In the history of the World Expo, there have been left many classic buildings: the Crystal Palace in London, England, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Atomium Tower in Brussels, Belgium ...... Each small venue is not only the crystallization of a country's Each small venue is not only the crystallization of a country's history and culture and the latest technology, but also the bold thinking and exploration of the future architectural form of the people at that time. The Shanghai World Expo 2010 has once again become a stage for architects from all over the world to compete. How do local designers perform in this star-studded park? A few days ago, the reporter went into the Modern Design Group and approached one original architectural case in the World Expo Park, where the light of wisdom shines. Function and modeling, which is more important? Architectural imagery is undoubtedly an important element of the Expo architecture. Shanghai World Expo, the Spanish Pavilion of the cane, the British Pavilion of the tentacles, the Norwegian Pavilion of the forest, the Finnish Pavilion of the curling ...... are not dazzling. However, unlike many of the new and innovative buildings, the designs of local designers in the Expo site are quite pragmatic. Expo Center, one of the permanent venues of the World Expo, is a building with "perfect function" as the first option. This building, with its core functions of conference and reception, does not deliberately express itself, but appears with pure fa?ade forms and regular square forms, which are generous. As Lin Yutang wrote, Chinese architecture "silently narrates its own calmness and thus suggests its own dignity and courtesy". The designer of the Expo Center, Master Hai Cong, said in an interview: "We have also considered a variety of options, but ultimately chose the current simple conjoined scheme. Because no matter from the overall nature of the building, the convenience of functional connection, or the effective use of energy and other aspects of the analysis, this is the most appropriate." Today, the Expo Center's meeting and reception spaces are distributed along the fa?ade, providing natural light and ventilation as well as views of the river; there are also outdoor terraces of varying sizes on each floor, which not only provide venues for a diversity of activities, but also enhance indoor comfort. Another permanent venue, the Performing Arts Center, is also an original masterpiece by local designers. However, even its sleek flying saucer shape was born out of function. According to the designer Wang Xiaoan, due to the size of the venue from the initial 4,000 seats adjusted to 18,000 seats, in order to solve the problem of lack of space, can only be cut through the grounding area, to form a "borrowed from the sky, not borrowed from the ground" floating form. In fact, the "floating" shape is the inevitable choice of the performing arts center. It is with the help of the venue around the functional area of the upward shift, so that the lower part of the open platform effectively solve a variety of transportation space conversion and the centralized evacuation of the theater crowd. "We believe that morphological imagery can have a more solid foothold only if it is premised on a meticulous combination of functions." Wang Xiaoan said. As Shanghai's future large-scale performing arts venue, the Performing Arts Center will host superstar concerts, international ice hockey games, and NBA events in its flying saucer shape. Modern Design Group Shanghai Architectural Design Institute undertook the architectural and overall M&E design of the regional pavilion, the podium part of the China Pavilion, and the overall M&E design of the project. Zhou Hong, the person in charge of the on-site design of the project, said, "As a designer, we should try to provide the best quality of the exhibition place. Provide good and convenient exhibition routes and hardware equipment so that provinces, municipalities directly under the central government and autonomous regions can display their development achievements and different styles of multi-ethnicity, and create favorable conditions for the subsequent utilization and long-term operation of the China Pavilion." How to interpret the old bottle and new wine? Compared with the "high buildings on the ground, white paper drawing colorful pictures", the transformation of old buildings is much more complex. The location of the Expo site, was originally a heavy industrial plant in Shanghai, the remains of the twenty or thirty modern industrial buildings. Preserving the old buildings and transforming them into sustainable new venues is one of the highlights of this year's Expo. And the green ideas of local designers in this area are eye-catching. The Baosteel Stage in the Expo site was transformed from the third workshop of the original Shanghai Iron and Steel Works. According to the words of designer Yang Ming: "We gave up our initial hope of positively 'empowering' the idea of transformation, and replaced it with a more 'submissive' design posture, focusing our attention on the adjusted utilization of the plant's existing resource conditions. on the existing resource conditions of the factory building." They retained the structural system of the original factory building as much as possible, and made adaptive modifications according to the new functional space, such as utilizing the original steel platform and building a second floor platform to accommodate the main functional space. At the same time, the design of the Baosteel Grand Stage also fully respects the historical original appearance of the industrial building. The surface of the original steel columns, concrete columns, roof frames and steel platforms