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Oriental Arts Institute of Nankai University
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25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
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Role: Independent Designer;
Site Area: 6,000 sq. m.;
GFA: 4,000 sq. m.;
Professors: Lanxi Xia & Weijun Huang;
Honor & Score: The best architectural design work among students of the grade (90+).
The project is the academic building of Oriental Arts Institute of Nankai University in Tianjin, located by Dazhong Rd. in the center of campus. The site is adjacent to central lake in the north, with broad views and pleasant scenery, and is a landmark with unique artistic features in the school. The functions include classrooms, studios, teacher's offices, lecture halls, galleries, and an art atrium.
Through case studies of similar architecture designed by world famous masters, the design concepts was inspired by the special spiral exhibition space in Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the use of plain concrete with natural texture and the sculptural shape with unique styling of Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Chapel. So a round glass atrium was designed in the center, introducing natural daylight into the building, here is the core of the building as a thematic memorial space, the interior design is rich in oriental art charm, and the pattern of ground was Yin & Yang Pisces shape; a unique semi-circular gallery spirally surrounds the atrium from the first floor to the second floor, becoming an activity center with quite artistic attraction in space and content, and the artists, teachers, students will interact freely in this dynamic space; exterior styling reflects the Brutalism characteristics, rustic texture of plain concrete combined with the curved walls' inclusive gesture at the entrance, so as to enrich the building with more simple, pure, natural, beautiful, and broad appeals of oriental arts.
Site Area: 6,000 sq. m.;
GFA: 4,000 sq. m.;
Professors: Lanxi Xia & Weijun Huang;
Honor & Score: The best architectural design work among students of the grade (90+).
The project is the academic building of Oriental Arts Institute of Nankai University in Tianjin, located by Dazhong Rd. in the center of campus. The site is adjacent to central lake in the north, with broad views and pleasant scenery, and is a landmark with unique artistic features in the school. The functions include classrooms, studios, teacher's offices, lecture halls, galleries, and an art atrium.
Through case studies of similar architecture designed by world famous masters, the design concepts was inspired by the special spiral exhibition space in Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the use of plain concrete with natural texture and the sculptural shape with unique styling of Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Chapel. So a round glass atrium was designed in the center, introducing natural daylight into the building, here is the core of the building as a thematic memorial space, the interior design is rich in oriental art charm, and the pattern of ground was Yin & Yang Pisces shape; a unique semi-circular gallery spirally surrounds the atrium from the first floor to the second floor, becoming an activity center with quite artistic attraction in space and content, and the artists, teachers, students will interact freely in this dynamic space; exterior styling reflects the Brutalism characteristics, rustic texture of plain concrete combined with the curved walls' inclusive gesture at the entrance, so as to enrich the building with more simple, pure, natural, beautiful, and broad appeals of oriental arts.
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