Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana ngu-Yutao Chen and Yiwen Gu

Uyilo olubizwa ngokuba yi-Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana olwenziwe ngu-Yutao Chen and Yiwen Gu ngumwini obekekileyo webhaso elinobukhazikhazi le-2026 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lokhuphiswano lwe-Uyilo lweMisitho kunye neZiganeko.

IbhronziUmsitho· 2026

Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana

ngu Yutao Chen and Yiwen Gu

Umxhasi: Studio WE

Umwini we-Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lwe-Umsitho

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Malunga ne-Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana

"Ukunyuka Eladelweni, I-Amphitheatre Yetheko" kwiDolophu yase-Aiyuan, eJiangsu, iphinda itolike iladi yokulima yemveli njengomfuziselo wokuzibandakanya koluntu kunye nokuqhubeka kwenkcubeko. Ngokusebenzisa inkqubo ye-modular yezakhelo zomthi, iiladi, kunye nemibhinqo yongqintsizo, abahlali bekuhlali babumba kwaye bachithe ithiyetha yokwexeshana ngenkuthalo. Njengendawo ehamba-hambayo, ebandakanya wonke umntu yemiboniso, iifilimu, kunye neentlanganiso, yandisa unxibelelwano lwentlalo, ivuselela isitiya seziqhamo, kwaye idibanise ngokuvisisanayo nemo yelizwe yasemaphandleni.

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Malunga ne-Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Climbing Amphitheatre Iqonga Lethiyetha Lokwexeshana iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

Emva Koyilo

Ikhithi Yeendaba

Iziqinisekiso, amalungu eqela kunye neenkcukacha zobugcisa ezinikezelwe ngumyili.

Iimpawu Ezizodwa: Climbing the Ladder, Party Amphitheatre is a modular, community-assembled temporary theater made of timber frames, ladders, and tension straps. Designed for assembly by local villagers, it fosters participation as both audience and builders. The adaptable structure hosts performances and screenings, revitalizing the orchard into a social hub. This project merges architecture with rural life, turning tools into a spatial framework that strengthens community bonds.
Imilinganiselo nePakishini: The modular amphitheatre consists of timber frame units measuring 2,400 mm x 1,200 mm x 2,500 mm. Ladders function as adjustable seating risers ranging from 500 mm to 1,500 mm in height, enabling flexible audience arrangements. Fully assembled, the structure spans up to 12 m x 8 m x 4 m and adapts easily to uneven orchard terrain.
Iithegi: Community Architecture, Modular Design, Participatory Design, Rural Innovation, Timber Structure, Mobile Amphitheatre, Cultural Heritage, Interactive Space, Adaptive Reuse, Festival Pavilion
Ubuchwepheshe Bokuvelisa: The structure employs a modular timber frame system combined with locally sourced ladders and tension straps, enabling rapid assembly and disassembly without heavy machinery. Structural stability is achieved through interlocking joints and adjustable tensioning, while the modular system allows scalability and adaptation to orchard topography. Timber surfaces are treated for durability, ensuring both functional performance and visual harmony with the rural landscape.
Umngeni Woyilo: This design explores how participatory architecture can activate rural spaces and strengthen social cohesion through simple, adaptable systems. By transforming ladders - an everyday rural object - into a spatial and cultural framework, the project demonstrates how design can elevate ordinary tools into platforms for interaction, performance, and collective experience. The amphitheatre reveals the potential of low-tech, community-driven construction to create meaningful public spaces that are flexible, inclusive, and deeply connected to local culture.
Uphando: This field research investigated the integration of vernacular farming tools into participatory rural architecture. The objective was to create a low-cost, modular theater system. Using qualitative observation and structural prototyping, the study engaged local villagers as active participants in the assembly process. Results showed that utilizing familiar ladders as core components reduced construction barriers and costs. This research impacts rural social cohesion by proving that community-driven, low-tech frameworks can successfully revitalize orchard landscapes into interactive cultural venues.
Inkuthazo: Rooted in the centuries-old pear orchards of Aiyuan Town, Jiangsu, this project draws inspiration from the everyday ladder. Reimagined as a collective architectural element, the ladder, traditionally used for farming and labor, becomes a symbol of gathering and shared memory. By transforming this familiar object into a modular spatial system, the design celebrates local traditions while creating a contemporary platform for performance and communal life within the orchard landscape.
Ubude Beprojekthi: The project was developed and constructed between March and September 2024 in Aiyuan Town, Jiangsu, China. Installed within the town's pear orchards, the amphitheatre was activated during seasonal festivals and community gatherings, reinforcing local participation and cultural engagement.
Ukuhamba Komsebenzi: The amphitheatre is assembled collaboratively by villagers through a simple system of interlocking timber frames, ladders, and straps. Audiences move freely between levels, sit on ladders or platforms, and engage with performances from multiple perspectives. The open, reconfigurable layout encourages informal interaction, flexibility, and immersion, allowing the space to adapt to different events while fostering a shared sense of ownership and participation.
Amalungu Eqela: Yutao Chen and Yiwen Gu
Amagunya Emifanekiso: Yutao Chen