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Dive in Summer

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JURY VOTES
Material
7.33
7.34
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7.38
Andres Fredes
Andres Fredes Creative Director / Partner at ALLDSGN
4
5
4
4
4.25
Jaime Velez
Jaime Velez Design Partner at Velez + Valencia Arquitectos
4.24
5
3.1
4.24
4.15
Maria Messina
Maria Messina Creative Director and Design Architect at FAAB
6.5
7
8
8
7.38
Carolin Krebber
Carolin Krebber Founder at Büro agata/ Co-founder Format F/ allmannwappner
5.81
7.74
7.88
5
6.61
Yen Kien Hang
Yen Kien Hang Founder / Design Writer / Author at OutOfThePackage
Although the yellow is very on bran...
5
7
5
4
5.25
Philippe Paré
Philippe Paré Principal and Managing Director at Gensler
4.4
6.5
7.4
5.26
5.89
Jason Su
Jason Su Design Director at HCD Impress
5.95
6.38
6.31
5.81
6.11
Firas Alsahin
Firas Alsahin Co-Founder and Design Director at 4SPACE Design
5
6
6
5
5.5
Elise Zoetmulder
Elise Zoetmulder Founder at Zoetmulder
4
6
4
4
4.5
Ayça Doğan
Ayça Doğan Head of Design at CBRE Netherlands
5
6
6
5
5.5
Lin Chen
Lin Chen Founding Partner at Topos Design
5
7
6
5
5.75
Evans Lee
Evans Lee Founder & Design Director at Evans Lee Designers
6
5
6
5
5.5
Kristen Becker
Kristen Becker Partner at Mutuus Studio
6
6
6
6
6
Designer
Client
Wuhan Shui On Tiandi Property Development
Floor area
816 ㎡
Completion
2023
Social Media
Instagram

The site is not far from the Yangtze River and Hankou Beach. From the river surface to Xintiandi Commercial Street, the construction site happens to be on a node of great change from low to high.

This site is surrounded by decades of camphor and French plane trees. The shape of small on the top and large on the bottom makes the minimum encroachment on the sky opening surrounded by surrounding big trees so that natural light is still able to pour down. The translucent roof material allows the building to stand lightly on the site.

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. In terms of materials, translucent and lightweight materials such as scaffolding, trusses, sunlight panels, and grid cloth are used to reflect that future buildings can be "light, transparent and soft ".

The scaffolding used for the main structure and the prefabricated trusses used to build the shops are rented, and they are reusable materials along with the sun panels, which coincide with the sustainable concept advocated by Shui On Xintiandi. The cables and LED strips required for the construction of the installation can also be partially recycled, which is environmentally friendly. The 40-day presentation minimizes the disturbance to the site and ecological environment.

The pool is arranged in the middle of the scaffolding, on the middle of which, the sky over the opening, is like the courtyard of the historical buildings in Wuhan. An inflatable man, "the diver", is sitting on the roof of the pool. It provides a visual focus for the block and makes itself more communicative.

In the middle of the market, 12 bamboo beds are set up. 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. Really plain and full Wuhan summer night. DIVE IN SUMMER!