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Chi She

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Chi She is an artistic group founded by Peili ZHANG, Jiangyi GENG, whose exhibition space in West Bund Art Exhibition Area characterizes an altitude towards realism, that is, chasing the spatial appeal, harmonizing with integral environment, as well as realizing formal representation corresponding with the artistic mission embedded inside. It is hoped that the building can provide a delicate and abundant compound art space, where contains various artistic events, such as curiosities exhibition, creative workshop and unpremeditated communication.

We retained the initial exterior walls, followed by the elementary performance enhancement and structure reinforcement, in order to attain the maximum exhibition space. Therefore, under the condition of maintaining the space perception of the whole artistic park, part of the roof has been elevated in order to create an interlayer space, where people could enjoy the intact sky view. Furthermore, the roofing structure has been replaced by a lightweight and more efficient tensioning string wood structure, and part of them is lifted to obtain the skylight indicating the climate change, which presents a sense of harmony. On the other hand, the greygreen bricks coordinated with this ancient building have been applied on the exterior part located on the main interface towards the park. When the wall in the entrance is curled up a lit bit, this generated wrinkle wall texture becomes the impressive part of the form manipulation, which represents the architectural expressions as well, that is, a status that embodies current cultural trends based on tradition.

In order to complete such a masonry process that cannot be precisely achieved by traditional technology, we applied the robotic masonry fabrication technique by Fab-Union, which accomplishes the first endeavor to utilize the advanced digital fabrication technology to construct on site. The external walls of the Chi community were built by the recycled greygreen bricks from the old building and constructed with the help of the advanced technology of mechanical arm, which generates a cambered surface morphology, showing the vitality of the Chi community.

The precise positioning of the integrated equipment of robotic masonry fabrication technique and the construction elaborately to the mortar and bricks by the craftsmen make this ancient material, brick, be able to meet the requirements in the new era, and realize the presentation of the design model consummately. The dilapidation of these old bricks coordinated with the stretch display of the curving walls are narrating a story of people and bricks, machines and construction, design and culture, which will be spread permanently in the shadows of the external walls under the setting sun.

Credits

 Shanghai
 China
 Confidential
 09/2016
 199 mq
 Philip F.Yuan
 Architect : Alex Han, Xiangping Kong, Tianrui Zhu, Qinrong Liu Structural Engineer: Rui Wang, Junchao Shen, Xiaofeng Zhang, Jin Wang Interior Designer: Xuwei Wang, Xiaoming Chen Construction Equipment: Yong Liu, Changying Jiang, Xi Li Digital Fabrication: Yuchen Hu, Liming Zhang
 Shengliang SU, Hao CHEN, Bian LIN, Yuchen HU

Curriculum

Founded in 2003, Archi-Union Architects is a Shanghai-based architectural design firm with a Grade A design qualification certificate issued by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Over the years Archi-Union adheres to the combination of traditional Chinese culture and digital construction technology, focuses on "parametric construction", "robot construction" and "green industrialization" and some other objectives, and practices the symbiotic relationship of nature, urban and architecture.

There are more than 70 designers in the office currently and it has finished large amount of projects in the past decade. Its business scope includes comprehensive design services such as architectural design, urban planning, landscape design and interior design.

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