The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ by Xuechen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ሓሳብን ኣምራዊ ንድፊን Competition Category.
ብሩርሓሳብ· 2024
The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ
by Xuechen Chen
Client: Xuechen Chen
ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ሓሳብ Category
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The Design
About The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ
እቲ ዝዕጠፍ ኣቶ፣ ኣብ ገማግም ሃርለም ወሃሊ ዝርከብ፣ ንማሕበረሰብ ኮለጅ ከም ናይ መስመርቲ ትካል፣ ንእሽቶ ቤት መጻሕፍትን ንስፖርት መስመርቲ ዝተውፈየ ቤት መዘክርን ዘገልግል ብዙሕ ዓላማታዊ ቦታ እዩ። ዝዕጠፍ ብረታዊ ስርያ ዘለዎ እዚ ቅርጺ፣ መኪናታት ናብ ስርያ ብዘይ ምቁራጽ ብምውህሃድ ውሽጣዊ ቦታኡ የገልጽ። ኣብ ምውህሃድ ታሪኻውን ዘመናውን ከባቢታት ዝቐመጠ፣ እቲ ጥንቃቐኛ ምቕማጥ ናይቶም ኣካላት ንፕሮግራማት፣ ንዝውውርን ንናይ ከተማ መልክዕን ኣግባቡ ዝዕቀብ እዩ።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award
The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። The Folding Boat ማእከል ማሕበረሰብ ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Folding Boat, located along the shore of the Harlem River, is a multifunctional space serving as a rowing facility for the community college, a small library, and a museum dedicated to sport rowing. Featuring a folded metal roof, this structure defines its interior space by seamlessly blending walls into ceilings. Positioned at the convergence of historical and modern districts, meticulous placement of elements respects programs, circulation, and the urban landscape.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 18,000sf
- Tags
- culture, community center, wood, metal, concrete
- Production Technology
- metal, glass and wood panel
- Design Challenge
- The multiversity of the programs and the materials.
- Research
- This research abstract explores the integration of folding as architectural elements across various scales, experiences, and programs within the context of the Rowing Boat project. Serving as a sport museum, rowing boat facility for a local college, and a community center for the neighborhood, the project examines how folding techniques can be applied to create dynamic spaces and functional designs. Through case studies and design explorations, this research delves into the innovative use of folding to enhance architectural aesthetics, spatial experiences, and programmatic functionalities within a multi-functional facility.
- Inspiration
- The project's inspiration stems from the unique topography of the site, characterized by varying slopes. This distinctive landscape presents an opportunity to mimic and enhance the site's features through the use of folding in the design. The folded elements not only echo the site's topography but also contribute to the project's special aesthetic qualities.
- Project Duration
- Unbult, Bronx, Newyork
- Operation Flow
- The Folding Boat project draws inspiration from the site's unique topography, using folding in design to echo its slopes and enhance aesthetics. Located along the Harlem River, it's a rowing facility, small library, and sport museum. The folded metal roof blends spaces, respecting historical context and urban landscape. This research explores folding's integration in various scales, programs, and experiences, enhancing architectural aesthetics and functionality.
- Team Members
- Xuechen Chen
- Image Credits
- XUECHEN CHEN
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