Roadshow Art Center of Tianfu
ROADSHOW ART CENTER OF TIANFU
TEKTONN ARCHITECTS
ARCHITECTS
Tektonn Architects
CONSTRUCTION DRAWING
Cswadi
DESIGN TEAM
Yan Ni, Wenmu Tian, Wentao Zhu
CLIENT
Chengdu Tianfu Investments Group
LEAD ARCHITECT
Xiang Wang
ENGINEERING
I-structure
LANDSCAPE DESGIN
Cswadi
YEAR
2022
LOCATION
Chengdu, China
CATEGORY
Exhibition Center
Text description provided by architect.
Located in the heart of TFNA, the Roadshow Centre on the shores of Xinglong Lake serves as a window to the TFNA's cultural, artistic, and technological innovation heights, and because of its proximity to the lake and its long-range urban iconic character, the design demands more systematic thinking of spaces, morphologies, and relationship to the environment.
The design tries to integrate into the lakeside park, adopting a modest, supportive stance on the side adjacent to the city, providing a belvedere for visitors to climb up, while the side facing the lake hovers to form a diverse and pleasant waterfront space.
The simple form of the building, with its rough sense of materiality, is seen from afar as if a beast in the lake suddenly leaped out of the water, frozen in a moment of unique symbolism and expression into the environment.
The façade forms a wave grille on the outside of the building, with the same texture of the local rough stone.
This semi-transparent screen both reduces direct sunlight during the day and creates a changing architectural expression at night.
This permeability of the façade creates a continuation between the external and internal spaces: the structure, the form of the ceiling, and the changing lights and the shades create a sense of gradual sequence and a strong sense of direction facing the lake.
The landscape toward the lake, with a distance of 2km, acts as an urban backdrop to the interior spaces.
It gives a unique spatial quality to this large, column-free space directly on the water and provides the public with a different experience of waterfront living.
