Ministry of Design

Vanke Triple V

Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks

VANKE TRIPLE V

 Ministry of Design

INTERIORS DESIGNERS
Ministry of Design

PHOTOGRAPHS
CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks

AREA
750.0 m²

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Tianjin, china

CATEGORY
Tourism, exhibition center

Text description provided by architect.

Designed as a permanent show gallery and tourist information center for China’s largest developer Vanke, MOD’s dramatic design for the TRIPLE V GALLERY has become an icon along the Dong Jiang Bay coastline.

Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks

Despite its obvious sculptural qualities, the building’s DNA evolved rationally from a careful analysis of key contextual & programmatic perimeters – resulting in the TRIPLE V GALLERY’S triangulated floor plan as well as the 3 soaring edges that have come to define its form.

The client’s program called for 3 main spaces: a tourist information center, a show gallery & a lounge for discussion.

Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks

Requiring their own entrances, the tourist center and the show gallery are orientated to separate existing pedestrian pathways and can be operated independently.

An extension of the show gallery, the lounge area is where discussions are conducted.

This space takes advantage of the panoramic views of the coastline and comprises a sculptural bar counter.

Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks

Tectonically, the building responds to the coastal setting and is finished in weather sensitive corten steel panels on its exterior and timber strips on the interior walls and ceiling for a more natural feel.

Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks


Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Vanke Triple V
© CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks


Vanke Triple V
ground floor plan
Vanke Triple V
drawing 01
Vanke Triple V
drawing 02

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