Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

CADG

ARCHITECTS
CADG

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Wenbin Zhao, Lu Lu, Hongtao Wang, Hao Sun

MEP DESIGN
Zhiwen Tang, Cunfeng Wang, (HVAC) Wusong Han, Zhanshou Song, Lei Li, Jin Shen

CONSTRUCTION
Haidong City Urban Development and Construction Investment Co., Ltd.

DESIGN PRINCIPALS
Haidong Cui, Liyang Wang

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Tianhan Guo

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Shaanxi HuaCui Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd.

DESIGN INSTITUTE
China Architecture Design & Research Group Co., Ltd.

INTERIOR DESIGN
Yang Cao, Yangyang Zhang

PROJECT MANAGER
Jiwei Xu

CURTAIN WALL DESIGN TEAM
Zhejiang Zhongnan Construction Group Co., Ltd.

DESIGN TEAM
Man Li, Yaqiu Dong

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ziling Wang

AREA
25000 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Haidong, China

CATEGORY
Exhibition Center

Located at the southwest corner of the Nanliang Relics Park in Haidong City, Qinghai Province, the Haidong Urban Planning Exhibition Hall integrates functions such as planning exhibitions, tourism reception, and relics display.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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The site of the ancient capital of the Nanliang Kingdom, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, is on the main axis of Ledu District, Haidong City.

The Nanliang Relics Park, which is designed by CADG, consists of a relics display area, a citizen activity area, and underground commerce, as well as an urban-planning exhibition hall.It is also called the "Central Park" of the core district of Haidong City.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Based on the historical protection principle of the relics park, it is necessary to minimize the architectural figure above ground while naturally and seamlessly connecting the site area to enrich the scene experience of visitors.

The design uses the method of excavating the ground, taking the "root system" that grows in the place as the prototype, to make the building disappear into the earth landscape - the sprawling interwoven plank roads, stairs, and ramps become the beginning of the narrative of time and space, achieving the convergence of people from all directions.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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The guiding path superimposed with local materials makes people walking in it seem to be historical transgressors, step by step immersed in it.

HORIZONTAL SPACE

The main space of the building is composed of multiple square halls, which are coupled with the square-courtyard type of the traditional dwellings in Qinghai Province, named "Zhuangkuo". Flexibly stacked and twisted, it forms a geometric abstract settlement set.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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VERTICAL SPACE.

The sunken courtyard generates a scattered and organic roof level, allowing the activity space of tourists to interact at different elevations, becoming the "standing way on the earth" of the building.

Spiritual Space - The viewing tower with a perforated board surface of rusted steel rises from the underground exhibition hall, passing through the transparent skylight to a height of 20 meters, as if a fortress stands, as the "way to rise to the sky" of the building.

MATERIAL MATCHING

The main exterior wall material is the strip ceramic board with the color and texture of rammed earth, echoing the local rammed earth wall. The site uses the local Huangshui Stone exposed aggregate to express the roughness of the plateau river valley.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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SCALE CONTROL

Starting from the elevation of the street corner square, all artificial "walls" are strictly controlled below the line of eyesight, achieving an open view and the vicissitudes of history. It is the "way to extend to the surroundings" of the building.

We use the design method of contemporary regional architecture to explore the "way to stand on the earth, raise to the sky, and extend to the surroundings" of the building.

Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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The plank road, corridor bridge, and wall-like walking path create experiences such as tracing roots, climbing high and looking far, and visiting the exhibition garden.


Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Elevation
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Elevation


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Section
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Section


Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Plan - First floor
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Plan - Second floor
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Plan - Basement
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Diagram


Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Diagram


Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Plan - Site
Haidong City Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Plan - Site