Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino by Minquan Wang

Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino by Minquan Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lokuAkha kunye neeProjekthi zePropathi Competition Category.

IgolideIpropathi· 2025

Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino

by Minquan Wang

Client: Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Ipropathi Category

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The Design

About Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino

IYunhai Shimen yipaki yoshishino esetyenziswa ngeendlela ezininzi eQujiang District, eQuzhou, eZhejiang, eChina. Uyilo luthatha inkuthazo kwimbonakalo yeentaba zalo mmandla, lusebenzisa iimilo zejometri ezicocekileyo zeenqaba ezimiswe ngokuphambeneyo kunye namaqonga ehla ngokwamanqanaba ukukhumbuza ngeentaba namafu. Endaweni yesiseko sokuthengisa esivaliweyo, esi sakhiwo sivuleka sibe luluhlu lwamaqonga angaphandle aqhagamshelweyo abekwe kumanqanaba aliqela. La maqonga, iindawo zokwamkela abantu ezisezantsi zesibhakabhaka zeenqaba kunye negalari ephakathi ebizwa ngokuba yiCloud Deck asingatha iindibano zoluntu kunye nemisitho yobungakanani obahlukeneyo. Isakhiwo esiphambili sakhiwe ngekhonkrithi eyomelezisiweyo.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino 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. Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino 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. Yunhai Shimen IPaki yoShishino idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Yunhai Shimen, created for West Zhejiang Agro-Tech Industry Park aspires to be the new engine of industrial and economic growth to Qujiang District, Quzhou, a thriving city in Zhejiang, China. The project lends itself as a stage for urban events. It defies the opaque monolithic stereotype of conventional retail podiums by unfolding itself into a series of cascading, interconnected platforms providing for outdoor social activities to compliment the civic programs indoor. The podium platforms, tower sky lobbies, as well as a central gallery nick named "Cloud Deck" together accommodate to public interactions at varying scales.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 27457.46㎡
Building footprint: 9594.35㎡
Building density: 34.94%
Gross floor area: 132146.96㎡
Accountable floor area: 96043.42㎡
Floor area ratio: 3.50
Headquarters area: 25062.50㎡
Rental office area: 25062.50㎡
Apartment area: 16117.50㎡
Apartment unit count: 230
Retail podium areaa; 29800.92㎡
Building height: 75m
Parking slots: 895
Tags: Mixed-use, tall building, office, retail, public space
Production Technology: Reinforced concrete for main structure; steel moment frame for the central "Cloud Deck" structure; Insulated glass units of low-e laminated glass with hidden ventilator for tower curtain wall; Anodized aluminium, stainless steel, and granite for exterior cladding.
Design Challenge: The client aims at creating an unconventional mixed-use development where a large amount of community functions is infused into the retail complex. This not only creates problematic adjacencies but also contradicts with the limitation of space. To fully exploit the civic potential of the project, an important decision was made early on in the design process to maximize utilization of outdoor spaces as an extension of GFA accountable spaces so as to expand the reach of public events while remain complaint with planning/zoning requirements.
Research: A survey of the project site was made to determine its urban gesture in relation to important contextual elements such as adjacent park/amenity spaces, urban programs, and masterplanning motifs. A research into the city's cultural and geographical contexts was also conducted which highlighted its celebrated natural landscape as an important inspiration of project design.
Inspiration: Drawing inspiration from the mountainous natural landscape in Qujiang, Yunhai Shimen lends itself as an analogue to mountains and clouds with clean, geometric forms of staggering towers and cascading platforms.
Project Duration: Project design started in August 2023 and was awarded in open competition in September 2023. The project is currently in the process of planning approval clearing.
Operation Flow: The project encourages public interactions by creating occupiable outdoor platforms spanning across the site at multiple levels. These platforms echo the public programs of their corresponding interior spaces and become extensions thereof. The massing arrangements between the towers, the podium, the central Cloud Deck gallery, and the sunken plaza work synergistically to create an focal point where visitors could gather for concentrated events such as performances and talks. Sky lobbies are inserted at the crowns of each tower to highlight them with public activities. These together create a multi-level public space system to accommodate to events and gatherings of various scales and qualities.
Image Credits: Image #1: Renderer DZI, 2023
Image #2: Renderer DZI, 2023
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Image #5: Renderer DZI, 2023