Altın Mimarlık · 2022

Skyboat Kafe, Seyir Terası

by Xin Yuan

A' Design Award Altın Ödülü 2022 in Mimarlık
CLIENT: XinY structural consultants
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About Skyboat Kafe, Seyir Terası

Skyboat, Çin'in Leye bölgesinde 613 metre derinliğindeki bir düden (obruk) üzerinde konumlanan iki katlı bir yapıdır. Otel odaları zemin katta, kafe birinci katta, seyir platformu ise çatıda yer alır. Platform, 10 x 12,5 metre ölçülerinde, üzerinde yürünebilen bir cam zemin içerir. Yapı, obruğun tepesindeki dar geçidin üzerinden uzanır ve dağ sırtının her iki yanına 34 metre ile 22 metre konsol yapar. Düşük bir ağırlık merkezi, strüktürün kendi kendini dengelemesini sağlar. Yalnızca beş adet taşıyıcı kullanılmış olup, bu da yöredeki bitki örtüsüne verilen zararı en aza indirir.

About the A' Design Award Altın Ödülü

Skyboat Kafe, Seyir Terası, A' Design Award Altın Ödülü kazananıdır; bu, birinci sınıf, harika ve olağanüstü tasarımlara verilen son derece prestijli bir tanınırlıktır. Altın kazananlar, tasarımcılarının dehasını, bilgeliğini ve ustalığını yansıtan son derece yenilikçi, vizyoner ve göz kamaştırıcı yaratımlardır. Skyboat Kafe, Seyir Terası, eşi görülmemiş değer sunan, çok övülen, çığır açan ve anıtsal bir buluş olması beklenir. A' Design Award Altın Ödülü kazanan bu tasarım, sanat, bilim, tasarım ve teknolojinin sınırlarına büyük fayda sağlayan ve onları ilerleten muhteşem, saygın bir projedir. Skyboat Kafe, Seyir Terası yoğun arzu duyguları yaratır, tutku uyandırır, yaratıcılığı teşvik eder ve bizi cezbeder.

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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.
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