Windy Pavilion 觀景亭 by Zhubo Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

銀建築· 2023

Windy Pavilion 觀景亭

by Zhubo Design

Client: Zhubo Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Windy Pavilion 觀景亭

風亭係一座觀景廳，坐落喺群山環抱、面向湖泊嘅場地上。呢座單層建築佔地540平方米，樓高4米。混凝土殼體構成咗彎曲嘅屋頂同牆壁，厚度為200毫米，部分區域增厚至500毫米。三根樹形鋼柱支撐住最闊嘅懸挑部分。亭內設有小食吧、飲品檯、洗手間同休憩梯級。設計探索混凝土嘅柔軟質感，並將周圍景觀嘅精選景致框入眼簾。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Windy Pavilion 觀景亭是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Windy Pavilion 觀景亭將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Windy Pavilion 觀景亭是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Compared with building a landmark building, architects pay more attention to how to build a place that integrates with nature; This is different from traditional service-oriented buildings. Architects provide an open space where leisure or business activities can occur naturally; Different from the hard and cold image of concrete materials, they explored the softness of concrete materials in this project.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total land area: 714m2
Total construction area: 540m2
Volume rate: 0.76
Building height: 4m
Number of floors: 1
Tags: Rest, Sightseeing, Public Service, Zhubo Design, Open places
Production Technology: Mountain Sea Wind Hall adopts concrete shell structure; The thickness of the shell is 200 mm, and the gradual thickness of 200-500 mm is used locally. The project is an irregular curved structure, which is different from the conventional shell structure, and is between the flat plate and the arch shell; The area connected with the foundation is three corners&the middle area of one side,and the contact range is small, which brings some challenges to the structural design; Three tree-shaped steel columns are added in the area with large overhang and span height, adding a second line of defense for the stability of the overall structure.
Design Challenge: The difficulty of the project is how to integrate the rich landscape resources around the site into the building, make it a beautiful viewing container,provide people with a rest space, and also make itself a landscape.
Research: The project is located in an area with rich landscape resources. The design is based on the site and makes full use of the site resources to create a container for viewing. Mountain Sea Wind Hall integrates natural elements such as "Mountain and Sea Wind" into the architectural design, and the building itself is also a human landscape with beautiful curves.
Inspiration: The base is surrounded by mountains and there is a lake below. How to provide a container for viewing beautiful scenery becomes the inspiration of this case; The sea waves blown by the wind are abstractly solidified into continuous mountains. Mountain Sea Wind Hall is a purposely cut frozen fragment. The view from the inside of the project is also a purposely cut landscape. This is a container for viewing, a continuous space, providing shelter for people's body, spirit and vision.
Project Duration: The project started in 2020 and finished in 2022 in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Operation Flow: With concrete as the main material, Mountain Sea Wind Hall has a snack bar, a beverage table, a bathroom, and a rest step. It is a functional viewing space. The landscape seen from the inside of the "Mountain Sea Wind Hall" is a deliberately cut landscape. It is a container for viewing and a continuous space, providing shelter for people's body, spirit and vision.
Team Members: Project Chief: Feng Guochuan, Xiao Yebao
Project Executive Manager: He Xinyi
Architect: Quan Zhaoxia, Li Hongyi, Li Bin
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Kang Yu
Image #2: Photographer Kang Yu
Image #3: Photographer Kang Yu
Image #4: Photographer Kang Yu
Image #5: Photographer Kang Yu