are mainly descaled and cleaned without changing the original materials and colors; the new components are based on the principle of lightweight and reusable and are distinguished from the retained structure by other colors, which not only reflect the principle of recognizability but also the process of updating history. In the future, the audience will also be able to feel the historical lineage of the industrial site when enjoying performances in the Baosteel Stage. For example, the Hexing Warehouse on the Celebration Square was built in 1930 and is a historical witness to China's first private steel enterprise. However, 80 years of erosion have made it unusable for today's use. After analysis, the design team implanted a 3-story steel structure system in its center part, connected by a bridge. At the same time, it was recognized that the pagoda-style fa?ade facing the Huangpu River and the intersecting staircases had more value to be preserved, and careful on-site surveying and mapping was carried out to achieve the restoration effect of restoring the old bridge as it was in the past. The Expo Center is solemn and square and invites guests
As a special venue to receive dignitaries during the Expo, and as the image representative of the Expo complex, the Expo Center is different from other venues, but with a unique solemn and mysterious --- the square and square Expo Center is the only one of its kind in the world. -What are the attractions of the square Expo Center? See the completed Expo Center, grand and solemn is the first impression. Expo Center Chief Designer Master Haicong opened the door, mentioned its unusual "identity": Expo Center during the World Expo to undertake high-profile reception tasks; after the World Expo, it will also become a comprehensive international conference center, such as the Shanghai Conference such an important mission. As the most important permanent venue of the World Expo, Fu Haicong and his design team in the design process, there are twelve words of the guidelines --- functionality, solemn form, energy saving and environmental protection. Simple and majestic modern architectural style, so that the Expo Center has been in the Huangpu River to create a magnificent space momentum. When you look at the Expo Center from the bank of the Huangpu River, it looks like a huge ship is moving forward. And its surface creative piece of folded glass facade, is to give the whole building vitalized texture. Fu Haicong said: "The Expo Center we designed should not be just a simple meeting place, but an emotional and complete architectural system". In the midst of the ceremonial music and mingling of drinks, the elegance of a great nation is displayed. The gold-based ballroom in the Expo Center, with an area of 4,800 square meters, can accommodate 2,000 to 3,000 people dining at the same time, and can be divided into spaces according to different banquet themes; through the fiber shaped ceiling light pieces, the wall layers of distinctive light and shadow effects, to create a festive and warm atmosphere. The "starry sky" of the General Assembly Hall is another highlight of the Expo Center. With a net height of 22 meters, an average width of 45 meters and a length of 60 meters, the hall will host important meetings and activities such as the two sessions, and even has a certain political significance, so the design should take into account its rigorous and atmospheric. Therefore, the design of the tall space and the podium as one; perforated walls and roof panels to create a "star" effect, in addition to the implied "perfect harmony, unity of mankind" cultural connotations, but also in the acoustic effect can be enhanced. "At a cursory glance, you may feel that the external form is a bit ordinary, but a closer look, you can find that the Expo Center has a rich 'expression'." Fu Haicong particularly mentioned an innovative design - through the jagged angle change, even if you open the window, from the outside, will not destroy the overall sense of the Expo Center. "Jagged" is one of the expressions of the Expo Center, to the opening of the World Expo, people approach the Expo Center to savor, but also to find more interesting "expression". In addition, the Expo Center design and construction process, with special emphasis on the concept of green energy saving, it has become a certain degree of other venues and benchmarks. Fu Haicong believes that environmental protection should not only stay in the addition of advanced equipment, but also try to develop ideas in the design. For example, the Expo Center by reducing the surface area, energy-saving curtain wall system, in order to meet the original functional requirements on the basis of environmental protection needs. Because of this, the Expo Center project has won two high honors - the national green three-star standard and the U.S. building LEED award. Overall and local, appearance and internal quality, architecture and culture, environmental protection and economy, all aspects of the building should try to find each other's "balance point", as far as possible to achieve coordination, which is Fu Haicong in the design of the Expo Center's greatest experience. He said: "Every design proposal is a process of calculating the 'greatest common denominator'. To find it is to make the building truly balanced." Rotating Pavilion Change Idea
