Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter af Haisheng Xu

Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter af Haisheng Xu er en højt anset vinder af den meget prestigefyldte 2026 A' Design Award i Bronze i konkurrencekategorien Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign.

BronzeArkitektur· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter

af Haisheng Xu

Klient: Studio 0

Vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze i kategorien Arkitektur

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Om Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter

Volcano Visitor Center er et besøgscenter i Island, der formidler geologisk, historisk og kulturel viden om islandske vulkaner. Bygningen dækker 7.300 kvadratfod og er indpasset i det vulkanske terræn, hvor underjordiske rum forbindes med et skulpturelt tagslandskab. Materialepaletten er enkel og består af beton, metal og glas samt et grønt tag designet til at understøtte lokale planter. Parametriske designværktøjer har formet den buede form, samtidig med at en rationel geometri er bevaret. Cirkulationen leder de besøgende til at opleve horisonten, landskabet og naturen.

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Om A' Design Award i Bronze

Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Volcano Visitor Center Besøgscenter tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.

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Credits, teammedlemmer og tekniske detaljer leveret af designeren.

Unikke Egenskaber: Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
Dimensioner & Emballage: 7,300 square feet.
Tags: Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Produktionsteknologi: The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
Designudfordring: The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
Forskning: The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
Inspiration: Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
Projektvarighed: 2025, Iceland
Driftsflow: The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
Teammedlemmer: Haisheng Xu