Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心 by Aico

Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心 by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 白金獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

白金建築· 2021

Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心

by Aico

Client: Jinmao

A' Design Award 白金獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心

青島創新科技園係位於中國青島嘅一座遊客中心。建築總建築面積達4,836平方米，高度為16.92米，共有三層。起伏嘅屋頂同地面設計令人聯想起海浪，兩個平面延伸至玻璃幕牆之外，將室內同室外空間連繫起嚟。宏偉嘅大階梯由地面拾級而上，通往會議室同科學中心。大跨度嘅木飾面天花令室內空間充滿溫暖嘅氛圍。綠色科技方面包括薄膜太陽能板、熱回收系統同節水裝置。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 白金獎

Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。Qingdao Innovative Technology Park 遊客中心是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Qingdao West Coast Innovative Technology Park is part of the new town development centered around the Qingdao West High Speed Rail Station. It consists of 110,000 square meters of office space and a visitor center of 5,000 square meters. The Visitor Center showcases the concepts of “green, health, smart”. It includes a science center by Sinochem Group, an exhibition hall featuring the master plan of the new town development, conference rooms, dining facilities and a coffee bar.
Dimensions & Packaging: The total GFA for the Visitor Centre is 4836 sqm, land area is 22190 sqm. The building height is 16.92m and three floors.
Tags: Exhibition, Qingdao, Between the Waves, coastal landscape, dialogue between the Roof and the Ground
Production Technology: The Visitor Center employs a number of green building technologies, such as electronic intelligent control system, CdTe thin film solar photovoltaic integrated panels, high efficiency frequency conversion multi line system, fresh air heat recovery system, efficient water-saving appliances, ionic waterfall system, negative ion spray that is integrated with outdoor railings, etc. The building is currently in the process of getting certifications for HQE, Health Building 2-Star, and Construction 21.
Design Challenge: The project design is highly focused on the combination of function and standard, emotion and experience, as wells as becoming an environmentally-friendly system for the city. The challenge is from technique part. How to make the wave shape come true is for architect and engineer to think. Meanwhile, large spans of wood for creating special space feeling is difficult for structure. After that, Visitor Center needs to achieve environmental standard by using solar panel.
Research: During the high development of urbanization, one of the most important responsibilities of architect is to respect local culture and nature environment of the seaside city, and at the same time to communicate with the central landscape axis on the east side around the base and the urban main road to improve the urban space and environment. Qingdao is nearby the sea. During the design process, architect considered how to combine wave onto the façade.
Inspiration: Qingdao is a city with expansive long sea shores. The design of the Visitor Center tries to capture the spirit of the ‘sea waves’, with undulating roof surfaces and ground surfaces. In between the roof and the ground, the space expands and flows with a dynamic energy akin to ‘surfing’ in the waves. The roof and ground planes of the building overhang out of the glass curtain wall, extending the interior space out to the exterior city space.
Project Duration: The project located on West Dongyue Rd, Huangdao Dist., Qingdao, China, which has been completed in 2020.
Operation Flow: The steps grow out of the ground and is the ‘event generator’ of the place. The roof curves down and touches the ground on the north of the grand steps, and the interior surface of the roof bulges into the space, reinforcing the flow of the space. The first floor area behind the grand steps are meeting rooms and the Sinochem Science Center. Here the space warps up in continuous curves. Large spans of wood veneer ceiling give the interior space a warm feeling.
Team Members: Rudan Ye
Jun Zhang
Chen Li
Yapeng Huang
Wenjun Xiao
Ming Liu
Cheng Yang
Image Credits: Image#1: Arch-Exist
Image#2: Arch-Exist
Image#3: Arch-Exist
Image#4: Arch-Exist
Image#5: Yan Zheng