Xuzhou City, China
Junyun Architecture Design Office’s Urban Living Room of Dahuangshan Silicon Town for Xierong Real Estate is an innovation hub complete with silicon material production, research center, energy application base, and healthcare and wellness facilities in Xuzhou City.
The project is conceived as an ‘urban living room’ that provides public services and also serves exhibition and experience functions.
Living Room of Dahuangshan Silicon Town has recently been awarded a 2022 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
It is located on the northeast side of the intersection of Yangshan Road and Xujia Expressway in Xuzhou National Economic Development Zone and adjacent to an urban park, acting as the gateway to the core area of Dahuangshan Silicon Town.
The town embraces rich ecological resources, such as Dahuangshan Forest Park, and a mountain park to the south.
Based on the natural environment of the site, the project subtly combines futurist design with the local cultural context.
The building unfolds towards landscape and blends well with the surrounding park landscape and the commercial core.
With its iconic appearance, it serves as a window to communicate with the city and people. Dahuangshan Silicon Town occupies a total plot area of around 3.5 square kilometers.
Positioned as a sci-tech innovation hub in Huaihai Region and a top silicon town in the world, it is aimed to become a low-carbon smart town, which integrates silicon material production and a research center, new energy application base, healthcare and wellness facilities, and a pleasant environment for working and working.
This ‘urban living room’ integrates the commercial and residential areas of Dahuangshan Silicon Town.
It adopts a distinctive and striking facade design and presents the volumes and scale of the core display area with a sense of community.
The design matches the grand overhanging roof with a large water curtain and integrates the transparent ‘box’ with futuristic exteriors, thereby creating a spectacular visual effect.
Silvery-white aluminum panels and colored glazed glass define various facades that show a modern architectural appearance and perfectly merge with the environment.
The outer-layer curtain wall is made of colored glazed glass strips that are either wide or narrow, appearing like a suspended lightweight gauze curtain.
In contrast, the inner-layer curtain wall is composed of arc-shaped glazed glass with color gradients, creating a hazy sense of rhythm and offering visitors a unique experience.
The two layers of curtain walls, together with the water curtain, endow the building with an elegant and futuristic aesthetic.
Project: Urban Living Room of Dahuangshan Silicon Town
Architects: JUNYUN Architecture Design Office Co., Ltd.
Design Team: Liu Sinan, Cheng Wen, Li Xiaojun, Lu Yuan, Wang Baoping, Shen Yehui, Hu Quanquan, Zheng Ya, Tian Lin, Meng Yiran, and Mei Yaobei
General Contractor: Jiangsu Nantong, No. 2 Construction Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd.
Client: Xuzhou Xierong Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Photographers: Beijing rjing-photo