Speaking of the day SAIC-GM Automotive Pavilion bidding, Rong Wujie, chief designer of the Automotive Pavilion, is still excited. "At that time, the judges of American GM came to Shanghai with complicated feelings, and we, with the architectural design of the Auto Pavilion, said what they wanted to say most --- change." The bidding for the design of the SAIC-GM Auto Pavilion came in July 2008, when GM posted a net loss of $30.9 billion for the year and sales fell to their lowest level in 49 years. In the same year, GM China maintained a market growth rate of 6.1%, rising against the market. At this time, the Chinese market does not seem to have felt the tremor across the ocean, and many bidding teams have no way to understand the inner feelings of American customers. With anxiety, but also with hope, the representatives of General Motors came to China, and the first thing that came to mind was to give a name to the automobile pavilion. "At that time, there were many design teams participating in the bidding, and we must make sure that the name fits into the hearts of the judges." Receiving this task, the design team rushed into action, the Chinese name was quickly determined --- "Spinning Pavilion", a realistic image, catchy. English name how to do? Rong Wu Jie call the transatlantic phone, please teach friends in the United States, and fax drawings for their reference. After repeated refinement, and finally determined --- "Revolution Road". Road represents the road, road, and Revolution has two meanings, the first meaning of the word is Revolution has two meanings, the first is "rotation" and the other, more familiar to everyone, is "revolution". The first meaning is "rotation" and the other, more familiar meaning, is "revolution". "Rotary Road" and "Revolution Avenue", there is nothing that can impress Americans more than this. The most used advertising slogan of GM at that time was precisely Revolution. Barack Obama passionately publicized his presidential campaign slogan, "A Nation Transformed," throughout the United States. Now, the name of the automobile pavilion coincides with it, for all the American judges present, for General Motors, and even for Americans, is a strong dose of heart. Rong Wujie recalled that the day of the tender, his modern design group modern urban architecture design institute last appearance, their interpretation of the architectural form, the interpretation of the project connotation, y impressed the Chinese and foreign judges heart, won the judges standing ovation. On August 26, 2009, the steel structure of the Automobile Pavilion was topped out. From winning the bid to topping out in a year, the process of "change" never stops. "At the beginning, we want to make the automobile hall into a circle." Rong Wujie told reporters that the automobile museum is a circle. Round can bring us a lot of imagination: wheels, steering wheels, engines, gears ...... But, this "circle" want to tell us much more than that. As a representative of industrial civilization, with a hundred years of history of the automobile manufacturing industry's greatest achievement is the thousands of parts processing "perfect" combination of capabilities. The SAIC-GM Pavilion is located in the Puxi Park of the World Expo. The pavilion echoes the automobile in every way: its streamlined appearance is reminiscent of the shape of a car, and its spiral design symbolizes the "road to the future". The silver "coat" of the pavilion is made up of 4,000 pieces of renewable aluminum, which is CNC cold-machined, shaped and calibrated in the same way as the body steel of a luxury car. In addition, the car-making process of thin plate processing technology, painting technology, etc., have been "transplanted" to the construction of the car museum. The Automobile Pavilion is a four-level exhibition hall. The first floor is the waiting area and exhibition area, the second and third floors are the main exhibition area, and the fourth floor is the VIP area, which is actually a circle rising from low to high in a spiral shape. The four pieces of fragmented loose chain, high and low, arc around, the whole building is also bursting with rising infinite energy, symbolizing the bright future of the automotive industry, which is constantly renewed, positive and upward development. This is not the final automobile pavilion, the designers will continue to improve on more details. The concept of "green industry" can be made even more emotional through landscaping, sculpture and light art. In 2010, wheat was planted on the roof platform of the Automotive Pavilion and ripened from May to October, when the Expo was held. The golden wheat field, with a car placed in it, quietly tells people that industry and natural ecology can also get along and live in harmony*** in the future. The curved wall gallops the imagination, looks like a flat guitar from afar, walk into the "guitar", feel the towering mountains, across the forests and meadows, through the river valleys and lowlands, and finally come to the city ...... Shanghai World Expo Park, from the Austrian Caitin Noglu Architects Architect Arex Jaru and his team from the Austrian firm Tsaitinoglu Architects will bring a marvelous journey through time and space with an extremely bold and innovative approach. Not only will you be able to throw snowballs with force in the Austrian Pavilion, but perhaps you will also be able to see little deer and squirrels. "More exciting than throwing snowballs in the Expo, is the entire Austrian Pavilion, in addition to toilets, surprisingly, there is not a wall is traditionally upright and at right angles! The curved and folded ...... ones are at your disposal." Shanghai World Expo Austria Pavilion deputy general representative Mu E revealed. This design, perhaps there are enough reasons: mixed with the whistling sound of the wind, visitors first into a mountainous area in the mountains, due to the mountains covered area of 60 square meters or so of the snow field, people soon in the low temperature freezing in the shivering, feet 10 cm thick snow along with every step of the crunching sound, the ear also comes from time to time the