Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
WúràÌkọ́lé· 2023
Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin
Client: United Units Architects
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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The Design
About Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin
Ti a ṣe afẹyinti nipasẹ awọn oke-nla karst ti ko ni agbara, ile ile-iṣẹ ile-iṣẹ fa ede apẹrẹ rẹ lati inu agbegbe adayeba. Ni ariwa ti aaye naa wa ni pẹtẹpẹtẹ igboro kan ti o tẹlẹ nipasẹ iwakusa ti ile-iṣẹ simenti kan. Lati le dahun si iseda ati iranti ti aaye naa, facade ti ile naa jẹ ifihan nipasẹ apẹrẹ ti awọn oke-nla ti ko ni ailopin lati ṣe atunṣe oju-ara ti ipalara si awọn oke-nla nipasẹ awọn ipa eniyan, ti o nmu ayẹwo ara ẹni ti awọn iṣẹ eniyan. Apẹrẹ ti ibiti oke-nla jẹ yo lati apapọ awọn akojọpọ mẹrin ti awọn iṣipa iṣẹ trigonometric nipasẹ apẹrẹ parametric.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Mountain Impression Agbara Ọgbin ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Backed by undulating karst mountains, this factory building draws its design language from the natural context. To the north of the site there is a bare plateau flattened by the mining of a cement factory. In order to respond to the nature and memory of the site, the facade of the building is featured by a pattern of undulating mountain range to visually remedy the damage to the mountains by human impacts, evoking the self-examination of human activities. The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves through parametric design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Floor Area: 54,000 m2
Daily Waste Processing Capacity: 3,000 tons - Tags
- Waste to Energy, Power Plant, Carbon Neutrality, Parametric Design, Waste Treatment, Karst Mountains
- Production Technology
- The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves. The mathematic control not only ensures the smoothness of the curve, but also provides parameters for design development. By manipulating the colour, texture and form of the facade, the building is endowed with a dynamic aesthetic that changes with the viewing angle, light, and weather in an imperceptible and sophisticated way, reducing the impact of the building's vast volume on the environment.
- Design Challenge
- The distinctive regional environment can often stimulate the bold ideas of architects, while large-scale infrastructure projects carrying social responsibilities usually require careful decision-making. Therefore, to achieve a balance between radical and conservative depends on an ingenious and effective design strategy. The design team realized the poetic design concept with rigorous engineering rationality, creating a state-of-the-art factory where art and engineering come together as one.
- Research
- Nanning is a frontier city for China's opening up and cooperation with ASEAN, and is known as China's Green City. The rich folk culture in the multi-ethnic inhabited area and the mountains in the karst landform area together constitute the resource of design language belonging to Nanning, and also become the spiritual contention between the people and the building. UUA hopes to build a waste-to-energy power plant that eliminates the Not In My Backyard effect and allows the public to accept and even love it, so that the advanced waste treatment technology can operate smoothly.
- Inspiration
- The site of the project prompts us to reflect on the interaction between human activities and the natural environment in a very inspiring way. We hope to take this opportunity to set a precedent for similar projects, through metaphorical and abstract extraction of natural and cultural characteristics to unite art and engineering, provide multiple interpretations, and redefine the public attributes and humanistic values of industrial buildings.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2020 and finished in August 2022 in Nanning, China.
- Operation Flow
- The garbage trucks enter the factory building along the ramp and unload to the enclosed garbage pit for fermentation. The fermented garbage is sent to the incinerator. The flue gas generated by the combustion of garbage is purified and discharged to the air; the fly ash is disposed of for landfill; the bottom ash can be comprehensively utilized. Finally the thermal energy generated by waste incineration is used to heat high-temperature steam to drive the steam turbine generator set to generate electricity, which is connected into the national grid.
- Team Members
- Yongzheng Li
Qizhi Li
Falu Wang
Wenbo He
Yanfeng Lyu
Bing Zhao
Liang Deng
Xinghua Ma
Hongbo Fang
Yihao Zhang
Bo Yang - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Lian He, Aerial View, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Lian He, View from Southeast, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Lian He, Landscape, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Lian He, View from Southwest, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Lian He, Facade Details, 2022.
Video Credits: Archi-translator, 2022.
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