Zijing International Conference Camp is located in the mountains and ravines on the west side of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. The site was originally a primitive and natural mountain valley with dense forests. Then it became a large narrow, extended field created by people cutting down mountains and filling ravines.
We are thinking about can this project be an opportunity for us to try a new attitude and method to re-establish a harmonious and friendly relationship between the natural environment and artificial creations.
In order to realize such a group of buildings, combining the complexity of the site, and exploring a simple, authentic, and easy-to-build structural form becomes the key. In order to reflect the blood relationship between people, activities and architectural space in expressive structures and materials, the earliest conceived structural unit consists of a one-way long-span arch beam and a reinforced concrete structure wall supporting the arch beam at both ends constitute. The arch-beam structural units can be replicated and superimposed and constantly change with the mountain, and there are naturally many holes and gaps between the structures, so that natural light can penetrate into the interior of the building, thus completely breaking the conventional black space meeting mode. Considered from a construction point of view, the architectural form is the structural form itself, with almost no envelope.
A lot of inverted single-curved arches that hang down and are full of structural tension are repeatedly combined and changed as roof units, which is a metaphor for the mutated Chinese double-eave architectural form. The unique elastic eaves curves in ancient buildings and the slightly recurved roof language formed by the raised frames are fully captured in Zijing International Conference Camp's huge curved surfaces, which are layered and full of changing rhythms. The staggered arches change the refraction and diffusion of light to adjust natural light, combined with the opening and closing of skylights and the control of curtains, the indoor space realizes the maximum possibility of natural lighting and ventilation.
The concept of "incomplete integrity" in Zhu Pei’s design philosophy of "Architecture of Nature" is strongly reflected in this project, and the full integration of architecture and nature is realized from three dimensions.
Zijing International Conference Camp is located in the mountains and ravines on the west side of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. The site was originally a primitive and natural mountain valley with dense forests. Then it became a large narrow, extended field created by people cutting down mountains and filling ravines.
We are thinking about can this project be an opportunity for us to try a new attitude and method to re-establish a harmonious and friendly relationship between the natural environment and artificial creations.
In order to realize such a group of buildings, combining the complexity of the site, and exploring a simple, authentic, and easy-to-build structural form becomes the key. In order to reflect the blood relationship between people, activities and architectural space in expressive structures and materials, the earliest conceived structural unit consists of a one-way long-span arch beam and a reinforced concrete structure wall supporting the arch beam at both ends constitute. The arch-beam structural units can be replicated and superimposed and constantly change with the mountain, and there are naturally many holes and gaps between the structures, so that natural light can penetrate into the interior of the building, thus completely breaking the conventional black space meeting mode. Considered from a construction point of view, the architectural form is the structural form itself, with almost no envelope.
A lot of inverted single-curved arches that hang down and are full of structural tension are repeatedly combined and changed as roof units, which is a metaphor for the mutated Chinese double-eave architectural form. The unique elastic eaves curves in ancient buildings and the slightly recurved roof language formed by the raised frames are fully captured in Zijing International Conference Camp's huge curved surfaces, which are layered and full of changing rhythms. The staggered arches change the refraction and diffusion of light to adjust natural light, combined with the opening and closing of skylights and the control of curtains, the indoor space realizes the maximum possibility of natural lighting and ventilation.
The concept of "incomplete integrity" in Zhu Pei’s design philosophy of "Architecture of Nature" is strongly reflected in this project, and the full integration of architecture and nature is realized from three dimensions.
Zijing International Conference Camp is located in the mountains and ravines on the west side of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. The site was originally a primitive and natural mountain valley with dense forests. Then it became a large narrow, extended field created by people cutting down mountains and filling ravines.
We are thinking about can this project be an opportunity for us to try a new attitude and method to re-establish a harmonious and friendly relationship between the natural environment and artificial creations.
In order to realize such a group of buildings, combining the complexity of the site, and exploring a simple, authentic, and easy-to-build structural form becomes the key. In order to reflect the blood relationship between people, activities and architectural space in expressive structures and materials, the earliest conceived structural unit consists of a one-way long-span arch beam and a reinforced concrete structure wall supporting the arch beam at both ends constitute. The arch-beam structural units can be replicated and superimposed and constantly change with the mountain, and there are naturally many holes and gaps between the structures, so that natural light can penetrate into the interior of the building, thus completely breaking the conventional black space meeting mode. Considered from a construction point of view, the architectural form is the structural form itself, with almost no envelope.
A lot of inverted single-curved arches that hang down and are full of structural tension are repeatedly combined and changed as roof units, which is a metaphor for the mutated Chinese double-eave architectural form. The unique elastic eaves curves in ancient buildings and the slightly recurved roof language formed by the raised frames are fully captured in Zijing International Conference Camp's huge curved surfaces, which are layered and full of changing rhythms. The staggered arches change the refraction and diffusion of light to adjust natural light, combined with the opening and closing of skylights and the control of curtains, the indoor space realizes the maximum possibility of natural lighting and ventilation.
The concept of "incomplete integrity" in Zhu Pei’s design philosophy of "Architecture of Nature" is strongly reflected in this project, and the full integration of architecture and nature is realized from three dimensions.