the archaeological remains excavated of the historic High Purity Taoist Palace in an innovative way to balance between the requirements of modern conservation and architectural self-discipline, and the desire and expectation of local communities and the Taoist religious group.
Inspiration
As it was expected by the local communities and religious group to build a new Taoist palace in pseudo-classical Chinses style on the site long before, the conservation project of protective shelters, interpretation and exhibition of the relics, and other preservation measures has finally helped to meet the demands of local people and to continue the tradition of this living heritage in a balanced way with modern architectural philosophy and technologies.
Project Duration
Construction work commenced in May 2019 and was completed in July 2021 in Yingtan, Jiangxi.
Operation Flow
The spaces of the courtyard and the halls in history were built with modern architecture according to plan manifested by archaeological information to represent the sense of a traditional Taoist Palace. A main shelter was designed in the center of the courtyard on the site of Goddess of Earth Hall, in connection with the Three-Purities Hall at the end of the central axis to create a continuous column free space for presentation and religious purposes.
Team Members
Guanghai Cui, Jing Li, Mingxia Zhu, Lin Zhou, Zhilan Xu
Xiaoxiao Ma, Jin Tao, Ningxin Zheng, Jing Wang, Zhigang Ma
Jinghui Xu, Su Zhou, Suna Liu, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Chai
Tianyu Yang, Zhuo Lv, Yahui Wang, Shuang Qu, Zao Jiang

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