Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà by Yue Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
FàdákàÌkọ́lé· 2020
Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà
by Yue Xu
Client: Voa
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà
Book Text: Gbọ̀ngàn Ìdálẹ́kùn Ìlú Mermaid jẹ́ ilé àṣà ní Zhouning, Fujian, China. Àwùjọ ilé náà gba mítà onígun mẹ́rin ẹgbẹ̀rún méjìlá (12000) ó sì ń ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ibùdó ìpín ìrìnàjò àti ibùdó iṣẹ́ àṣà. Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ náà ṣàkópọ̀ àwọn àpẹẹrẹ onígun mẹ́rin àti oníyíká, tí a ṣe àṣàrò rẹ̀ láti inú iṣẹ́ ọnà odi ilẹ̀ àdúgbò. Ọ̀nà àbáwọlé oníyíká kan ń fi ààlà àárín ilé méjèèjì hàn ó sì ń pèsè ààbò lọ́wọ́ oòrùn líle ìgbà ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn àti lọ́wọ́ òjò, ìgbà òtútù tí ó tutù. A parí àwọn ògiri ìta pẹ̀lú àwọ̀ tí ó ní ìwà funfun àti bíríkì aláwọ̀ eérú tí a fi ọwọ́ ṣe. Àwọn ìlà àyè ń so àwọn gbọ̀ngàn náà pọ̀ mọ́ odò kékeré kan, adágún kan àti òkè kan tí ó wà nítòsí.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Mermaid Town Reception Hall Primary Function: Ilé Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Àṣà jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The site is surrounded by water in the north, dotted with hills. Designers adopted the gestalt geometry strategy as a positive means to deal with the contrast between artificial and natural, and achieved the Oriental aesthetic conception of round sky, square place, elegant and peaceful with the surrounding natural landscape, which is also the abstract expression of mermaid harmonious culture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project covers a total of 12000 square meters. Under the background of the regeneration of urban and rural historical environment and the construction of Characteristic Towns in the ascendant, through the engineering practice of the reception hall of Zhouning Mermaid Town, the architects made a beneficial exploration on the direction of China's future small town construction.
- Tags
- Architectural Design, Oriental Elements, Tourism Distribution Center, Cultural Activity Center, Mermaid Culture, Global, Locality, Commemoration, Modern
- Production Technology
- The exterior walls of buildings are respectively painted with white texture paint and hand-made gray brick, which is a practical strategy to deal with the inevitable construction errors of China's rapid construction. In particular, the woven hemp rope background wall in the entrance hall of the small theater is the remedy taken by the designer to deal with the incredible budget errors.
- Design Challenge
- A circular corridor is set up at the boundary of the two buildings, which is not only the designers' response to the strong radiation in summer and rainy and cold climate in winter in Zhouning, but also a non-verbal expression of the path of fish sacrifice, a unique intangible cultural heritage of Carp Brook Ancient Village. Through the isomorphism of this ritual track, which has been accumulated for thousands of years, the architecture achieves a delicate balance between memorial and life.
- Research
- Carp Brook Ancient Village in Zhouning County, Fujian is a famous historical and cultural village that has lasted for more than one thousand years. It has built a beautiful scenery of Peach Garden where people and fish share happiness and live harmoniously, and everywhere embodies the unity of heaven and man pursued by Chinese traditional culture. This case is only one mountain away from Carp Brook Ancient Village, which is the distribution hub of the future scenic area open to visitors.
- Inspiration
- The purpose of this project is to interpret the tradition with the modern, change the life with the architecture, and revitalize the countryside with the design. In the northeast of Fujian Province near Zhouning, there are such unique architectural types as "earth fort", which is the combination of square and circle, and simple in volume. It provides inspiration for designers to build a "round sky and place" in the local context.
- Project Duration
- The project started in November 2017 in Ningde and finished in September 2019 in Ningde.
- Operation Flow
- The designers built a group of spatial axes connecting the turning points between the geometric centers of the two buildings. One side is adjacent to the Carp Brook in the center of the historical village, one side leads to the Longteng Lake in the center of the new town, and the other side is facing the highest Xianfeng Mountain in Zhouning. The building is firmly anchored in the context of the city, quietly telling Zhouning's past, present and future.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Yue Xu, 2019.
- Team Members
- Yue Xu
Lvting Qu
Xiaoyun Qi
Chencheng Li
Qizun Cai
Feng Zhou - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Dachou Wang, Mermaid Town, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Dachou Wang, Mermaid Town, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Dachou Wang, Mermaid Town, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Dachou Wang, Mermaid Town, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Dachou Wang, Mermaid Town, 2019.
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