Gold Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2024
The Crystal Clubhouse Community Shared Space
by Kris Lin
- A' Design Award 2024 Gold Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Kris Lin International Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 139,516
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About The Crystal Clubhouse Community Shared Space
The Crystal Clubhouse is a community shared space designed to encourage interaction among neighbors. The building covers 1500 square meters on three floors. The ground floor holds a reception and a tea club, the second floor a reading bar, a yoga room and a gym, and the third floor a sunlit pool for family activities. The design is inspired by crystal and uses high-transmittance low-emissivity glass with custom deep white glass and dark gray anodized aluminum panels. The transparent facade makes the clubhouse look light and open.
This distinguished work of contemporary architecture, The Crystal Clubhouse Community Shared Space by Kris Lin, exemplifies the current dialogue between geometric formal experimentation and humanistic spatial design that characterizes the most thoughtful community-oriented architecture of the present moment. The structure appears to engage with crystallographic morphology, its upper volume suggesting the precise faceting of a mineral formation translated into habitable space through expansive glazing and precise geometric articulation. Lin seems to explore the tension between gravitational logic and visual weightlessness, achieving through the dramatic cantilever a sense of suspended animation that invites contemplation of structural possibility. The material palette demonstrates considerable sophistication, juxtaposing the transparency and reflectivity of glass curtain wall systems against more solid, grounded elements, creating a phenomenological dialogue between openness and enclosure. The integration of landscape elements reveals sensitivity to the experiential approach sequence, where curved pathways, contemplative water features, and carefully positioned mature trees establish a procession from public realm to architectural threshold. The chromatic interplay between warm interior illumination and the cool twilight atmosphere may reference longstanding architectural traditions of the building as lantern, a beacon of communal gathering and shared experience. One might observe how the horizontal stratification of the composition creates distinct registers of visual experience, from the solid base through the glazed middle ground to the crystalline crown. The work invites consideration of how contemporary community architecture might balance spectacle with intimacy, technological expression with human comfort, achieving spaces that elevate collective experience while remaining welcoming to individual contemplation.
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- Unique Properties
- 1.Function:
Create a community shared club to enhance interaction among people, thus featuring spaces like a tea club, shared book bar, sunlit pool, gym, and yoga room.
2.Purpose:
To deepen parent-child communication through the establishment of interactive spaces;
To build a community shared space centered on physical health;
To strengthen neighborhood ties and foster interactions between families.
3.Approach:
Integrated creation of architecture, interior design, and soft furnishings. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The club covers 1500 sqm over three floors: a ground-floor reception and tea club for casual chats, a second-floor reading bar, yoga room, and gym for wellness, and a third-floor sunlit pool for family activities. It enhances neighborhood bonds through thoughtful design and diverse facilities.
- Tags
- Architectural Design , Community Shared Clubhouse , Integrated Design of Architecture, Landscape, Interior, and Soft Decoration
- Production Technology
- To ensure the building's transparency, the ground floor uses high-transmittance low-emissivity glass, combined with custom deep white glass and dark gray anodized aluminum panels. This adds richness to the building's facade, making the overall visual effect appear light and as if floating in mid-air from a distance.
- Design Challenge
- Challenge: Designing a transparent, lightweight glass building without compromising structural strength.
Solution:
High-Performance Glass: Use Low-E glass for both transparency and safety.
Hidden Structure: Embed load-bearing structures or use slim steel frames for a minimal look.
Glass Curtain Walls: Employ non-load-bearing glass walls for an exterior that balances clarity - Project Duration
- The project started its design phase in Shanghai, China, in October 2022 and was completed in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, in June 2023.
- Operation Flow
- Imagine a community center crafted from transparent glass, inspired by the bright and transparent qualities of crystal. It aims to break down the sense of enclosure in architecture through open and vibrant spaces.
Facilities include a tea house, a shared library bar, a sunlit swimming pool, among others, fostering healthy living and strengthening community connections.
The design offers a versatile activity center that strengthens both internal and external connections. - Research
- The integrated design creates a multifunctional community center that merges indoor and outdoor spaces, using glass to foster light and connectivity, blending activities and landscapes for a cohesive, open yet private setting.
This design not only allows residents to enjoy natural light and beautiful scenery but also fosters neighborhood interaction, strengthening community cohesion. - Inspiration
- Concept: Crystal
Inspired by "crystal," the goal is to create a light, transparent glass structure, aiming to break away from the closed-off feel of traditional buildings. Utilizing the refractive qualities of crystal to design multifaceted surfaces, the concept enhances the transparency and openness of the space, showcasing the lively activities of people within the glass architecture, and fostering a bustling, harmonious atmosphere. - Image Credits
- Image #1—#5: Photographer Cheng Ming
- Patents
- Kris Lin International Design