Bronze Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2020
Floating Chip Library
by Jinyu Zhang
- A' Design Award 2020 Bronze Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Zhang Jinyu
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 19,395
- Verification code 5FD7EB6353 · Verify this award
About Floating Chip Library
This library is more like a floating chip, an artificial cloud. But what is certain is that it brings great appeal to the community. An opportunity to become a city business card. The floor of the Library is free and horizontal. The project wants to use the advantages of technology to maximize the liberation of reading space and the re-interpretation of urban publicity. The library uses a steel truss roof to suspend the floor so that the transmission of force is from top to bottom. The interaction between people and space achieves the goal of the highly flexible cross-cultural atmosphere.
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- Unique Properties
- As a social occasion for the new community in the future, it is more like a platform, providing the most friendly rather than closed urban living room for citizens. The irregular skin, the absolutely open ground-floor and the roof garden are the impression of the library. The compact core box will store a series of books and new media information. By connecting floors and building environments, these open areas become the patio, living room, studio and study of the city.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 100m x 45m x 25m
- Tags
- Contemporary Architecture, technical architecture, library, exhibition, culture, center
- Production Technology
- steel，concret，wood
- Design Challenge
- The technology of steel structural suspension floor is not very common and has become a challenge in construction.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Guangzhou in April 2011 and was completed in March 2012. It was exhibited at the 2014 Shenzhen Biennale.
- Operation Flow
- The floor of the Library is free and horizontal. To achieve this effect, the concealment of the structure is critical. The library uses a steel truss roof to suspend the floor, so that the transmission of force is from top to bottom. Those who enter the space can feel a beautiful expression of structure and space. The interaction between people and space achieves the goal of the highly flexible cross-cultural atmosphere.
- Research
- The project is based on technology and wants to use the advantages of technology to maximize the liberation of reading space and the re-interpretation of urban publicity. Technology has become the biggest challenge. Suspended, but not supported, floor slabs were achieved in the optimization of the steel structure. It's a rethinking of technology and design relevance.
- Inspiration
- The public space at the center of the community determines the quality of the community. The relationship between the traditional building surface and cities and streets is alienated and overly clear. The key to breaking closed social relationships is building flexible building skins. It is more like a floating chip, an artificial cloud. But what is certain is that it brings great appeal to the community. An opportunity to become a city business card. Simple but changeable horizontal floors and transparent glass curtains are also a Mies style deconstruction.
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Design Interview about Floating Chip Library
It is more like a floating chip, an artificial cloud. But what is certain is that it brings great appeal to the community. An opportunity to become a city business card. Simple but changeable horizontal floors and transparent glass curtains are also a Mies style deconstruction.
Those who enter the space can feel a beautiful expression of structure and space. The interaction between people and space achieves the goal of the highly flexible cross-cultural atmosphere.
This award has given me a lot of encouragement. I will try to think about more design issues in this way.
The project started in Guangzhou in April 2011 and was completed in March 2012.
It was a group proposal.
No company is currently in production for this design. I hope my design can be acquired.
It is an interesting academic project for professors. We participated in research and design and wanted it to be able to land.
Christian Kerez's work, he innovatively combines structure and space. Introduce the right of structure to speak in architecture.
Community government may be our target customer.
As a social occasion for the new community in the future, it is more like a platform, providing the most friendly rather than closed urban living room for citizens.
The public space at the center of the community determines the quality of the community. The relationship between the traditional building surface and cities and streets is alienated and overly clear. The key to breaking closed social relationships is building flexible building skins.
Rhino, adobe, vary.
The irregular skin, the absolutely open ground-floor and the roof garden are the impression of the library. The compact core box will store a series of books and new media information.
I designed this project with my undergraduate students, and I developed the concept of this project to make it more mature.
Suspended, but not supported, floor slabs were achieved in the optimization of the steel structure. It's a rethinking of technology and design relevance.
The project is based on technology and wants to use the advantages of technology to maximize the liberation of reading space and the re-interpretation of urban publicity.
The realization of structure has a decisive influence on the communication of concepts. The rationality and ductility of the steel structure need to be discussed.
Recommendation from my friend.
I explored the structural innovation and the future of architecture.