Oro Architettura · 2020
Coast Whale Cappella
by Jinyu Zhang
- A' Design Award d'Oro 2020 in Architettura
- CLIENT: Zhang Jinyu
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 50,338
- Verification code BE24CC7E3C · Verify this award
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About Coast Whale Cappella
La forma bionica della balena divenne la lingua di questa cappella. Una balena arenata sulla costa dell'Islanda. Una persona può entrare nel suo corpo attraverso una coda di pesce bassa e sperimentare la prospettiva di una balena che guarda l'oceano, dove è più facile per gli esseri umani riflettere sull'incuria del degrado ambientale. La struttura portante cade sulla spiaggia per garantire il minimo danno all'ambiente naturale. Materiali naturali ed ecocompatibili fanno di questo progetto una meta turistica che richiede tutela ambientale.
About the A' Design Award d'Oro
Coast Whale Cappella ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Oro, un riconoscimento immensamente prestigioso conferito a design di primissima qualità, meravigliosi e straordinari. I vincitori d'Oro sono creazioni estremamente innovative, visionarie e di un fascino abbagliante che riflettono il genio, la saggezza e l'abilità dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Coast Whale Cappella sia un'invenzione molto elogiata, all'avanguardia e monumentale che offre un valore senza precedenti. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Oro è un progetto spettacolare e rispettato che giova grandemente ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Coast Whale Cappella crea intensi sentimenti di desiderio, risveglia la passione, incoraggia la creatività e ci affascina.
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- Unique Properties
- As a temporary and yet to be completed project, the supporting structure falls on the beach to ensure minimal damage to the natural environment. The black wood echoes the traditional way of Iceland. Natural and environmentally friendly materials make this project a tourist destination that calls for environmental protection and saves whales. The church used dark natural light as much as possible to direct the sight to the ocean. Here you can admire Iceland's most famous black beach.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 20m x 8m x 11m
- Tags
- Contemporary Architecture, Chapel, Sacred Architecture, Concrete, Atmosphere
- Production Technology
- wood，steel, glass, and marble
- Design Challenge
- There is only a strong adaptive solution. You can see very good built environment and important indicators to attract tourists.
- Research
- The building is closely related to the site, regardless of the form and construction of the whale. The adjustable nodes are adapted to the geological conditions of the beach and can even be temporarily moved according to the extreme weather in Iceland. This house is like a swimming whale that can change the floor height according to the tide of the season.
- Inspiration
- The ocean and the fate of humanity have been linked from a very early age. As a higher life form on land and sea, human's longing for whale has always existed in the heart. The bionic form of the whale became the language of this chapel. A whale stranded on the coast of Iceland. A person can enter its body through a low fishtail and experience the perspective of a whale looking at the ocean. The waves and the inner voice meet here. In such a space, it is easier for humans to reflect on the neglect of environmental degradation.
- Project Duration
- This project was developed in Porto, Portugal, during a period of 3 months, from December 2019 to January 2020. The location planned for the project to be implemented was in Iceland.
- Operation Flow
- What is the most important thing about landscape architecture? The possible answer is respect and integration with the environment. The concept of expressing chapel in a bionic whale response to this topic. Tourism has caused irreversible damage to Iceland's natural environment. While watching the scenery, tourists can also feel the noble place of other life in such a narrow space. It will not be limited by the scale of the project and has profound and long-term significance.
