Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑 by Wei Zhang and Kesuo Wu - gad

Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑 by Wei Zhang and Kesuo Wu - gad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

银建筑· 2022

Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑

by Wei Zhang and Kesuo Wu - gad

Client: Gad

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑

黄酒小镇接待厅是位于中国绍兴的一座三层建筑,建于原黄酒作坊旧址之上,原有的红砖烟囱得以保留。4.8米×4.8米×4.8米的立方体模数统领着平面布局与立面构成,使室内空间既可作为黄酒展示与体验馆、书店,日后亦可转变为餐厅。为兼顾建造速度与耐久性,建筑采用钢框架结构。立面以再生竹材饰面,竹材在工厂预制成L形构件。层层错落的体量形成面向大树江的屋顶露台。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Rice Wine Town Reception Room 展览建筑是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The original site was a workshop for producing rice wine, now its red brick chimney is preserved. In the early stage of the project, it will be used as Shaoxing Yellow Rice Wine Exhibition and Experience Hall, including yellow rice wine cultural experience exhibition, bookstore, flower shop and other functions. Later, it will be converted into a waterfront commercial building containing three restaurants and a bookstore.
Dimensions & Packaging: This basic modular unit is completely mapped to the form and facade of the building, and the repeated modular units form a unique architectural temperament. Adding another frame to the outer wall of the building allows the interior solid space to retreat and form a deep and layered facade. The awning, which refers to the removable Windows of Jiangnan folk houses, further increases the depth and layers of the facade.

Due to the functional transformation in different periods and the avoidance of large-scale civil construction, the division of architectural space must be flexible. Drawing on the strong functional adaptability of traditional wooden frame architecture and Domino architecture system, the scheme decided to take 4.8mx4.8mx4.8m cubic square as the basic module of the building. This module can simultaneously adapt to the plane and floor height requirements of basic space such as exhibition, shop, restaurant, toilet, elevator room, etc. A smaller span can also achieve higher indoor net height, and meet the requirements of exhibition experience and commercial operation.
Tags: Rice Wine Town, Exhibition, Experience Hall, Waterfront Commercial
Production Technology: Through the investigation and comparison of various materials, the facade decoration is made of recycled bamboo as the main material of the exterior wall: The recycled bamboo is made from original bamboo, which has the advantages of convenient materials, simple processing technology and environmental protection. The bamboo planks are preprocessed into L-shaped members in the factory, which reduces the on-site assembling workload and joint treatment, and improves the construction speed and the accuracy of on-site installation.
Design Challenge: The original plan was to adopt a wooden structure. In consideration of the tight cycle of the project and the fire prevention standards of large-scale wooden structure buildings, as well as the rainy climate in Jiangnan, the poor durability of wooden structure and high maintenance requirements in the later period, the wooden structure form was finally abandoned and the steel frame structure form was adopted which was more fast and controllable.
Research: Modular space and modular form are highly unified, bringing the maximum degree of rapid prefabrication and installation, but also fit the actual requirements of rapid construction and cost control. The original plan was to adopt a wooden structure. In consideration of the tight cycle of the project and the fire prevention standards of large-scale wooden structure buildings, as well as the rainy climate in Jiangnan, the poor durability of wooden structure and high maintenance requirements in the later period, the wooden structure form was finally abandoned and the steel frame structure form was adopted which was more fast and controllable.
Inspiration: The design makes full use of the landscape advantages of the site, the three-story building volume is stacked and retreated back from south to north, forming a number of roof terraces overlooking the Dashu River, creating more possibilities for the later use of the restaurant.
Drawing on the strong functional adaptability of traditional wooden frame architecture and Domino architecture system, the scheme decided to take 4.8mx4.8mx4.8m cubic square as the basic module of the building.
Project Duration: The project started in 12. 2020 in Shaoxing Of Zhejiang and finished in 09. 2021.
Operation Flow: The site is surrounded by a dense water network. In ancient times, it was the waterway of Shaoxing Grain transport, facing the Dashu River in the east, with good landscape conditions. The design makes full use of this advantage, the three-story building volume is stacked and retreated back from south to north, forming a number of roof terraces overlooking the Dashu River, creating more possibilities for the later use of the restaurant. On one side of the river, the ground floor exits to form a gray space facing the landscape. As the extension and transition of the interior space, the boundary between interior and exterior is blurred and softened, forming a direct connection with the water surface.
Team Members: Project Director: Wei Zhang
Project Creative: Kesuo Wu
Other Team Members: Yiran Wang
Xiaoyu Sun
Chenglong Ma
Hengyi Cai
Fangyuan Yang
Yuxin An
Structure: Dianyu Sun
Water Supply/ Drainage: Lian Zhang
Qi Huang
HVAC: Fangfang Li
Electrical: Guoping Chen
Interior: Interior Architecture Studio
Landscape: Guangzhou Guanji Landscape Co., Ltd.
Construction Drawing: gad
Curtain Wall: CLASSICAL DECORATION
Floodlight: bpi
Photography: Li Yao Studio
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Li Yao, main image, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Li Yao, The bird view, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Li Yao, The portion of architectural facade, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Li Yao, The view accross the river, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Li Yao, Perspective view of the building entrance, 2021.