Kirin Island 会展中心 by Zhubo Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

银建筑· 2023

Kirin Island 会展中心

by Zhubo Design

Client: Zhubo Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Kirin Island 会展中心

麒麟岛是位于中国山东省济宁市的一座会展中心。该建筑为某产业园区的一期工程。中心在前期用于规划展示与招商引资，后期将转变为与周边公共空间相衔接的城市展览馆。设计遵循天圆地方的理念，以方形建筑体量围合出圆形庭院。采用跨度18.6米的框架—剪力墙结构，营造出无柱的室内空间。南北两侧10.3米的悬挑形成半室外区域。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Kirin Island 会展中心是 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Kirin Island 会展中心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。Kirin Island 会展中心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

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

Unique Properties: The project is the first phase of Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Industrial Park of Jining High-tech District, which will be used for planning exhibition and investment promotion of the industrial park in early stage, and transformed to be an urban exhibition hall integrated into the surrounding public space in later stage. Put forward six design concepts:" Round and Square, Axial Symmetry, A Floating Box, Kylin-Like Exterior, Integration of space and Beyond the Bounds".
Dimensions & Packaging: Total land area: 7234.47m2
Gross floor area: 3920.01m2
Floor area ratio: 1.85
Height: 16.6m
Floors: 3 (3 above the ground and 0 underground)
Tags: Public service buildings, Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, Round and Square, Axial Symmetry, A Floating Box, Kylin-Like Exterior, Integration of space, Beyond the Bounds
Production Technology: The building is a frame-shear wall structure,with a north-south overhang of 10.3m and a span of 18.6m between the two traffic cores in the middle. The long-span structure realizes a pillar-less indoor space and creates a broad and through overall space. The far-reaching overhangs on the north and south sides create a semi-outdoor activity space for the public.
Design Challenge: The building is a frame-shear wall structure, with a north-south overhang of 10.3m and a span of 18.6m between the two traffic cores in the middle. The design and construction of large span concrete structures need to overcome many design difficulties and innovative implementation. Local culture is integrated into the design. Other decorative elements are excluded except Kirin scales to emphasize simpleness of the facade and material texture. The curtain wall design needs to solve many technical problems of oblique support and division.
Research: The project is located in Jining, Shandong Province, occupying a superior geographical location surrounded by residential and commercial office areas with complete transportation and supporting facilities. To make full use of street corners and surrounding resources, the build is designed to be a cuboid from the macro perspective of urban design, and realizes good orientation and visibility at all interfaces through lifting, twisting, protruding, retreating and overhanging.
Inspiration: The design of the project focuses on the culture of Jining, the Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the City of the Grand Canal, and reinterprets traditional regional elements by modern techniques to create a modern and simple architectural form with regional characteristics.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2020 and finished in October 2021 in Jining City, Shandong Province, China.
Operation Flow: The design is based on the relationship between "round sky and square earth" to create a "square" building with a "round" courtyard to achieve a pure and quiet atmosphere. The project realized regional expression with modern formal language, restrained structure, space and materials, and rebuilt the relationship between tradition, nature, architecture and human. It has become a focal point of the region, and the first business card of Kylin Island of Jining High-tech District.
Team Members: Project Director: Yang Weizhong,
Project Managers: Wang Qi, Liu Wubin, Wang Yonggang，
Project Team: Pang Zhenfei, Wei Bo, Li Tao, Li Yingwei, Lai Shengqi, Xia Chong, Ouyang Jie, Chen Xiaojun, Wang Yijie, Li Shanwei, Huang Jian, Qiao Xin
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