Title of Project: Cyrus Tang Foundation Center
Location: East Taihu Ecological Park, Wujiang District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province
Time of Design: October 2010 to September 2012
Time of Construction: October 2012 to February 2015
Site Area (m2):33051 m2
Floor Area (m2):15627 m2
Note:This project is the work of the chief architect during the period of UAD
项目名称:唐仲英基金会中国中心
项目地点:江苏省苏州市吴江区东太湖生态园内
设计时间:2010年10月-2012年9月
建造时间:2012年10月-2015年2月
用地面积:33051 m2
占地面积:15627 m2
注:该项目为主创建筑在UAD期间设计作品
Cyrus Tang Foundation Center is a very meaningful attempt to extend building boundaries. We try to eliminate restrictions by blurring the boundaries between public and private, indoor and outdoor as well as artificial and natural. As a result, buildings are no longer viewed in isolation but integrated into the urban environment. From the perspective of the relationship between the building and the park, our original intention is to eliminate and conceal the building volume and plan the park green space. The roof garden acts as the elevated landscape vegetation. On the floor plan, the areas for conference, exhibition, museum, office, etc. are integrated through the central hall, which can be divided and combined in use. The interface of each function is also blurred, enhancing the spatial experience of walking. The outline of the building is flexible; these zigzag and artificially added skins make internal space and external space of the building connected, and the functions of space penetrate into each other; and it is also an organism that can grow and expand over time. In terms of appearance treatment of the building, the metaphor of glass curtain wall on the intention of silk and bamboo complements the outdoor bamboo forest, and the elevated building volumes scattered around the site are like boulders that stand still after wind and frost, wholly and finally presenting a hidden volume.
唐仲英基金会中国中心是关于延伸建筑边界非常有意义的尝试。我们试图通过模糊界限来消除限制,模糊存在于公共与私有、室内与室外、人工与自然之间的界限。因而建筑物不再被孤立地看待,而是将其融进城市环境空间。从建筑跟公园的关系上看,我们的初心是消隐建筑体量,编织公园绿地。屋顶花园犹如是抬高的地面景观植被一样。建筑平面上,会议、展览、博物馆、办公等各个区域通过中央大厅整合在一起,使用上可分可合。各个功能的界面也被模糊了,增强了行走的空间体验。建筑的轮廓是柔性的,这些曲折的、人为增加的表皮,使得建筑的内部空间和外部空间联系起来,空间的功能作用相互渗透。它也是可以随着时间不断生长和扩张的有机体。在建筑的外观处理上,玻璃幕墙对于丝竹意向的隐喻,跟室外的竹林相得益彰,散落在场地四周高起的建筑体量有如一块块历经风霜而岿然不动的巨石,整体最后呈现出一个消隐的体量。