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Project Overview
Currently one of the world’s largest exhibition and convention center, Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center has a building area of 1.6 million square meters, and an indoor exhibition area of 400,000 square meters. It only takes 3 and a half years from design to completion at “Shenzhen speed”. The world-class exchange platform combines its unique architectural form with an advanced three-dimensional traffic network that separates pedestrians and vehicles, suffused with green wisdom.
Project Commissioner
Shenzhen Zhaohua International Exhibition Development Co., Ltd.
Project Creator
Team
Guohong Song, Leonardo Mariani, Yi Liu
Project Brief
Shenzhen is an important point on the Maritime Silk Road and the core engine of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Currently one of the world’s largest exhibition and convention centers, Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center showcases the deep meaning of the “Maritime Silk Road” figuratively with the lavender blue wavy roof and the winding colorful ribbon patterns. The passionate Shenzhen flower, bougainvillea, and “coast guard” mangroves are subtly integrated into the design, becoming a unique architectural language.
Under the metal roof, enough to cover 106 standard football fields, 19 multifunctional exhibition halls are connected in series around the 2-km central corridor. Six entrances and two entry halls are designed from the north and south, so that the farthest walking distance for visitors from the entry hall to the target exhibition hall is always kept within 500 meters. All large scale and large components are transformed into a smaller by breaking up the whole into parts to avoid people falling into the situation of "walking themselves off their feet" in the large exhibition hall.
Project Innovation/Need
In order to make the whole roof look light and elegant, we used a special treatment method of "wing" on the 19-meter-high eaves. side. The edge of the eaves is treated with a corrugated surface, and the eaves of all exhibition halls are connected like undulating waves, and the flexible shape is full of vitality.
In the façade design, we avoided the traditional industrial design style and continued the design concept of "Maritime Silk Road". We also used parametric design to make the façade of the exhibition hall in blue and white. The ocean culture displayed on the roof echoes.
Design Challenge
One of the challenges is scale. The super-long walking distance makes the visitors exhausted, and the disordered space organization is not conducive to the visitors to distinguish the orientation. Therefore, we adopt the "fishbone" layout structure commonly used internationally, which is characterized by high efficiency and is also conducive to staged construction. In order to avoid the problem of walking too long affecting the experience of visitors, we designed six entrances and two entry halls from the north and south, so that the farthest walking distance for visitors from the entry hall to the target exhibition hall is always kept within 500 meters. The first floor is a slow traffic system, where people can rest, chat and entertain around the green belt.
Sustainability
We designed a landscape belt as the green lungs of the city, which connects the park under the “fish bone” structure. In addition, VP has utilized 52 of the world’s leading green technologies, creating the world’s top green pavilion with 3 green certificates (National Green Building Two star, LEED-NC Gold, UK BREEAM Three star). For example, the central corridor was designed by the team to ensure its large roof can block both sunlight and rain, and keep good ventilation in a semi-open environment without air conditioning.
Architecture - Exhibit
This award celebrates the design process and product of planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience that reflect functional, technical, social, and aesthetic considerations. Consideration given for material selection, technology, light and shadow.
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