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Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi by Youpei Hu

Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi by Youpei Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZakhiwo, Isakhiwo kunye neMilo Competition Category.


IsilivereUyilo lweZakhiwo· 2025

Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi

by Youpei Hu

Client: Studio Hu

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Uyilo lweZakhiwo Category

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The Design

About Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi

Esi sakhiwo siphepha ngabom isimbo soyilo lwakhiwo lwendawo, size sisebenzise izixhobo kunye nesakhiwo sanamhlanje. Uphahla olukhulu oludadayo ludibanisa iindawo ezisesikweni nezingekho sikweni ngendlela elula, njengambathe omkhulu ovulekileyo. Ukuze kufezekiswe imvakalelo yokudada nokuba lula, uphahla olukhulu lwensimbi aludingeki kuphela ukoyisa iikhantilevha ezinkulu nemida, kodwa ludinga nokugcina amalungu ebheke abe makhwapha kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Ngezinto ezintsha zolwakhiwo ezininzi, ulwakhiwo oluxubeneyo olulinganisa iikhantilevha zambathe luyilwe.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Village Hall Isakhiwo Sikawonke-wonke Esisebenziselwa Iinjongo Ezininzi yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The building intentionally avoids the vernacular architectural style, and applies modern materials and structure. A big floating roof unifies the formal and informal spaces in a simple way, like a giant open umbrella.
In order to achieve the floating and light feeling, the big steel roof not only needs to overcome the large cantilevers and spans, but also needs to keep member as slender as possible. With several structural innovations, a hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers are formed.
Dimensions & Packaging
The building area is 1370 square metres
Tags
Multi functional, rural social center, flexible space, cantilevered roof, structural innovation
Production Technology
Weathering steel plate
Steel
Concrete
A hybrid structure mimics umbrella cantilevers
Design Challenge
In order to realise the sense of floating of the big black roof, the building is structurally innovative. The roof, as an overall stress system, not only has to overcome the difficulties of large overhangs and spans, but also has to make each rod as slim as possible to maximise the sense of lightness and composition of the rod structure.
Research
Based on the Grasshopper plugin extension tool on the Rhino platform, Karamba3D force analysis and form finding technology were used to explore the tools and paths suitable for architects to carry out structural form design in the scheme stage, and successfully completed the structural form design of asymmetric complex roof shapes.
Inspiration
In traditional Chinese housing, the main hall called ‘Ting Tang’ is the most important family space for public activities. It usually has a formal architectural gesture, with tall, dark and semi open space.
Inspired by this, the village center is considered as the ‘main hall’ for the whole village. Besides a multifunction hall for formal public activities, the building also provides lots of open spaces to encourage social interaction between villagers and tourists.
Project Duration
The project started in 2021 in China and finished in 2023 in China, and the project address is Xiangtang Village, Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
Operation Flow
This is a public event centre building, capable of meeting the daily needs of meetings, exhibitions, receptions and other
meeting, exhibition, reception and other daily needs.
Team Members
Youpei Hu;Lei Shen;Qi Wang;Shufan Wu;Yuanyuan Rui

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