Press Release
Shui Cultural Center Cultural Center by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Shui Cultural Center Cultural Center by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie, designed for West-line Studio, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Shui Cultural Center Cultural Center
Located in China in Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui ethnic minority. West-line studio’s goal with this building was to turn the Shui’s ritual elements and atmosphere into a public space. A thin bronze skin creates a contrast with the heavy concrete structure, breaking the sunlight to create a dramatic effect once inside. After visitors pass the open water square the Cultural Center presents a succession of three spaces, strongly characterized by pitched roofs, which evoke the Shui’s mountain pictogram.
Award Record
This recognition makes West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/63723
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/63723
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!63723
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/218281
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.china-west-line.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shui Cultural Center Cultural Center
- Function
- Cultural Center
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Black, Gray, Light Steel Blue, White Smoke and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- West-line Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #63723
Credits
- Team
- Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie, Yudan Luo, Haobo Wei, Minghua Ou, Martina Muratori, Yuanping Li, Xiaoqiang Yang, Hongbo Shi, Lanyu Xu, Danjing Zhong, Zhili Yin, Jing Shi, Yulan Xu and Martina Muratori, Jinda Zheng
- Image Credits
- Photo: Jingsong Xie, Jinda Zheng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Located in the Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui. It includes three main stripes, combining all the functions of the tourist-cultural center. With its iconic and distinct shape, it stands as an homage to the local culture and traditional architecture. The Shui culture is evoked using particular materials and shapes and recreating a ritual space, able to lead visitors into Shui’s ancestral world.
- Inspiration
- The Cultural Center is inspired by Shui minority sacrificial rites, where bronze drums and altars are regarded as symbols of power. The architecture also evokes Shui unique pictograms. From the outside, with its water square, it stands as an open memorial place. While inside visitors are immerged into an introverted ritual atmosphere.
- Research
- The project focuses and researches on these main aspects: 1. Regional Connection: local peak-cluster landform 2. Public Life: contemporary public life model of Shui minority group in China 3. Ritual Atmosphere: bronze drums and altars used in Shui’s sacrifices 4. Lighting Atmosphere: filter Shui’s unique pictograms 5. Construction: handcrafted + industrial materials
- Challenge
- The main challenge has been to turn those typical and ritual elements of Shui minority’s culture, together with the whole scenario they used to create during Bronze Age traditional rites, into a contemporary public space.
- Realization and Technology
- 1. Fair-faced Concrete: strongly marked by a wooden pattern, given by the pine quarterdecks 2. Copper Steel Plates: twelve industrial processes recreate the peculiar texture of the bronze used in Shui minority’s ancient rituals 3. Colorful Transparent Glass: Shui Characters, mainly used during ceremonies and sacrifices, are printed on colored glasses, filtering the light and evoking a ritual atmosphere
- Operation and Interaction
- The building guides visitors step by step into Shui’s ritual world. Starting from the open water memorial square, behind which the building shines with its bronze perforated skin which remembers sacrificial altars. To the interiors strongly characterized by the sharp pitched roof, which aims to recreate an intimate dramatic atmosphere.
- Project Duration and Location
- Design: June 2016 - October 2016 Location: Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China Construction: October 2016 - November 2017 Location: Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China
- Specifications
- Area surface: 13,808.04 sqm Building surface: 4,223.59 sqm Building max height: 23 m Tower height: 30 m
- Keywords
- China, Guizhou Province, West-line studio, Cultural Center, Shui Minority, Concrete Architecture, Chinese Architecture, Pitched Roof, Concrete, Bronze
