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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre (SCAC) in China by PES-Architects Ltd.January 16th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: PES-Architects Ltd. In 2013, the Fuzhou Government hosted an international invited competition for the Strait Culture and Art Centre with the goal of strengthening the cultural image of the city and the Mawei New Town development area. PES-Architects’ winning proposal aims to offer an extraordinary experience for ordinary users by creating a new type of “cultural shopping mall”. The cultural programmes of the Centre are complemented with commercial and family-oriented entertainment services to create a modern hybrid complex. This format is typical of the new phase of cultural building in China.  Facade, Image Courtesy © Zhang Yong
 Five jasmine petals, Image Courtesy © Zhang Yong Located in Mawei New Town, facing the Minjiang River, the Strait Culture and Arts Centre is about connections. It connects cities and communities along and over the Taiwan Strait. It connects the Fuzhou Mawei New City Development and its waterways to the Minjiang River and the natural environment. And, finally, it connects people to culture. The design takes inspiration from the petals of a jasmine blossom, the city flower of Fuzhou. The flower is manifested in the formal language and colour of the architecture. The five jasmine petal venues — opera house, concert hall, multi-functional theatre, art exhibition hall and cinema centre — are linked by a Cultural Concourse and a large roof terrace. The roof terrace is accessible via two ramps from the Jasmine Gardens as well as from the Central Jasmine Plaza, providing a seamless connection from the complex to the riverfront of the Minjiang River. On the underground level, a “shopping river” is located along the Liangcuo flood river to connect the landscape to the interiors, as well as providing a connection between the metro station and the Centre.  River portrait, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Birdseye, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin Dividing the large complex into smaller units gives the Centre a more human scale and makes it easy for users to navigate both indoors and outdoors. Each building has a core area — a semi-public, curved gallery that follows the curvature of the main façade — that integrates the public interior space with the landscape of the Jasmine Gardens around the building and further with the Mahangzhou island natural reserve in front of the Centre.  Ceramic facades, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Facade closeup, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin Ceramics Ceramic is used as the project’s main material due to its significance in the historical context of the maritime Silk Road trade connection between China and the rest of the world. PES-Architects worked with Taiwanese ceramic artist Samuel Hsuan-yu Shih to design the artistic ceramic interior for two main auditoriums according to acoustical demands, using the legendary “China White” material and new technology. All façades are clad with white ceramic tiles and louvres, while both the opera hall and concert hall showcase this cultural material in innovative and creative ways in the acoustic wall surface.  Concourse lobby, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Curved gallery venue entrance, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin The interior surfaces of the opera hall and concert hall are clad with topographical ceramic panels. Based on extensive studies carried out with the acousticians, two types of acoustic panels were developed: an engraved panel and a mosaic tile panel. Both panels are adaptable to the topographical surfaces that are required to achieve high quality acoustics, as well as the visual language of the design. The main façade ceramic louvre section is lens-shaped, relating to the form used in the massing of the buildings. This also maximizes the shading capacity of the vast glass façade. The distance and angle of the louvres has also been studied with the help of complex scripting in order to achieve the optimal angle and distance between the louvres.  Multifunctional-hall, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Concert hall, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Concert hall frontal, Image Courtesy © Virgile Bertrand  Opera hall, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Opera hall balcony, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Concert hall elevation, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Multifunctional-hall-elevation, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Concert hall balconies, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Opera hall entrance, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Opera hall VIP balcony, Image Courtesy © Marc Goodwin  Curved gallery and stair, Image Courtesy © Zhang Yong  Venue foyer stairs, Image Courtesy © Zhang Yong  Opera hall model photo, Image Courtesy © Martin-Lukasczyk  Study model 1b, Image Courtesy © Martin-Lukasczyk  Elevations, Image Courtesy © PES-Architects Ltd.  Section opera hall, Image Courtesy © PES-Architects Ltd.  Plan multipurpose hall, Image Courtesy © PES-Architects Ltd.
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Categories: Art Center, Cinema, Concert hall, Cultural Center, Exhibition gallery, Garden, Grasshopper, Lobby, Multipurpose Hall, Opera House, public spaces, Rhinoceros, Terrace |
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