Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy by Xin Yuan

Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy by Xin Yuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy in Binagärlik, Bina we Desga Dizaýny Competition Category.

AltynBinagärlik· 2022

Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy

by Xin Yuan

Client: XinY structural consultants

A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy Winner in Binagärlik Category

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The Design

About Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy

Skyboat — Hytaýyň Leýe şäherinde 613 metr çuňlukdaky tebigy çukuryň (karst çöketliginiň) üstünde ýerleşdirilen iki gatly binadyr. Myhmanhana otaglary birinji gatda, kafe ikinji gatda, synlaýyş meýdançasy bolsa binanyň üçeginde ýerleşýär. Meýdançada ölçegi 10 x 12,5 metr bolan, üstünde ýöräp bolýan aýna pol bar. Bina çuň çukuryň ýokarsyndaky dar geçelgäniň üstünden geçýär we dag gerşiniň her tarapyna 34 metr we 22 metr uzynlykda konsol görnüşinde uzalyp gidýär. Agyrlyk merkeziniň pes bolmagy gurluşyň öz deňagramlylygyny saklamagyna mümkinçilik berýär. Diňe bäş sany diregiň ulanylmagy ýerli ösümliklere ýetirilýän zyýany azaldýar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy

Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy A' Design Award Altyn Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu birinji derejeli, ajaýyp we tapawutly dizaýnlara berilýän aşa abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Altyn ýeňijileri dizaýnerleriniň alymlygyny, paýhasyny we ussatlygyny görkezýän aşa täzelikçi, uzakgörüjilikli we göz gamaşdyryjy eserlerdir. Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy deňi-taýy ýok gymmat berýän, köp öwülýän, ugur kesgitleýän we ýadygärlik ýaly oýlap tapyş bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Altyn Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn sungatyň, ylmyň, dizaýnyň we tehnologiýanyň çäklerine uly peýda berýän we ony öňe sürýän ajaýyp, hormatly taslamadyr. Skyboat Kafe, Synlaýyş Meýdançasy güýçli isleg duýgularyny döredýär, höwesi oýarýar, döredijiligi höweslendirýär we bizi haýran edýär.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The structure cantilevers 36m over the 613m deep sinkhole. The top of the sinkhole is extremely narrow which can only accommodate a small passageway. Skyboat is proposed to span over the passageway and cantilever out to each side of the mountain ridge. Similar to the tumbler toys, it is proposed to lower the structure centre of gravity and utilize the minimum area (10metres by 30metres), in which way, the self-balance of the structure is therefore achieved.
Dimensions & Packaging: two-storey building consisting of hotel rooms at the ground floor, a café at the first floor and a roof viewing platform which contains a 10metre-by-12.5metre walk-on glass floor. The building comprises a construction area of 495m2 and covers a plan dimension of 10metres by 80metres. Both ends of the building cantilevers out by 34metres and 22metres respectively. The total steel weight used is 438 tonne.
Tags: Skyboat, XinY, Glass floor, Cantilever, Leye, Dashiwei
Production Technology: There are only five supports proposed. This minimizes the damages to the local vegetation.

To protect the local plants and rivers, hanging falsework was used during the construction stage and to have the structural members installed by pieces.
Design Challenge: The structure cantilevers 36m over the 613m deep sinkhole. The top of the sinkhole（the site）is extremely narrow which can only accommodate a small passageway.
A long crack at the site indicates the site is not stable. Apart from grouting the existing crack, it is also proposed to have the key struts at each ends of the building inclining towards the ridge, the horizontal component forces from which then provided the embracing forces to the ridge and hence improved the stability of the site.
Research: The structural system and component arrangements were adapted to the force distribution, perfectly aligned with the elegant architectural geometry.
By increasing the key strut lengths, the pre-cambering of the front cantilever structure is then achieved, which can compensate the deflections under the dead loads and some of the live loads. This also protects the glazings from large deformations.
Inspiration: A big goose, a e tumbler toy.

The long crack at the top of the ridge indicates the site is not stable. Apart from grouting the existing crack, it is also proposed to have the key struts at each ends of the building inclining towards the ridge, the horizontal component forces from which then provided the embracing forces to the ridge and hence improved the stability of the site.
Project Duration: The project started on 2018 in Leye China and finished on 2019.
Operation Flow: Visitors can enjoy coffee in the beauty of nature, or they can walk on the glass floor above the 600-meter deep pit to experience the shock of their heartbeats.
Team Members: Structural Engineers:XinY & Yuanlizhu
Client:Guangxi Leye DashiWei
Architect:Zhong Huaying Studio
Codesign:LiLi & Shanghai ZhongJian Architectural Design
Principal Contractor:China Railway 25th Group 6th Company
Image Credits: Image#1: Photographer Li Jin, Yongheng,2019.
Image#2: Photographer Yongheng, Yongheng,2019.
Image#3: Photographer Yongheng, Yongheng,2019.
Image#4: Photographer Xin Yuan, XinY,2019.
Image#5: Photographer Yongheng, Yongheng,2019.
Video Credits: Yongheng