
Sino-italian Cultural Exchange City Reception Hall - The Chinese Cultural Hall
AREA
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
Chengdu, China
TYPE
Commercial › Exhibition Center Cultural › Cultural Center Pavilion
The Chinese Cultural Hall is located to the east of the Sino Italian Cultural Exchange Center. It can be reached from the SinoExchange Center.
It can be reached from the Sino--Italian Pavilion through the Italian Pavilion through the cultural corridor surrounded by bambocultural corridor surrounded by bamboo forests. The o forests.At the beginning of the design, the architect hoped to find the intersection of the two in the form of Chinese and Western cultural differences.
The chinesechinese cultural hallcultural hall is is composed of multifunctional halls, meeting rooms, restaurants, piano composed of multifunctional halls, meeting rooms, restaurants, piano pavilions and tea rooms, pavilions and tea rooms, the design is the design is full of oriental charm.full of oriental charm.
The overall layout concept of the site was taken from the "ruyi" that China used to gift foreign envoys since ancient times to signify the establishment of friendly relations and imply the peace of the two coun tries.
The east and west pavilions are connected by a cultural corridor, it surrounded by ponds and bamboo forests. The Chinese Cultural Hall a nd the Chinese Italian Cultural Hall use Italian squares as their spatial prototypes.
Through the creation of sce nery, form, meaning and emotion, they interpret the cultural philosophy of
the harmony between man and nature in the Eastern world.
SCENERY
The original site of the site is a bamboo forest with a pond on the west side.The starting point is to preserve the bamboo forest as much as possible and integrate the building into the bamboo forest. The functions are possible and integrate the building into the bamboo forest.
The functions are scattered throughout the bascattered throughout the bamboo forest, and the courtyard wall separates mboo forest, and the courtyard wall separates the inner and outer courtyards. Three courtyards are interspersed inside, so the inner and outer courtyards.
Three courtyards are interspersed inside, so that the indoor space, courtyard and bamboo forest form a tendency to look that the indoor space, courtyard and bamboo forest form a tendency to look at each other. A Chineseat each other.
A Chinese - style modern landscape garden is style modern landscape garden is arranged in the arranged in the courtyard to create a unique interior landscape. Stepping into the bamboo courtyard to create a unique interior landscape.
Stepping into the bamboo forest, stepping down, the piano room hidden under the bamboo forest is forest, stepping down, the piano room hidden under the bamboo forest is looming, the sound of the piano, the sound of wind, thelooming, the sound of the piano, the sound of wind, the swaying sound of swaying sound of bamboo leavesbamboo leaves and theand the light and shadow dancing under the bamboo forest light and shadow dancing under the bamboo forest are integrated.
Out of the bamboo forest, the tea room floats above the pond, full of sunlight, suddenly enlightened, and looking to the west, the Zhongyi full of sunlight, suddenly enlightened, and looking to the west, the Zhongyi Pavilion Pavilion is reflect ed in the quiet water lily pond.
FORM
The architectural form adopts traditional wooden frame to carries out modern translation and use circular geometric elements.
The continuous cross shaped arch column extends fr om the interior to the exterior and the transparent glass curtain wall eliminates the boundary between th e interior and the exterior, it naturally brings the outdoor scenery into the interior.
Theoutdoor continuous circular hollow corridor frame creates a varied and quiet light and shadow experience.
The courtyard wall extends from the culturalcorridor, passing through the bamboo forests, connecting the houses in series, resembling the freehand brushwork and relaxation of Chinese calligraphy.
The opposite view window hole on the courtyard wall is shaped like a drop of w ater, taking the meaning of nature.
MEANING
The Chinese Cultural Hall is composed of houses, courtyards, corridors, and landscapes. "Scenery" is an inseparable element of architecture. Architecture originates from scenery, is derive in scenery, merges with scenery, and eventually becomes a part of scenery. It fully embodies the Eastern wisdom of Taoism, nature, and the unity of man and nature.
PASSION
Through respect and use of nature, the Chin ese Culture Hall integrates the space with natural elements such a s light, wind, sound and
smell to f orm an emotional memory that gives oriental charm. At the same time, it is also the best presentation of Sino Italian cultural exchanges.
