Ceramic Wonderland by Archea Associati
15/05/2015.
Liling World Ceramic Art City [Liling] China
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Archea Associati designed a new architecture wonderland in Changsha, China in collaboration with Human Architectural design Institute that displays some specific contextual architectural concerns regarding color and material qualities.
Outside view. Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Detail of the façade. Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Outside view. Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
Liling World Ceramic Art City by Archea Associati. Photograph © Cristiano Bianchi. Click above to see larger image.
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.
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LAURA ANDREINI
Laura Andreini, a founding partner of the Archea firm, Andreini graduated with honours from the Architecture Faculty of Florence in 1990, completing her PhD at the same university in 1997 with the final discussion of her dissertation titled “The permanence of the concept of proportion from Renaissance to Modernism through the model of the Florentine palace”. Her PhD supervisor was Antonio D’Auria, with whom she began cooperating in 1992 within the context of the course in interior architecture and decoration. This represented the beginning of an intense activity in the field of teaching, which has continued over the years, parallel to her work as an architect and researcher.
MARCO CASAMONTI
Marco Casamonti, founding partner of the Archea firm, Casamonti graduated with honours in 1990, winning a competition announced by the architecture faculty of Genoa the following year and receiving a study grant within the context of the PhD in architectural planning. He received his PhD from the architecture faculty of Genoa in 1994 with a dissertation titled “History and Design, a central issue in the architectural debate of the post-war years”. He began cooperating with various architecture firms already before graduating, including that of Professor Paolo Portoghesi. In 1988, after working together on the competition for the “recovery of the Murate prisons”, he founded the Archea firm with Laura Andreini and Giovanni Polazzi, commencing an intense professional activity.
GIOVANNI POLAZZI
Giovanni Polazzi, after graduating in architecture with top marks from the University of Florence, Polazzi obtained his PhD in architectural and urban planning at the same University with a dissertation titled “Raffaello Fagnoni Florentine Architect – Analysis of a career divided between teaching and professional activities”. In 1988 he founded the Archea firm, conducting planning and research in the fields of architecture, town planning and industrial design.
