Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala by Hu Sun - S.P.I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lokuCwangcisa uMhlaba kunye neGadi Competition Category.

IgolideUyilo loMhlaba· 2022

Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala

by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Client: Guangzhou S.P.I Design Co., LTD

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Uyilo loMhlaba Category

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The Design

About Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala

ITimes Mansion luyilo lwembonakalo-mhlaba yendawo yomboniso wezindlu zokuhlala eNanjing. Ummandla upheleleyo uyi-8400 yeemitha ezisikwere, kwaye ummandla woyilo lwembonakalo-mhlaba uyi-6000 yeemitha ezisikwere. Imithi ye-goldenrain nemithi ye-camphor ekhoyo yagcinwa. Uyilo lwendawo kunye neendlela zokuhamba zabekwa kude nemithi. Indawo yamanzi ephakanyisiweyo ijikeleze imithi ye-goldenrain kwaye yenza imingxuma yemithi. Iziseko ezizimeleyo kunye nesakhelo sentsimbi zakhiwa kumgama okhuselekileyo ukusuka kwiingcambu. Isakhelo sigqunywe ngecwecwe lentsimbi elikrolwe imifanekiso, sagangathwa ngamatye endawo yamanzi kwaye sisingqongwe yintsimbi engenamhlwa ekhazimlayo njengesipili.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Times Mansion UYilo lweMbonakalo-mhlaba yeNdawo yoMboniso weZindlu zokuHlala idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When designers first arrived at the site, they were enchanted by the goldenrain tree and camphor preserved there. They planned to reconstruct the site on the basis of preserving the original ecology. The overall design, such as space layout and flow line, kept away from the original trees; highlighted their values and gave them new lives. They strived to intervene in the site in a "humble" way and adapt to local conditions. They used trees to create a forest theater under the urban reinforced concrete.
Dimensions & Packaging: The total area is 8400 square meters, and the landscape design area is 6000 square meters.
Tags: site reconstruction, symbiotic design, original ecology, waterscape, forest theater
Production Technology: The most important thing was to preserve the original trees on the site. After communicating with plant designers and structural designers, several independent foundations were finally determined to be built in limit distance without damaging the root system, and a steel frame structure should be used. A layer of steel embossing plate was put on the steel frame and then paved with waterscape stones on, enclosed decorated with mirrored black titanium stainless steel plate.
Design Challenge: The design that used the same design system in different sites without distinction is not rare on the market. However, designers hope to talk with the site in a humble way and get involved in it. How to keep the original goldenrain tree and camphor on the site and give them new lives was what we thought about. The space layout and flow line totally kept away from the original trees.
Research: Designers hoped to talk with the site in a humble way and get involved in it. They kept original trees on the site to give them new lives. They tried to communicate with them in the forest theater.
Inspiration: Site reconstruction is not only the inheritance and redevelopment of humanistic spirit and nature, but also the respect for the site. As a design strategy, it is permeated with the humanized care for users. It shows the unique spirit of the site, and reveals its essence. Designers hoped to present the spirit thoroughly; therefore, they began to think about how to respect nature, find appropriate ways and suitable materials so as to develop a strong relationship between human, the site and nature.
Project Duration: The project started in Dec. 2020 and completed in April 2021 in Nanjing.
Operation Flow: Designers carefully thought about the elevation, and used the raised waterscape to embrace the original goldenrain trees to form tree holes, and the structural system kept away from the root system at utmost, and the entire water surface was supported by an overhead structure, which protected the original tree species from being destroyed.
Team Members: Hu Sun
Yue Wang
Kai Wu
Mingming Qin
Tian Tian
Rui Gong
Chi Cheng
Mingli Chen
Image Credits: Image#1: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#2: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#3: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#4: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.
Image#5: Photographer Yi Ren, Times Mansion, 2021.