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Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch by Zhubo Design Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Zhubo Design acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch by Zhubo Design, designed for Bureau Of Public Works Of Shenzhen Municipality Engineering Design Management Center. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch
Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch is a cultural building located in the centre of a large urban park. The building is half buried beneath a gently rising green space, so the park is preserved and more greenery remains visible. More than 74 percent of the floor area is placed underground, and open routes allow visitors to cross the park and to move freely between indoor and outdoor spaces. Functions include a book city, a folk museum, shops and a multi-functional hall. Green roofs and shading panels reduce energy use.
About Zhubo Design
Founded in 1996, Zhubo Design is mainly engaged in architectural design and relevant design and consulting services ranging from architectural design to urban planning, landscape design, interior design, etc., and is committed to the comprehensive development of the industrial chain of design and architectural technologies. After more than 20 years of development, we have expanded design services including prefabricated architecture, BIM technology, green building, sponge city, intelligent building andrelevant consulting services.
Award Record
This recognition makes Zhubo Design a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2021 - 2022 and the 2023 - 2024 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/156194
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/156194
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!156194
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/326387
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://shorturl.asia/sF2Mx
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch
- Function
- Bay Area Branch
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Light Slate Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bureau Of Public Works Of Shenzhen Municipality Engineering Design Management Center
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhubo Design
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #156194
Credits
- Team
- Wang Ruiqi, Wang Zijia, Zhang Tao, Huang Jiongming, Zhang Zhilin and Feng Guochuan, Guan Tong, Chen Gongchao, Liu Yixin, Zhang Chunliang, Deng Hua, Xiao Yebao, Yang Sihui, Ye Jingliu
- Image Credits
- Green Snail
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Integration of architecture and landscape. The project realizes the placement of the building while maintaining the park, half-burying the building under the gently lifting green space, creating a park that slopes towards the central axis, which allows more greenery to be seen and shades the cluttered streetscape across the road. The design contemplates the relationship between architecture, the city and nature, where the building is the city and the city is packed into nature.
- Inspiration
- Generating architecture from urban relations. Located between the subway station and many public buildings, the bookstore integrates the public access and the internal functional flow, which is a building penetrated by the city, blurring the boundary between the building and the city. The circular volume rising from the center of the sloping park and the rectangular volume of the public building across the street form the composition of the "circle of heaven and earth" in Chinese culture.
- Research
- Architecture is city, city is architecture As a new model of New Generation Book City, the building itself is built as a city, trying to lead people to rethink the relationship between culture and life. Making culture in the place where the city and nature blend Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch is located in the center of the Central Park. In this urban public space with superior natural environment. we integrate culture into it.
- Challenge
- Leaving the building open. The strategy of opening up the building allows people to walk through the park without interrupting their route. More than 74% of the building area is underground, and the open design connects the ground and the floor, allowing the experience of walking through the bookstore to be freely switched between indoors and outdoors. The all-weather urban corridor makes the building more than just a bookstore: nature, city and architecture are intertwined here.
- Realization and Technology
- Passive green building. Suspended, elevated, green roofs, above ground landscaping paired with underground construction are designed to reduce energy consumption. Materials that match the function. The west elevation adopts curved materials, which is conducive to enhancing the mechanical properties of the materials, narrowing the curtain wall components and creating a lightweight effect. The east elevation uses translucent aluminum panels that resemble ocean waves to provide shade for the building.
- Operation and Interaction
- Immersive cultural experience in Qushuiliushang The paths are connected in the form of Qushuiliushang, and the staircases and ramps are like mountains of books and ribbons of jade, forming a multifaceted and interesting public space. The functions of the building include book city, folk museum, commercial, multi-functional hall and creative culture, etc. The building becomes a part of the city as a collection of various functions.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2018 in Shenzhen and finished in 2025.
- Specifications
- Total land area: 65902.45 square metre; Total construction area: 131147.8 square metre; Volume rate: 1.15; Building height: 12M; Number of floors: 2 underground floors, 2 aboveground floors
- Keywords
- Open Space, Integration of Architecture and Landscape, Green Building, Open-plan Design
