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Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן by Art Institute of Xiaoyan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award אין בראָנדז in אַרכיטעקטור, בנין און סטרוקטור דיזײַן Competition Category.


בראָנדזאַרכיטעקטור· 2025

Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן

by Art Institute of Xiaoyan

Client: Art Institute of Xiaoyan

A' Design Award אין בראָנדז Winner in אַרכיטעקטור Category

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The Design

About Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן

טיאַנמיאַנשאַנג איז אַ פּאַוויליאָן וואָס געפֿינט זיך אין דער שטאָט הוישוי, פּראָווינץ גואַנגדאָנג. דער פּאַוויליאָן שטייט הינטער אַן אַראַנזש־גאָרטן און ביט אָן אַ רויִקן אָרט צום רוען אין דער נאַטור. דער דיזיין שטעלט אונטער פֿראָג די געוויינטלעכע חילוק צווישן דיל, דאַך און סטעליע, און צווישן אינעווייניק און אינדרויסן. כוואַליעדיקע דיל־ און דאַך־שטחים פֿורעמען עטלעכע איבערגאַנג־רוימען. פֿיר הויפּט־ווענט ווערן פֿאַרבונדן דורך צוויי אומרעגולערדיק געשטעלטע בעטאָן־ווענט און בעטאָן־זײַלן, וואָס פֿאַרוואָלקנען די רוימלעכע גרענעצן און צולייגן שיכטן צום אינעווייניקסטן. דער דאַך איז אַ איינציקע גרינגגעוויכטיקע שטאָל־קאָנסטרוקציע מיט ריינע, קלאָרע ליניעס.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין בראָנדז

Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין בראָנדז, אַן העכסט פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו אויסגעצייכנטע דיזײַנס וואָס שטעכן אַרויס מיט קרעאַטיוויטעט, דערפֿינדונג און קלוגשאַפֿט. בראָנדז-געווינער זענען זייער בקיאותדיקע און אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק קרעאַטיווע אַרטיפֿאַקטן וואָס באַשטעטיקן די ברייטע דערפֿאַרונג, פֿאַנטאַזיע און דערפֿינדונג-קראַפֿט פֿון זייערע דיזײַנערס. פֿון Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע זאַך וואָס איז אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק פּראָפֿעסיאָנעל און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין בראָנדז פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן אין קונסט, וויסנשאַפֿט, דיזײַן און טעכנאָלאָגיע, און איז אויסגעצייכנט פֿאַר זײַן אויפֿמערקזאַמקייט צו דעטאַלן. Tianmianshang פאַוויליאָן באַפֿרידיקט באַדערפֿענישן פּראַכטפֿול, רירט אָן תּאוות, פֿאַרכּישופֿט געפֿילן און רופֿט נײַגעריקייט.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. AIXY hopes this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Tags
Rural Design, Cultural Design, Public Space
Production Technology
Its column, using concrete structure, in addition to the four main walls created for the interior space, also added two irregularly arranged concrete walls, which are not simply used to separate the space but blur the boundaries of the space, forming a spatial structure from unorganized to shaped. This design not only enhances the stability of the building but also gives the whole space more layers of change.
A one-piece, lightweight steel structure is used for the roof. This design not only visually presents clean and smooth lines but also strengthens the sense of unity and lightness of the building as a whole, making the building seem to float in the surrounding natural environment. It not only conforms to the aesthetics of modern architecture but also interprets the architectural concept of man and nature.
Design Challenge
This project was completed by the students and tutors of Art Institute School of Xiaoyan, during which the communication and design of the program, as well as the coordination between the students was challenging.
Research
When a space is abstracted to its elementary components, people are given a chance to decompose and re-examine these components on a more fundamental level.
Since mankind adopted the concept of shelter as a tradition, “the threshing floor was a place of work but also a place of gathering, dancing, ritual, and worship” (Elements of Architecture, Rem Koolhaas).
Art Institute School of Xiaoyan intended for the project to be a space of action and gathering. Approaching the request with its intended abstractedness, they want to challenge the notion of floor, roof/ceiling, interiority and exteriority. The undulating floor and roof/ceiling create various threshold spaces within. Planar permutation of walls and columns makes interiority versus exteriority a little harder to parse. They hope this design becomes a stimulus for an organic formation of partiality from the users towards various subspace within, against the backdrop of a seemingly uniform-in-concept arrangement.
Inspiration
From plaza to apartment floors to parliament floor, the idea of floor has been a fundamental symbol for action, be it the more private types or more public types such as a place for negotiation, congregation. Similarly, the roof or ceiling (in this case Art Institute of Xiaoyan is intentionally obscuring the distinction between the two), is the reciprocal of floor, completing the concept of a sheltered space, and has evolved in recent years to being an envelope for practicality (hidden structural system, HVAC system, false ceiling etc)
Project Duration
It is located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province.
Operation Flow
Art Institute School of Xiaoyan wants to create a space that breaks traditional boundaries, a building that is not just a physical entity but an experience. This pavilion is situated behind an orange grove, where people can temporarily disconnect from the hustle and bustle and experience nature.
Team Members
Jianguo Dong
Jinjun Zhang
John Barton
Simba Xu
Michaël Dooley
Zhixuan Luo
Jintao Li
Yawen Wang
Xiwu Chen
Na Ou
Yanjun Zhang
Yaqi Wang
Yuezhuo Hu
Tsingz Huang
Ziqi Wang
Yueyao Huang
Ziyu Zhou
Zimo Zhao
Yiyi Yang
Peichen Dong
Hao Geng
Langbo Shi
Shanghong Shi
Haoxiang Yuan
Xinlei Liu
Chenyu Lai
Yaxin Zhang
Junning Zhang
Zhishun Min
Jiashu Xiang
Zichang Guo
Yanjie Zhu
Yutong Yao
Qixuan Yang
Zixi Liu
Anni Zheng
Ziyan Wang
Zixi Chen
Ziying Chen
Chuyue Li

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