Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ by United Units Architects

Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award سنہری انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت اور ڈھانچہ ڈیزائن Competition Category.

سونافنِ تعمیر· 2023

Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ

by United Units Architects

Client: United Units Architects

A' Design Award سنہری انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ

کارسٹ پہاڑوں کو بے ترتیبی سے سہارا دیا گیا، یہ فیکٹری عمارت قدرتی تناظر سے اپنی ڈیزائن کی زبان کھینچتی ہے۔ سائٹ کے شمال میں ایک ننگی سطح مرتفع ہے جو سیمنٹ فیکٹری کی کان کنی سے چپٹی ہوئی ہے۔ سائٹ کی نوعیت اور یادداشت کا جواب دینے کے لیے، عمارت کا اگواڑا پہاڑوں کو انسانی اثرات سے پہنچنے والے نقصان کا بصری طور پر ازالہ کرنے کے لیے پہاڑی سلسلے کے ایک نمونے سے نمایاں ہے، جس سے انسانی سرگرمیوں کی خود جانچ پڑتال ہوتی ہے۔ پہاڑی سلسلے کا نمونہ پیرامیٹرک ڈیزائن کے ذریعے مثلثی فنکشن کروز کے چار سیٹوں کے امتزاج سے اخذ کیا گیا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award سنہری انعام

Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ A' Design Award سنہری انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو اول درجے کے شاندار اور ممتاز ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا انتہائی باوقار اعتراف ہے۔ سنہری انعام کے فاتحین انتہائی جدید، دور اندیش اور چکاچوند کر دینے والی تخلیقات ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کی ذہانت، حکمت اور مہارت کی عکاسی کرتی ہیں۔ Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک انتہائی سراہی جانے والی، رجحان ساز اور یادگار ایجاد ہوگا جو بے مثال قدر فراہم کرتی ہے۔ A' Design Award سنہری انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن ایک شاندار، معزز منصوبہ ہے جو بے حد فائدہ مند ہے اور فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی کی حدود کو آگے بڑھاتا ہے۔ Mountain Impression پاور پلانٹ خواہش کے شدید احساسات پیدا کرتا ہے، جذبہ ابھارتا ہے، تخلیقی صلاحیت کی حوصلہ افزائی کرتا ہے اور ہمیں فریفتہ کرتا ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Backed by undulating karst mountains, this factory building draws its design language from the natural context. To the north of the site there is a bare plateau flattened by the mining of a cement factory. In order to respond to the nature and memory of the site, the facade of the building is featured by a pattern of undulating mountain range to visually remedy the damage to the mountains by human impacts, evoking the self-examination of human activities. The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves through parametric design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Floor Area: 54,000 m2
Daily Waste Processing Capacity: 3,000 tons
Tags: Waste to Energy, Power Plant, Carbon Neutrality, Parametric Design, Waste Treatment, Karst Mountains
Production Technology: The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves. The mathematic control not only ensures the smoothness of the curve, but also provides parameters for design development. By manipulating the colour, texture and form of the facade, the building is endowed with a dynamic aesthetic that changes with the viewing angle, light, and weather in an imperceptible and sophisticated way, reducing the impact of the building's vast volume on the environment.
Design Challenge: The distinctive regional environment can often stimulate the bold ideas of architects, while large-scale infrastructure projects carrying social responsibilities usually require careful decision-making. Therefore, to achieve a balance between radical and conservative depends on an ingenious and effective design strategy. The design team realized the poetic design concept with rigorous engineering rationality, creating a state-of-the-art factory where art and engineering come together as one.
Research: Nanning is a frontier city for China's opening up and cooperation with ASEAN, and is known as China's Green City. The rich folk culture in the multi-ethnic inhabited area and the mountains in the karst landform area together constitute the resource of design language belonging to Nanning, and also become the spiritual contention between the people and the building. UUA hopes to build a waste-to-energy power plant that eliminates the Not In My Backyard effect and allows the public to accept and even love it, so that the advanced waste treatment technology can operate smoothly.
Inspiration: The site of the project prompts us to reflect on the interaction between human activities and the natural environment in a very inspiring way. We hope to take this opportunity to set a precedent for similar projects, through metaphorical and abstract extraction of natural and cultural characteristics to unite art and engineering, provide multiple interpretations, and redefine the public attributes and humanistic values of industrial buildings.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in August 2022 in Nanning, China.
Operation Flow: The garbage trucks enter the factory building along the ramp and unload to the enclosed garbage pit for fermentation. The fermented garbage is sent to the incinerator. The flue gas generated by the combustion of garbage is purified and discharged to the air; the fly ash is disposed of for landfill; the bottom ash can be comprehensively utilized. Finally the thermal energy generated by waste incineration is used to heat high-temperature steam to drive the steam turbine generator set to generate electricity, which is connected into the national grid.
Team Members: Yongzheng Li
Qizhi Li
Falu Wang
Wenbo He
Yanfeng Lyu
Bing Zhao
Liang Deng
Xinghua Ma
Hongbo Fang
Yihao Zhang
Bo Yang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lian He, Aerial View, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Lian He, View from Southeast, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Lian He, Landscape, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Lian He, View from Southwest, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Lian He, Facade Details, 2022.
Video Credits: Archi-translator, 2022.