Argento Architettura · 2018
Shui Cultural Center Centro Culturale
by West-line Studio - Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2018 in Architettura
- CLIENT: West-line Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 21,353
- Verification code 3F026F3332 · Verify this award
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About Shui Cultural Center Centro Culturale
Situato in Cina, nella provincia meridionale del Guizhou, il Centro Culturale Shui è una porta d'accesso alla Contea di Sandu, la terra della minoranza etnica Shui. L'obiettivo dello studio West-line con questo edificio era quello di trasformare gli elementi rituali e l'atmosfera dello Shui in uno spazio pubblico. Una sottile pelle di bronzo crea un contrasto con la pesante struttura in cemento, rompendo la luce del sole per creare un effetto drammatico una volta all'interno. Superata la piazza sull'acqua aperta, il Centro Culturale presenta una successione di tre spazi, fortemente caratterizzati dai tetti a falde, che evocano il pittogramma della montagna di Shui.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
Shui Cultural Center Centro Culturale ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Shui Cultural Center Centro Culturale sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Shui Cultural Center Centro Culturale è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
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- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area surface: 13,808.04 sqm
Building surface: 4,223.59 sqm
Building max height: 23 m
Tower height: 30 m - Tags
- China, Guizhou Province, West-line studio, Cultural Center, Shui Minority, Concrete Architecture, Chinese Architecture, Pitched Roof, Concrete, Bronze
- Production 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 - Design 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.
- 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 - 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.
- Project Duration
- Design: June 2016 - October 2016
Location: Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
Construction: October 2016 - November 2017
Location: Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China - Operation Flow
- 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.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to West-line Studio, 2017.
- Image Credits
- Photo: Jingsong Xie, Jinda Zheng
