The design by Archea Associati proposed a wonderland in the middle of nothing, beside an unfinished highway, in an unknown city - Liling, Hunan Province, close to Mao’s home town-, searching a “Bilbao effect” to emerge… struggling to build, or re-build, his own identity. Just like the entire country. They are succeeding.
Descripción del proyecto por Archea Associati
The concept for the Liling design came out of our client’s wish to site certain other important functions, such as a museum and a hotel, in an industrial area for ceramics processing. The various functions are placed within volumes with a circular plan, or inside forms that can be geometrically circumscribed. At any rate, the number of volumes is greater than the actual functional needs (the main functions are: gate, museum, hotel, and master building). As such, by multiplying them, they can create a freely organized system that can delineate the open space and establish a relationship of vicinity that we call the “space between.” Following this principle, the form and examples of possible volumes are not very important in and of themselves. Of essential importance, on the other hand, is a close look at the space of the “vases” whose vase shape delineates sinuous contours with no sharp edges, always concave and convex. The “space between,” as shown in the initial concept, takes substance in a line of vases that follow a commutative rule, shifting without changing the final result, which is always ensured by the juxtaposition of the vases’ generative contours. According to the system suggested in the design, density becomes a value, a resource that allows for a dense relationship, a vicinity, a use of the space on the ground like that of the historic city.
CREDITS.-
Commisioner Hunan Li Ling multicolored under glaze city development Co. ltd.
Area Surface.- 210.000 sq.m.
Built Surface.- 69.000 sq.m.
Dates.- Project.- 2010-2012. Construction.- 2015.
Project coordinator.- Hunan Architectural design Institute.
Structure.- Hunan Architectural design Institute.
Structure design.- aei progetti - Ing. Niccolò De Robertis.
