DESIGN NAME: Snail Bay
PRIMARY FUNCTION: City Exhibition Hall
INSPIRATION: Integration of indoor and outdoor
The project base is adjacent to Central Lake Park and has excellent natural landscape resources. Designers carried out a four dimensional integrated design from architecture, landscape, interior to soft decoration.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Reuse of old buildings
This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The lake water is introduced into the building, and the regular pool and the natural lake surface form the visual effect of overlapping. The corridor connects the indoor and outdoor space, and at the same time breaks the monotonous water surface space, which enriches the landscape level of the pool. The openness and naturalness of the space create a flow between indoor and outdoor.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in October 2018 in Kunming,China and finished in March 2019 in Kunming,China, and was exhibited in Kunming,China in March 2019.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Space is the essence of architecture. The designers’ strategy is to remove the external wall, dig its internal spatial memory and value, and endow it with proper temperament, while preserving its structure and spatial pattern. Under the requisite of maintaining the architecture function, a large area glass curtain wall is used on the side facing the natural landscape, which makes the indoor space vision completely open.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 6800sqm
TAGS: Reuse of old buildings, urban renewal, Integration of indoor and outdoor, four dimensional integrated design, city exhibition hall,
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The project is located in Kunming, it is also known as Flower City and Spring City. It is one of the most habitable cities in China.This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government-led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay.
CHALLENGE: Reuse of old buildings
This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
ADDED DATE: 2020-03-06 10:14:33
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Kris Lin, Jiayu Yang
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019
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