Snail Bay 城市展覽館 by Kris Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

金建築· 2020

Snail Bay 城市展覽館

by Kris Lin

Client: Junfa Group

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Snail Bay 城市展覽館

螺螄灣係位於中國昆明嘅一座城市展覽館，透過舊建築嘅改造同再利用而建成。展覽館佔地6800平方米，展示螺螄灣地區未來嘅發展。外牆被拆除，同時保留咗原有嘅結構同空間格局。大型玻璃幕牆面向自然景觀，令室內視野變得開揚。湖水被引入建築物內，規則嘅水池同湖面喺視覺上互相重疊。一條廊道連接住室內同室外空間。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Snail Bay 城市展覽館是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Snail Bay 城市展覽館將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Snail Bay 城市展覽館激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Reuse of old buildings
This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
Dimensions & Packaging: 6800sqm
Tags: Reuse of old buildings, urban renewal, Integration of indoor and outdoor, four dimensional integrated design, city exhibition hall,
Production Technology: Space is the essence of architecture. The designers’ strategy is to remove the external wall, dig its internal spatial memory and value, and endow it with proper temperament, while preserving its structure and spatial pattern. Under the requisite of maintaining the architecture function, a large area glass curtain wall is used on the side facing the natural landscape, which makes the indoor space vision completely open.
Design Challenge: Reuse of old buildings
This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
Research: The project is located in Kunming, it is also known as Flower City and Spring City. It is one of the most habitable cities in China.This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government-led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay.
Inspiration: Integration of indoor and outdoor
The project base is adjacent to Central Lake Park and has excellent natural landscape resources. Designers carried out a four dimensional integrated design from architecture, landscape, interior to soft decoration.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2018 in Kunming,China and finished in March 2019 in Kunming,China, and was exhibited in Kunming,China in March 2019.
Operation Flow: The lake water is introduced into the building, and the regular pool and the natural lake surface form the visual effect of overlapping. The corridor connects the indoor and outdoor space, and at the same time breaks the monotonous water surface space, which enriches the landscape level of the pool. The openness and naturalness of the space create a flow between indoor and outdoor.
Team Members: Kris Lin, Jiayu Yang
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019