sound of the snowy mountains crumbling; hand pinch a snowball, smashed on the wall, you can also see the snowball flying crack change. From the snowy mountains down, the forest appeared in front of the visitor's eyes, not far from a timid and panicked deer is running quickly to the depths of the forest, walking in the fragrant conifers, broad-leaved trees, berries, mushrooms in the forest, there may also be a naughty squirrel jumped to your body, sniffing the smell. The rustling of leaves and the song-like chirping of various birds of prey can occasionally be heard along with the low roar of the beasts; visitors can also see the color changes in the leaves due to the change of seasons. Through the dense forest, will come to a world of water, visitors can walk along the river, but also can play in the water play, but also can see from the original forest in central Europe and the Danube River Basin a variety of fish and other animals. After crossing snow-capped mountains, forests, and lakes, the visitor's final stop is the city, the home of life. Mozart and Strauss will welcome visitors to the 280-square-meter city made of green, red, and blue colors, where the beauty of Austria's different cultures will be on display, from shoe-beating dances to fashionable clothing shows, and from classical concerts to international VJ nights. "Of all the magical travel sensations, except for the snow, which is real, all the others are the effects of projections played to the wall by 72 projectors and 30 computers." Arex said that only by designing the shape of the walls according to the needs of the scenario can the effect produced be more realistic, "I would like to thank the designers and project managers from the Modern Design Group, who, with their superb skills, have completed the structural design of the Austria Pavilion and converted our ideas into tangible construction drawings." Now, the construction of the Austrian Pavilion has entered the stage of structural construction, and the sincere cooperation between Chinese and foreign architects and designers will bring infinite surprises when visiting the Austrian Pavilion next year. Extend the dream of black gold is also beautiful Known as "black gold" of oil, is the lifeblood of the global economy, but in the World Expo, this black stuff, what to see? Early in the morning in late fall, when the reporter walked into an inconspicuous office building on West Nanjing Road, he found that it was full of design drawings and various materials, full of academic and exploratory atmosphere. Ms. Wu Shenshen, president and chief architect of Modern Huagai Architecture Design Company of Modern Design Group, who was busy in the office, told the reporter the story of how she made the "black gold" become beautiful at the World Expo. The Petroleum Pavilion, jointly constructed by PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC, is located in Puxi Park of Shanghai World Expo Park, covering an area of 4,000 square meters, close to Puxi Ferry Terminal of Huangpu River and Lupu Bridge. The three central enterprises attached great importance to the construction of the Petroleum Pavilion, and they also requested to reflect the strength and quality of the central enterprises, the theme of the pavilion is "Petroleum, Extending the City's Dreams", and the design criteria is simple, beautiful and atmospheric. How to meet the customer's aesthetic requirements? Wu Shen Shen pointed to the design sketches, said the entire oil museum, this layer of "skin" is her and her design team's greatest pride, "the outer skin designed as a net cover structure, you can give full play to the imagination of the design above, without affecting the original appearance of the inner building. According to her, the outer skin of the Petroleum Pavilion is made of the world's most advanced PC material, polycarbonate, which is also a raw material derived from the production of petroleum derivatives. This compound can also be reused, in line with the "Green Expo" concept. According to Wushenshen, the use of PC material in a holistic manner enhances the overall appearance of the building. At the same time, the skin is adorned with a number of crisscrossing textures, like thousands of oil and gas pipelines lined up in a row, perfectly interpreting the main theme of the venue. She informed that PC materials are rarely used in construction, and it is the first time in the country that they are used on such a large scale. When you go to the Petroleum Pavilion, you can also see the 4D interactive stereoscopic movie that brings shocking audio-visual effects. In the design of Wu Shen Shen team, the large screen of the Petroleum Museum is 7 meters high and 28 meters long, and in such a "wraparound" theater, a documentary series of only 8 minutes long, "Petroleum Journey in Space and Time", which tells the evolution of petroleum during the billions of years, and promotes the historical development of mankind and the future of the beautiful vision. The audience is like a first-hand witness to the vicissitudes of nature and the ghostly magic of the Creator. When is the Petroleum Museum most beautiful? Wu Shen Shen suggests that the audience should eat dinner to see the Petroleum Museum. Because the node structure of the building skin of the Petroleum Museum node using advanced LED technology, so that the facade of the Petroleum Museum itself has become a large "display". When the night falls, the light blue outer skin will be colorful, with the beat of the large musical fountain, playing the prelude to the colorful music. Wu Shen Shen revealed that the Petroleum Pavilion will start trial operation in March next year. Soon, people will see the Chinese designers, how the "black gold" into a beautiful work of art.