Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii by Jiahua Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Majengo, Ujenzi na Miundo Competition Category.
ShabaUsanifu wa Majengo· 2025
Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii
by Jiahua Xu
Client: Archtic
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Usanifu wa Majengo Category
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About Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii
Maandishi ya Kitabu: Kituo cha Jamii cha Lilong Arcade kinafasiri upya njia ya kitamaduni ya lilong ya Shanghai na nafasi ya arcade kama eneo la kisasa la umma. Muundo huu unaunda maeneo yaliyo wazi, yanayonyumbulika na yanayofikika kwa urahisi kwa ajili ya mikutano ya jamii, shughuli za kila siku, maonyesho na mabadilishano ya kijamii. Unaheshimu kumbukumbu za mji wa eneo hilo pamoja na kipimo cha kibinadamu, huku ukitoa mahali palipo wazi na pa kisasa kwa matumizi ya kitamaduni, muunganisho wa jirani na maisha ya umma.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Lilong Arcade Kazi Kuu: Kituo cha Jamii hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
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- Unique Properties
- "Lilong Arcade" embraces the concept of integrating public spaces with historical features while meeting modern needs.
Flexible layouts maximize space usage, blending fixed and mobile areas to accommodate diverse community needs.
The facade design marries historical elements with modern materials, maintaining harmony with the surrounding architecture while creating a welcoming, vibrant environment that supports public engagement. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Plot area:937m²
Gross Floor Area: 1677m²
Overall outdoor activity: 478.6m²
Citizen activity center: 154.6m²
F&B Retail: 202.5m²
Elderly activity center: 110.3m²
Healthcare: 288.5m²
Children's activity and Daycare: 374.3m²
Sports: 288.5m²
Flexible: 258.4m² - Tags
- community, social, civic, activity, wellness, urban, historic district, flexibility
- Production Technology
- Since the reconstruction cannot break through the existing building 3D boundary, the original building height is reused in accordance with the principle of economy and practicality.
The small column span shallow beam are used to achieve span of 4.5-6 meters.
An atrium is set inside the building to enhance the lighting while eliminating the sense of space cramped.
The visual corridor perpendicular to Main Road naturally extends to the depths of the base, leading the direction of the axis network system. - Design Challenge
- Since the reconstruction cannot break through the three-dimensional boundary, the building height cannot be greatly increased. As for the problem of insufficient building height (about 3.5 meters), the small column span shallow beam and partial height treatment are used to achieve: the conventional column span is 4.5-6 meters, and the local span is increased to enhance the permeability of the space.
- Research
- The project is located in Changning District, Shanghai, with a profound cultural heritage of foreign culture and local traditions.
The facade of the project building adopts a modern eclectic arcade form, which pays tribute to the traditional style. The arcade not only gives the building a timeless beauty, but also increases the transparency by providing a gray space for citizens to interact.
The exterior wall of the building adopts light-colored bricks to be unified with the surrounding style, the floor-to-ceiling glass windows fill the interior space with natural light, enhancing the openness and transparency of the building. - Inspiration
- The design concept of "Lilong Arcade" aims to adopt the "arcade", an architectural motif with publicness and sharing, to integrate historical features while showing the contemporaryity, making the building a natural extension of the walkable street system.
The project revolves around the principles of serving the people, adapting to local conditions, and flexible adaptation, creating a rich and high-quality service and activity space for citizens in the limited existing space. - Project Duration
- The project started in April 2024 in Shanghai and finished in August 2024
- Operation Flow
- To fully realize the functionality of various spaces in the limited space, a combination of fixed space + flexible space is adopt. That is, in addition to the spaces that rely on equipment such as the service center, community canteen, ect, most of the activities and learning places are optimized into flex spaces through operation. This not only helps the space allocation within the project, but also helps promote the fair and efficient allocation of public resources.
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