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The site is surrounded by camphor and French plane trees for decades, which makes the "gathering" temperament of the site particularly obvious, so a "palace" similar shape was conceived with a curved roof on the upper part and a square base on the lower part, which is the prototype of "home". The shape of the top and bottom makes a minimal encroachment on the sky opening surrounded by the surrounding large trees, allowing natural light to still pour in. The translucent roof material makes the building stand very lightly on the site, and this subtle intervention is not only a respect for the site, but also a manifestation of the characteristics of the site.The different transparency between different materials is a strategy to make the overall orange color show richness.
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The site is not far from the Yangtze River and Hankou Beach. From the river surface to Xintiandi Commercial Street, to our construction site, and finally to Horizon Commercial Complex, its terrain, architectural skyline, and architectural density are a process from low to high. It is a link node between the new and the old, a link node between the past and the present. On a bird 's-eye scale, the red-tiled roofs hidden in the green trees and streets form the urban texture with the regional characteristics of Hankou along the river.
The shape of the top and bottom makes a minimal encroachment on the sky opening surrounded by the surrounding large trees. The curved orange roof, combined with the L-shaped square plan, echoes the roof form and color of the old buildings in the concession.
The scaffolding used in the main structure and the prefabricated trusses used to build the shops are rented, and they and the sun panels are reusable, and the cables and LED light strips required for the construction of the installation can also be partially recycled, which is environmentally friendly. The site is surrounded by camphor and French plane trees for decades, and the shape of the top and bottom makes the smallest encroachment on the sky opening surrounded by the surrounding large trees, so that the 40-day presentation minimizes the disturbance to the site and the ecological environment.
Wuhan Tiandi "DIVE IN SUMMER" has been selected as the 2024 Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner in the Architecture +Joy category.
The form of the building creates a "canopy" space, reflecting the atmosphere of "family"; It is also expected to achieve the effect of a "fashion gravitational field" through this space. The use of materials, the use of scaffolding, trusses, sunlight panels, grid cloth, and other translucent or lightweight materials reflect the future of the building is not necessarily heavy, but light, transparent, and soft. The concept of light, thin, and transparent architecture represents a future architectural design direction, but this project's feature makes us excited.
The use of scaffolding, prefabricated trusses, sunlight panels, mesh cloth, cables, LED light strips and other materials, and the use of new exterior decoration materials are the focus of the research and experiment of this project: first, the color selection and comparison of materials; The second is the study of the transparency of various materials.
The scaffolding arranges the pool in the middle: the middle of the pool, with an opening to the sky above. On the roof of the pool, there is an inflatable man - "the diver". It provides a visual focal point for the neighborhood and makes the building more communicative.
It is built without damaging the original site matrix, and can highlight the characteristics of the site, while ensuring the safety of the temporary building.
The main structure of this city-level art installation is made of reusable materials, which coincides with the sustainable concept advocated by Shui On Xintiandi. The element of the bamboo bed is to lead visitors here to go back to life 30 years ago after entering the space under the canopy. Picking up those old memories of a transparent canopy, warm color, cool bamboo bed, gathering between friends, plain and full Wuhan summer night. DIVE IN SUMMER!
Li Tao, the founder & lead architect of UAO Design, a national first-class registered architect, and an entrepreneurial mentor of Wuhan University. His works won four awards in Architizer A+Awards, WAACA2023, WA Design Experiment Award-Prize For Excellence, and were shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022, Dezeen Awards 2021, 2021WAF, and were published in "World Architecture", "Architectural Details", "World Architecture Herald", "Landscape Design", Hong Kong "Hinge" and other professional journals. Meanwhile, his works have been featured in People's Daily, Phoenix TV, Shanghai Daily and other media. Li Tao was invited to be the teacher of drawing evaluation for 2019 Tongji University Sino Dutch Design Camp, 2020 Hunan University Sino Japanese Design Camp, and 2021 TUD-SZU summer workshop.
