ASIAN GAMES EXHIBITION & ART CENTER

An Eco-Park that brings a 116-acre social landscape to the heart of a bustling skyscraper district.

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CHALLENGE
This exhibition center is designed as a curving sloping landform set in the rolling hills of Asian Games Park, Archi-Tectonics’ recent 47-hectare eco-park. The boomerang-shaped concrete structure is sunken into the land, and full-height glass walls create the needed daylight and natural ventilation for the exhibition space where an inviting entrance is found on the corner in the park. The ends of the boomerang embrace a spectacular circular sculpture courtyard recessed into the volume, with the planted green roofs rising on either side. The courtyard allows natural light to enter from both sides of the building, which will host art and interactive exhibits. The courtyard allows natural light to enter from both sides of the building, which will host art and interactive exhibits. Inside, the center of the boomerang shape creates sweeping exhibition spaces with dramatically curved walls, lending the interiors a sculptural quality that complements the art it hosts, the ends provide offices and administration spaces, as well as art storage. A parking garage sits below the building, offering convenient access for regional visitors without disrupting the pedestrian landscape.

INNOVATION
It’s boomerang shape tucks museum-quality gallery spaces beneath its green roof that creates a walkable landscape that links over the building to the surrounding park. Reduction of its carbon footprint is achieved by the extensive 7060 m2 green roof. The exhibition center’s green roof can absorb 12,637 kg of CO2 and release 9,178 kg of O2 annually, as well as mitigate stormwater retention and filtration.

IMPACT
Rising from the landscape, the exhibition/visitors center brings indoor and outdoor sculpture gardens and exhibition spaces to the community, functioning simultaneously to and after the broadcasting of the Asian Games themselves. The park extends the activity of the streets into the landscape to add a much-needed green heart to the area, strengthen and diversify the ecology its entire context, and create a new center of public life in Hangzhou that will be used long after the Games end. Activities like nature walks, basketball and skateboarding, shopping, picnics, waterfront dining, community events, and more, are all supported by public facilities integrated into the formal language of this ecological destination.

Credits

Year: Winner Invited Competition: 2018, Substantial Completion: 2023

Location: Hangzhou, China

Client: Government: Gongshu District City Village Reconstruction Department

Project Type: Exhibition/visitor center with green roof for the 2023 Asian Games and beyond

Size: 18,000 m2 (194,000 ft2)

Design Team: Principal in charge: Winka Dubbeldam, Assoc. AIA | Project Leader: Justin Korhammer | Main Designers: Paul Starosta, Max Boerman | Archi-Tectonics Team: Dongliang Li, Maud Fonteyne, Soyeon Cha, Boden Davies, Alex Bahr, Dan Rothbart, Bowen Qin

Consultants:
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
Transport Planning: Mobility in Chain, Italy
Mechanical Engineers: Ryan Soames Engineering
LDI: Zhejiang Province Institute of Architectural Design and Research (ZIAD)
General Contractor: Zhejiang XinSheng Construction Group

Collaborators: !melk Landscape Design | UAD Research group, Hangzhou, China

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