Gathering is the beginning of all civilized behaviors, and people’s gathering leads to the emergence of food, history and emotions. In Fuzhou, known as the “Rongcheng”, people used to gathering under trees and talking about various things and a village culture emerged along with nature. All contains deep emotions showing that it is difficult for urban life to take root. WATERFROM DESIGN responsible for Fuzhou Vanke Golden Field of International Reception Center, taking “gathering” as the main conceptual axis, is aimed to build a social field that plays a role in the emotional attachment of contemporary life. Here, people can stay naturally, gather and interact.
Article source: Beijing Shanhe Jinyuan Art Design Co., Ltd.
Qingyun Community——A return to natural living space
A long time living a caged life,
To nature now free to retire.
—Back to Pastoral Life, Yuan Ming Tao
Since the period of Wei and Jin dynasties in China, literati who has been in officialdom for a long time always has the fantasy of retirement and life in nature. Today, even though the hustle and bustle of the city blurs out the true meaning of life, the eagerness of Chinese literati to break away from the world has not diminished.
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.
Project: Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre (SCAC)
Location: Mawei New Town, Fuzhou, China
Photography: Marc Goodwin, Zhang Yong, Virgile Bertrand
Software used: Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, ODEON
Client: Fuzhou New Town Development Investment Group Co.,Ltd.
Lead Designers, Architecture and Interior: Pekka Salminen (chief designer), Martin Lukasczyk (project architect), Lai Linli (project manager)
Main Design Team: Li Wei (project coordinator), Guan Xiaojing (project manager), Yizhou Zhao, Masahide Nakane, Matti Kankkunen, Anna Blomqvist, Clara Juan, Uros Kostic, Antonio Barquinha, Martin Genet, Dou Jian
Team Members: Dragan Jevtic, Pauli Rikaniemi, Tuukka Päivärinne, Timo Kujala, Piercarlo Torri, Sami Lauritsalo, Yin Liang, Tuomas Pinomaa, Fan Yujing, Siiri Murtola, Beatriz Redondo, Jazz Fu, Tristan Hughes, Jarkko Salminen, Karla Diaz, Mia Bungers, Marcelo Diez
As the sales center of Unicity of Vanke in Fuzhou, WJ Design want to make a difference between City of Sky and traditional sales center. Instead of style, we pay more attention to the sense of life experience.
What is the true value of life? Leo Hu said，it is not just a style, but more a living experience.
Repression and Rebirth: A Christian Minority in a Typical Chinese City
When Fuzhou’s Huaxiang Church was built in 1938, its steeple was the only vertical structure emerging from an ocean of traditional Ming-style residences. Since then its congregation became witness of the radical transformations in city and society: From decades of urban deterioration to an unprecedented era of prosperity and development; from the complete suppression of religious activity during the Cultural Revolution to a miraculous ten-fold growth of the number of Christians in the years since. Today, the little building finds itself at the bottom of a veritable maze of shopping malls and office blocks. In dire need for additional space, the congregation decided to build a supporting community centre on a plot of land adjacent to the historical building.
Before working on this project, Mr. Xu has been thinking about the future development of restaurant, as well as new ideas of restaurant design. He wants to design a restaurant which gets rid of the stereotype and being innovative . In this case, Mr. Xu, as space magician, proves again there are new breakthroughs in blending nature into a restaurant.
Speaking of black, white, gray, there are always associated with “sexlessness”. Actually, it is a walking aphrodisiac. The condensation of black, pureness of white, coordination of gray, a deeper desire is hidden in the interaction of the three, making space like a cold and hot poem.
Intact nature: After three decades of accelerated urbanization, most cities in China are tormented by thick clouds of smog and the stench of polluted rivers. Not so Fuzhou: Enclosed by intact forests and infused with parks and green belts, the capital of Fujian Province maintains the best air quality amongst all major cities in the country. The water quality of the city’s Min River is good, allowing citizens to refresh themselves in its cool floods during summer.
Vanke Plaza Fuzhou departs from the defensive gated community model that has proliferated across China, opting instead to be part of City Life. John Curran Architects focus on ‘’Neighbourhood Building’’, and have designed and realised 700,000sqm of mixed use communities ‘’nested in their cities’’.
Fuzhou Wusibei Thaihot Plaza’s central location at WuSi Bei Dajie, Jinan District makes it Fuzhou’s most successful retail mall. Its design enhanced Thaihot’s brand as a forward thinking innovative retail developer. SPARK’s design entwines the plaza, the street and the mall interior into a continuous circulation route that transforms the building into a living entity full of movement and energy. 12-hour daytime retail activities are concentrated in a 7-level shopping mall from which routes to the rooftop are carved out. Here various activities such as full service dining and cinema effectively create 24-hour traffic-free streets and squares attracting visitors not only to shop but also enjoy as a new social and entertainment destination.
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