
CVIC Gallery
ARCHITECTS
Studio Link-Arc, LLC
PHASE
Cd, Sd, Dd, Cd Review; Onsite Construction Consultation
PROJECT NAME
Guiyang Membership Clubhouse
CLIENT
Avic
ASSOCIATE IN CHARGE
Amy Shu Chang
PROJECT TEAM
Paul Schelechow, Zifan Liu, Daniel Gartner, Jessy Yeh, Jose Silva, Sungmoon Cho, Sara Gutierrez
ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Guangzhou Huasen Architecture & Engineering
MEP ENGINEER
Guangzhou Huasen Architecture & Engineering
CONTRACTOR
China Construction 3rd Engineering Bureau
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Yoshinori Nito Engineering & Design Pc
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Aecom
SERVICES
Architectural Design, Interior Design, Landscape
DESIGN ARCHITECT
Yichen Lu, Qinwen Cai
SIZE
3,500 Sqm Above Ground 1,200 Sqm Under Ground / 25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
YEAR
Completed April 2014
LOCATION
Montreal, Canada
TYPE
Cultural › Gallery
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Located at the center of a dense residential development in southern China, the first design gesture for the Guiyang Membership was not to create a built form, but rather to create an elliptical reflecting pool carved from the landscape.
This allows the design to create its own site, to which it then responds. Studio Link-Arc’s design for the clubhouse explores multiple relationships to the horizontal datum of the pool, creating spaces which are below the water, at water level, and above the water, creating a series of unique spatial and visual conditions.
The ground floor ceiling is maintained at a constant height to further emphasize the sectional change.
The building’s interior incorporates a series of double height zones designed as discrete spaces carved from the interior program.
The walls of these spaces serve as reverse building cores- they conceal structure that braces the building and also reduces the need for interior columns, further enhancing the building’s unique spatiality.
The building’s exterior is covered in a patterned metal screen (inspired by a bamboo grove) that unifies the building, shades interior spaces, and allows for views beyond. This screen is cut away in certain locations to allow uninterrupted views of the reflecting pool and the surrounding landscape.
