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Coast Whale Ile Ijosin by Jinyu Zhang

Coast Whale Ile Ijosin by Jinyu Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.


WúràÌkọ́lé· 2020

Coast Whale Ile Ijosin

by Jinyu Zhang

Client: Zhang Jinyu

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category

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The Design

About Coast Whale Ile Ijosin

Fọọmu bionic ti ẹja ti di ede ti ile ijọsin yii. Ẹja ẹja kan ti rì si eti okun Iceland. Eniyan le wọ inu ara rẹ nipasẹ ẹja kekere kekere kan ki o ni iriri irisi ti ẹja nla n wo okun nla nibiti o rọrun fun eniyan lati ronu nipa aibikita ibajẹ ayika. Ẹya ti o ni atilẹyin ṣubu lori eti okun lati rii daju ibajẹ kekere si ayika agbegbe. Awọn ohun elo ti iṣe ti ara ati ti ayika ṣe iṣẹ yii ni irin-ajo irin-ajo ti o pe fun aabo ayika.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award

Coast Whale Ile Ijosin 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 Coast Whale Ile Ijosin 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. Coast Whale Ile Ijosin 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
As a temporary and yet to be completed project, the supporting structure falls on the beach to ensure minimal damage to the natural environment. The black wood echoes the traditional way of Iceland. Natural and environmentally friendly materials make this project a tourist destination that calls for environmental protection and saves whales. The church used dark natural light as much as possible to direct the sight to the ocean. Here you can admire Iceland's most famous black beach.
Dimensions & Packaging
20m x 8m x 11m
Tags
Contemporary Architecture, Chapel, Sacred Architecture, Concrete, Atmosphere
Production Technology
wood,steel, glass, and marble
Design Challenge
There is only a strong adaptive solution. You can see very good built environment and important indicators to attract tourists.
Research
The building is closely related to the site, regardless of the form and construction of the whale. The adjustable nodes are adapted to the geological conditions of the beach and can even be temporarily moved according to the extreme weather in Iceland. This house is like a swimming whale that can change the floor height according to the tide of the season.
Inspiration
The ocean and the fate of humanity have been linked from a very early age. As a higher life form on land and sea, human's longing for whale has always existed in the heart. The bionic form of the whale became the language of this chapel. A whale stranded on the coast of Iceland. A person can enter its body through a low fishtail and experience the perspective of a whale looking at the ocean. The waves and the inner voice meet here. In such a space, it is easier for humans to reflect on the neglect of environmental degradation.
Project Duration
This project was developed in Porto, Portugal, during a period of 3 months, from December 2019 to January 2020. The location planned for the project to be implemented was in Iceland.
Operation Flow
What is the most important thing about landscape architecture? The possible answer is respect and integration with the environment. The concept of expressing chapel in a bionic whale response to this topic. Tourism has caused irreversible damage to Iceland's natural environment. While watching the scenery, tourists can also feel the noble place of other life in such a narrow space. It will not be limited by the scale of the project and has profound and long-term significance.
Team Members
Zhang Jinyu

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