London Design Platinum

2023

ONE COLLEGE

Entrant Company

HZS

Category

Architectural Design - Public Spaces

Client's Name

Audrey Henderson

Country / Region

China

In the context dominated by nature, the smooth and graceful curves serve as the guiding principle for the entire site, shaping the overall form of the building.

The architecture faces the winding Pearl River with a spiraling posture. It serves as a place to admire the river's surface and becomes a scene where the mountain and the river blend together. Starting from a single point and line, extending endlessly, the design discards ostentatious decorations and conceals complex and intricate structures. Instead, it uses simple geometric forms to construct the spatial order, reshaping the art of geometric space and extending the radius of future living.

The unconventional shape of the building presents significant challenges in construction. Through modular approaches, the design controls the structural framework and detailed components, ensuring high-quality construction.

The three fundamental curves that define the building's silhouette are composed of intersecting arcs. The structural columns are evenly distributed at the dividing points and endpoints of each arc, ensuring a high degree of unity between the main structure and the architectural form, achieving consistency between the interior and exterior spaces.

The curved beams maintain the basic form of the building's circular surface. Guided by precise digital modeling, a series of components undergo twisting, bending, and gradual changes to accurately reproduce the original curve intention of the design.

The architectural materials primarily consist of silver-gray aluminum panels and ultra-clear glass, enhancing the modern and technological feel of the building.

Curves are used to express the flow of space and thoughts, creating diverse works from multiple perspectives. With the organization of dynamic lines, the internal space is layered, maximizing the introduction of external river views and mountain scenery, creating a spatial experience of traversing and gazing between mountains and rivers.

Fluidity serves as the most important design logic, permeating the architectural form, spatial experience, and structural materials. When night falls, the white curved curtain wall undergoes subtle changes with the natural light, reflecting in the glistening river and harmonizing with the undulating mountains, integrating the building into the site and environment.

Credits

Lead Architect
Xiaoqiong Hu 胡晓琼
Lead Architect
Xiongliang Du 杜雄亮
Architect
Miaomiao Gao 高苗苗
Architect
Wei Song 宋伟
Architect
Wenhao Hu 胡文豪
Architect
Zhifei Shang 尚志飞
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