AZL Architects 张雷联合建筑事务所

Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li

ZHENGDONG DISTRICT URBAN PLANNING EXHIBITION HALL

AZL Architects

ARCHITECTS
AZL Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yao Li

AREA
8450 m²

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Zhengzhou, China

CATEGORY
Exhibition Center

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Public places embodying shared cultural values and ideals have the opportunity to become the most important activity and urban life centers in cities.

Contrary to the iconic architecture and closed façades ubiquitous in China, AZL architects feel public buildings need to present an openness and give back to the urban context, especially in the case of the Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.

Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li

Unlike other symbolic public buildings usually located in city centers, the Zhengdong Exhibition Hall is in the southwest of corner, adjacent to a school to the north and east.

The site is quite compact, with a total floor area of the project of 8,450 sqm.

The south and east façades of the building are open at ground level.

Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li

A large ramp creates the main entrance, which directs public circulation vertically through several entrance spaces and multilevel courtyards, and eventually to the roof terrace.

The privacy of the internal exhibition galleries contrast with the transparency of the public corridors, as they are positively intertwined. External surfaces are clad in 300mm glass louvres splayed at angles of 0, 45, and 90 degrees based on program requirements.

Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li

The angles provide for constantly changing sight lines, degrees of transparency and refraction, the creation of motion. The effect is a pure cubic volume.


Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li
Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
© Yao Li


Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Zhengdong District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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