Project Details
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
The project which is supposed to be an impressive practice in the
city is designed by Philip F. Yuan and Archi-Union Architects. Although it is
micro in scale, FU Space is powerful enough to represent a new attitude to the
value shift in architecture. It is located in the West Bund area in Shanghai,
which is planned to be a future art and culture center of the city. Adjacent to
ShangART Gallery, Shanghai Art fair Center and several other architect studios,
the location of the site is terrific It is only 200 meter away from Huangpu
river front and 2 blocks away from the historical quarter of Longhua Temple.
Moreover, Long Museum, Shanghai Photography Museum and Yuz Museum are all
within walking distance. It’s undoubtedly among the art community which is
taking significant experiments in Shanghai.
FU Space will become a future non-profit contemporary art,
architecture and culture communication center.
It is aimed to be an exhibition and communication space.
The site is very compact, located at a sharp turning corner. N Both
the different circulations from 3 directions and a connection to the 2nd floor
platform of Shanghai Art Fair Center have to be considered. Therefore, the
primary concept is to set up a good soft joint for the whole community. The
analysis leads to a form finding process throughout the geometry of the site.
The inspiration of the material to reach this softness comes from the concrete
of the platform, which originally cold and tough. If we use the mould system,
we can actually implement the concrete to any soft surface.
The program is specially set for exhibition. Five basic spaces
including two 4.2M height space and three 2.8M space are all regular square
,which could be flexible for multi-functional purposes. . All special space
experience lies in the in-between circulation space. Interior public space
followed by the exterior form finding process, is enhanced by an abstract
thinking on creating a kind of experience climbing the rockery of Chinese
garden. The key aspect of Chinese garden design is to make it big through small
scale, which is extremely efficient in changing sceneries with varying
viewpoints. The abstract process for this kind of experience is achieved by the
HP surface geometry, which is intensified from different perspective.
The construction process was
conducted in a very short time. Although all the unsatisfied marks and traces
were recorded on the concrete wall, a real diversity strengthened a new sense
of place in such a compact space. The softness of concrete, which makes the
light flowing leisurely, touches the depth of heart of the visitors.
The first exhibition of FU Space is especially dedicated to the
chief architect, Philip F. Yuan exhibits his thinking, working models, and a
topic: Presence of Absence, hopefully that could be an explanation for the
concept of the building.
The primary consideration in
the conception of this project is to ensure the exhibition buildings on the
side relatively complete. But the road space of 3 meters is built on the basis
of the dynamic behavior of people, the air dynamics of the wind and the maximum
volume of space continuity.
Dynamic nonlinear spatial shape is built on the basis of structural performance
optimization and spatial dynamics. The whole process use a variety of design
methods of cutting stone , perspective
geometry, and the Algorithm configuration.
As plastic material, concrete has the characteristics of construction and has
the characteristics of foreign construction, the whole building from design to
construction lasted for only four months should be a digital design and
construction method of the miracle.