Wuyang Architecture-Zhujiajiao Tourist Center
주자교 관광센터는 주자교 구시가지의 서북쪽 모퉁이에 위치하고 있다. 프로젝트의 맥락은 구시가지의 지역적 역사적 특징과 다른 한편으로는 새로운 도시 환경의 공간적 조건이다. 이러한 맥락에 어떻게 대응할 것인가가 신축 건물에 대한 디자인적 사고의 출발점이다. 메탈 클래딩 방식의 지붕은 짙은 회색을 띠고 경사로 지붕의 형태를 주었다. 새 건물의 규모를 줄이기 위해 경사로 지붕은 두 개의 삼각형 부분으로 구성으로 변형된다.
Zhujiajiao Tourist Center is located on the west-north corner of Zhujiajiao old town, which is a historical conservation area in Qingpu District, Shanghai. The site is also a cross-boundary between historical area and the new town developed in the past twenty years. The context of the project, therefore, is twofold: on one hand, a local historical feature of the old town, and the spatial condition of a new urban environment on the other hand. How to respond to such a context, is the start point of design thinking for the new building.
The roof made by metal cladding system is given the color of dark gray and the shape of ramp roof to achieve the building regulation of historical area. To reduce the scale of the new building, the ramp roof is transformed into a composition of two triangle parts.
The building of the tourist center has two floors. The ground floor, mainly used as an information center and public lavatory for visitors, is enclosed by a glass curtain wall. Transparent surfaces present a kind of publicity, create a friendly interface towards the street and outside space, and also bring natural light into the interior.
The first floor is used as offices of tourist management and service. The form of overhanging timber frame brings the building an identity that is not only visual but also a material and technological conversation with those historical buildings in the old town, whose facades are always featured by timer windows, doors, planks, and components.
The tourist center is closed to Kezhiyuan Road. Facing the street, an overhanging volume expands forward to identify a covered entrance space. In comparison with an open field, the feature is drawn by the low density of new town, this covered space brings a chance to visitors to leave an experience about the place. The gable wall of overhanging volume is permeated, with grating panels covered by mirror-polished stainless steel. Light flows into the empty volume, mirrors reflect the surrounding scene. The entrance space becomes a joint point between architecture and urban space.
The information center provides services like tickets, tour guides, lounges, gift stores, etc. A strip of skylight window is set on the overhead of information desk to bring natural light, and make the interior more comfortable. The public lavatory is designed following the 3A standard of tourist toilet, with an independent washing place, family lavatory, and baby care room. Skylights are also introduced into the toilet rooms to give visitors a better experience inside.
The design of Zhujiajiao Tourist Center aims to respond to the historical and cultural context of the old town, but also pay attention to the experience of placelessness, as a general production of rapid development of suburb new town, and try to make a contribution to the reconstruction of the place.
Photography by Qingshan Wu
from archdaily