X’ian Creativity Pavilion | Plasma Studio

Xi’an International Horticultural Expo Xi'an / China / 2011

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The building’s massing as three parallel volumes enable the landscape to flow in-between and beneath as well as inside. The interior is organized as multiple plateaus, systematically interconnected by ramps to form a continuous and multidirectional maze to be explored without a predetermined order.


 


The Creativity Pavilion- the main building of the expo- is located on the edge of the lake as the endpoint to the central axis, is formed to articulate the interface with the lake and the framing of the pagoda on the other shore. It ties in with a series of piers that follow the landscape jutting out into the water. The built volumes are interwoven with the ground, blurring the distinction between landscape and architecture.


The building’s exterior articulation is undermining traditional hierarchies and expectations: it reads as a series of mounds when visitors arrive to it from the North, while in turn becoming sculptural and iconic when seen from its backside with three long cantilevered volumes hovering above the lake. The spaces beneath those large cantilevers are spatially as well as socially engaging: far away from the control and representational confines of the building’s entrance, in pleasant shade with sunlight reflected by the lake, groups of visitors gather on sloped decks to rest and reflect.


Through its materiality, the Creativity Pavilion again manifests itself as an extension of the ground with the lower part being clad from the same stone panels as the ground around it. Further above solid cast bronze panels, a locally sourced material, is used to wrap the building’s sides and roof, while bands of greenery cover it like a tessellated net.


La volumetria dell’edificio è costituita da tre volumi paralleli che permettono al paesaggio di fluire attraverso, al di sotto come all’interno. Gli interni sono organizzati in plateau multipli, interconnessi sistematicamente da rampe per formare un labirinto continuo e multidirezionale da esplorare senza un ordine prestabilito.


Il Creativity Pavilion – l’edificio principale dell’expo – si trova sul bordo del lago come punto finale dell’asse centrale. E’ formato in modo da articolare l’interfaccia con il lago e l’inquadratura della pagoda sull’altra sponda. L’edificio si lega con una serie di moli che seguono il paesaggio che si protende verso l’acqua. I volumi costruiti si intrecciano con il terreno, offuscando la distinzione tra paesaggio ed architettura.


L’articolazione esterna dell’edificio mina le gerarchie ed aspettative tradizionali: si legge come una serie di collinette quando i visitatori vi giungono da nord, mentre diventa a sua volta scultoreo e iconico se visto da dietro con tre lunghi volumi a sbalzo che si librano sopra il lago. I vuoti tra questi grandi elementi a sbalzo sono spazialmente e socialmente coinvolgenti: lontano dal controllo e dai confini di rappresentanza dell’entrata dell’edificio, piacevolmente all’ombra con il riflesso della luce del sole nel lago, gruppi di visitatori si ritrovano su piani inclinati per riposare e riflettere.


Attraverso la sua materialità il Creativity Pavilion si manifesta ancora una volta come il prolungamento del terreno con la parte inferiore rivestita con le stesse lastre di pietra del terreno circostante. Più in alto, solidi pannelli in bronzo, un materiale di provenienza locale, vengono utilizzati per rivestire l’edificio sui lati e sul tetto, mentre fasce di vegetazione lo ricoprono come una rete a mosaico.


 

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    The building’s massing as three parallel volumes enable the landscape to flow in-between and beneath as well as inside. The interior is organized as multiple plateaus, systematically interconnected by ramps to form a continuous and multidirectional maze to be explored without a predetermined order.   The Creativity Pavilion- the main building of the expo- is located on the edge of the lake as the endpoint to the central axis, is formed to articulate the interface with the lake and...

    Project details
    • Year 2011
    • Work finished in 2011
    • Client Chan Ba Ecological District
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Parks, Public Gardens / Trade Fair Centres / Pavilions
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