Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal by Shanghai PTArchitects

Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal by Shanghai PTArchitects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award na Ginto in Disenyo ng Arkitektura, Gusali at Estruktura Competition Category.

GintoArkitektura· 2021

Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal

by Shanghai PTArchitects

Client: Shanghai PTArchitects

A' Design Award na Ginto Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal

Ang Hefu ay isang sentro ng pagtatanghal na matatagpuan sa Conghua, Guangzhou, China. Ang gusali ay may temang jade at sumusunod sa mga yugto ng paggawa ng jade. Ang pasukan ay gawa sa simpleng bato na may teksturang tulad ng jade, at ang nakatagong linear na ilaw ay nagpapagaan sa hitsura ng pasukan. Ang teksturang tulad ng jade ay ginamit sa buong gusali, mula sa pintuan ng pasukan hanggang sa pangunahing istruktura, sa reception lobby at sa lugar ng pagpupulong. Ang mga bato-batong nakuha mula sa ilog at ang water feature na parang salamin ang humubog sa mga panlabas na lugar. Ang transparent na salamin ay nagdadala ng nakapaligid na tanawin sa loob ng gusali.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Ginto

Ang Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Ginto, isang napakaprestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga disenyong pangunahing-uri, kahanga-hanga at namumukod-tangi. Ang mga nagwagi ng Ginto ay mga likhang lubhang makabago, may pananaw at nakasisilaw sa karilagan na sumasalamin sa talino, karunungan at husay ng kanilang mga tagapagdisenyo. Inaasahang ang Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal ay isang lubos na pinupuri, nagtatakda-ng-uso at monumental na imbensyon na naghahatid ng walang kapantay na halaga. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Ginto ay isang kahanga-hanga at iginagalang na proyekto na lubos na nakikinabang at nagpapaunlad sa mga hangganan ng sining, agham, disenyo at teknolohiya. Ang Hefu Sentro ng Pagtatanghal ay lumilikha ng matinding damdamin ng pagnanais, gumigising ng damdamin, nagpapasigla ng pagkamalikhain at nakahuhumaling sa atin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Combining features of the river’s inclusiveness, stone’s purity and jade’s transparency, the display center is designed in a modern minimal style. The design language is based on the exploration of very basic elements, such as light, space, transparency, materiality, and layout, etc. The concise and transparent technique used breaks the boundaries between internal and external spaces, and the form and facade of the building are built on the element of light and natural resources.
Dimensions & Packaging: The natural and simple pebbles collected from the river reflects the main body of the display center. The jade installation at the entrance indicates the structure of the entrance and interior space of the building, which represents the history and culture that have been nurtured for a long time in Conghua. A mirror-like waterscape is slowly unfolded like an ink painting scroll that becomes the highlight point of the entire space circulation tour. At the same time, the scenery is invited to the interior room through the transparent glass.
Tags: display center, humanistic spirit, jade-like texture, spatial expansion
Production Technology: The project is located in Conghua, Guangzhou, an ancient town in Southern China where the Neolithic ruins are unearthed. With the accumulation of thousands of years of history and culture, it has nurtured a long-standing humanistic spirit and natural landscape. The designer draws on the impression of the town, takes jade as the theme of the design, the process of jade making as the context and connects different functional spaces with different jade cultural landscapes, and at the same time extract elements from jade culture then re-interpret them in a new manner, and aims to create new cultural perspective while keeping the local culture.
Design Challenge: Due to the limited and restricted urban land resources, the challenge for the architect is how to change the small sized site into a space imbued with comfortable space experience, and at the same time to improve the quality of life of the residents.

The architect combines local traditional culture into a modern delicate facade, trying to create a lively scene where people, nature, and the city live in harmony. Inspired by the process of jade making, the four stages “jade nurturing”, “jade grinding by nature”, “jade polishing” and “jade created” and difference themes are borrowed into four main spaces: interface display area, front area landscape area, display center, and backyard model area.
Research: The design is closely related to the theme of the jade making. When designing the logo, the designer use one Chinese character He (which literally means harmony) from Hefu and combine natural rough stone (the left part of the character He) with finely polished stone material(e(the left part of the character He) which indicates the process how a piece of jade is made.
Inspiration: Gamble stone is a term in the jewelry industry in China, which means that when the rough jade is covered by a layer of weathered stone skin when mined, so it is impossible to know the quality of the inside unless it is cut furtherly. The entrance of Hefu Display Center uses simple stone material with jade-like texture, which is untraditional and the hidden linear lighting makes the entrance visually lighter, which resembles a layer furtherly cut into the gamble stone that draws people’s attention to explore inside.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2018 and finished in January 2019 in Guangzhou, China
Operation Flow: From the entrance to the backyard, from outdoor or indoor space, the jade-like texture is used throughout the building, such as the entrance gate, jade scene, the stone material for the main building, vertical building structure, reception lobby, and meeting area, etc. All the materials are carefully selected.
Team Members: Shanghai PTArchitects
Image Credits: IMAGE by Yuan Yang