To introduce this meeting of culture, aoe created a Cultural Exchange City Reception Center in the city where it all begun. The marriage of the Italian and Sino style was at the heart of the project to illustrate the cultural mix and was adapted to merge the structure and its surrounding.
Project name
Sino-Italian Cultural Exchange City Reception Center
Photography
Arch-exist Photography
Principal architect
Wen Qun
Design team
Ma Jianning, Fan Ruixue, Wang Ye, Chang Zhiyu, Pan Jichang, Li Xiangting, Lu Yu
Interior design
Zhu Dan, Du Jing, Liu Jingyi, Xue Yawen, Liu Chen
Structural engineer
CSCEC AECOM CONSULTANTS CO., LTD
Material
Low-E glass, local wood, and green roofs
Client
Tianfu Investment Group Co., LTD
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition
v One Design: Sometimes, we wish to pause and experience the static moment. The Dali for Relief urban life centre, with its Chinese name symbolizing the thirteenth extra month of life, offers the place to turn your ideal lifestyle to actual experience.
Interior design
Karv One Design
Principal designer
Kyle Chan
Design team
Yujie Peng, King Ou, Amber Ho, Reeta Wu, Leon Zhang, Sail Huang, Derrick Liang, Bruce Li, Joey Zhou
Architecture firm
Jacky Wan, Ally So
Material
Light gray terrazzo Flooring, Dark gray natural stone staging platform Grey-grained white marble, Bronze stainless steel, Mirror stainless steel Light-colored solid wood, Blue striped denim, Orange gradient glass, Frosted acrylic
Typology
Exhibition Center
Zaha Hadid Architects announced winner of the design competition to build Phase II of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. As the cultural, academic and civic centre of China, Beijing has also developed into one of the world’s centres of communication and scientific research.
Project name
Beijing’s International Exhibition Centre, China
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Patrik Schumacher, Eduardo Camarena, Enoch Kolo, Che-Hung Chien, Felix Amiss, Genci Sulo, I-Chun Lin, Jiaxing Lu, Juan Liu, Mariana Custodio dos Santos, Meng Zhao, Michael On, Nastasja Mitrovic, Nicolas Tornero, Ying Xia, Zheng Xu
Visualization
Atchain, Slashcube, Brick Visual
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition
Designed by Mexico-based architecture studio Zeller & Moye, the Anfal Memorial is a silent but solid landmark amidst the mountainous desert of Kurdistan to commemorate the victims of the Kurdish genocide under Saddam Hussein known as Anfal.
The memorial is designed around an art piece of one thou...
Project name
Anfal Memorial
Architecture firm
Zeller & Moye
Location
Rizgari, Kurdistan, Iraq
Principal architect
Christoph Zeller, Ingrid Moye
Design team
Omar Muñoz, Marielle Rivero
Collaborators
Curator: Dr. Michael Fehr. Supporters: Haukari e.V. (NGO); German Federal Foreign Office; ifa Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations e.V
Built area
10000 m² / 107000 ft² (building: 3000 m² /32000 ft²; park: 7000 m² / 75000 ft²)
Visualization
Zeller & Moye
Status
Under construction
Client
Ministry of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
Typology
Memorial, exhibition galleries, multi-use space, café, offices, services