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UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

Turkey Architecture News - May 27, 2014 - 17:54   6101 views

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

Following selection in the 2011 competition UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao has been realised.In its design for the Theme Pavilion UNStudio combines expert knowledge of logistics, spatial organisation, specialised typology, future flexible usability, function programming, façade intelligence, user comfort and sustainability.

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

The 28,000 square meter Theme Pavilion comprises the main Expo hall, a grand performance hall, a conference centre and a media centre.The four pavilion volumes or ‘petals’ are connected by internal and external walkways and frame a central square which becomes a ‘stage’ for the visitors: a dynamic focal point surrounded by viewpoints on varying levels.

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

Ben van Berkel:The architecture for the Theme Pavilion overflows and interacts with the surrounding landscape. The forms of the pavilion buildings respond to the nearby mountains, with their carefully composed rooftops acting as plateaus, each addressing a different portion of the master plan by different inclination and terracing and providing panoramic views which extend far into the surrounding landscape.”

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s design for the World Horticultural Expo 2014 Theme Pavilion consists of the Main Expo Hall, a Performance Hall, Conference Centre, and a Media Centre. The design focuses on the relationship between Science and Nature. Whilst scientific achievement serves as an inspiration, the design communicates the essential generative and structural principles of nature through architectural gesture.

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

The buildings become gently absorbed in the landscape, whilst maintaining their individual identities. The architecture of the Theme Pavilion further responds to the dominant skyline of the mountains surrounding the Masterplan by means of carefully composed roofscapes on the individual buildings. These roofs are envisioned as elevated landscaped plateaus, each addressing a different portion of the Masterplan with its inclination and terracing, providing panoramic views which extend far into the surrounding landscape.

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

UNStudio’s Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion completed

 

Project Facts

Client: Office of 2014 Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Executive Committee
Location: Qingdao
Building surface: 35.000m2
Building volume: 168.000m3
Building site: 35.000m2
Programme: Main Expo Pavilion including Expo Hall, Grand Theater, Conference Center and Media Hub with integrated Landscape Design
Status: Completed
Photos: © Edmon Leong
 

UNStudio 
UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Hannes Pfau, Gerard Loozekoot with Markus van Aalderen, Joerg Petri, Milena Stopic and Yu-Chen Liu, Cong Ye, Irina Bogdan, Xing Xiong, Maud van Hees, ShuoJiong Zhang, Philipp Mecke, Maya Alam, Yu-Chen Liu, Junjie Yan, Gilles Greis, Subhajit Das, Erwin Horstmanshof, Faiz Zohri, Andrew Brown, Patrik Noomé, Amanda Chan, Nanang Santoso

Advisors 
Competition stage
Landscape Architect: !melk landscape architecture PC, New York
Theater Advisor: Theateradvies bv, Amsterdam

Structure: Arup, Amsterdam
MEP: Arup, Hong Kong

Construction stage
Structure engineering: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute (QUADI)
MEP engineering: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute (QUADI)
Façade engineering: Senyang Yuanda Aluminium Industry Engineering CO.,LTD-Special Project Group.
Lighting designers: Tsinghua Tongfang
Local Architect: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute Corporation

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