"Original Design" Concept
Since the reform and opening up, China's architectural design field has been detached from the original use of the building is more prominent, too much emphasis on the appearance of the building form, too much emphasis on the concept of metaphysical and deliberately pursuing the subjective style, put the cart before the horse and even the end of the matter and other undesirable phenomena prevail. In this environment, Meng Jianmin, after nearly thirty years of creative practice and thinking, has continuously explored and focused his theoretical research on the important aspect of "original design". "Origin" refers to the initial root of everything and the important component of things at the philosophical level. Origin design refers to emphasizing on the basic issues of design in the design process, focusing on the applicable results brought by the design to the people, and exploring the basis of the formation of the building and the original goal. The core content of the original design mainly includes: health, efficiency and humanities three elements.
1. Focus on the "health" element of architecture
Human health involves air quality, water quality, and environmental factors such as sound, light, and electricity. Meng Jianmin applies the concept of whole process design in architectural design, focusing on the premise of economy by coordinating the design of various professions to create excellent air quality, lighting, acoustic indoor environment, etc. to improve the impact of the building on human health, and at the same time, pay attention to the health elements of the supporting, for the use of the building to provide a diversified, rich in the functional use of health and exercise needs and content.
The concept of health is very necessary in office buildings, commercial buildings and other types of buildings where people stay for a long period of time, and it is also particularly important in the design of medical buildings. With this concept in mind, Meng's design of the Hefei Government Affairs Center office building won the National Excellent Design Silver Award, and the Zhangjiagang First People's Hospital won the National Excellent Design Award.
2. Focus on building efficiency
The efficiency of a building covers functional zoning, energy use, flow organization, economic cost, etc. Meng has long been engaged in the creation and practice of large and complex building projects, such as medical buildings, office buildings, urban complexes, and port hubs, and has accumulated many ways and experiences to improve building efficiency. He has accumulated many ways and experiences to improve building efficiency, and has led the formation of special research teams such as the Medical Building Design Institute and the Metro Complex Research Center. In view of the design characteristics of new medical buildings, it has strengthened the systematic research on the three major streams of "segregation of people and vehicles, doctors and patients, and cleanliness and pollution", and put forward the new concept of "Medical City" on the basis of "Hospital Street". At the same time, a new concept of "Medical City" was proposed on the basis of "Hospital Street". More than twenty large hospitals have been completed and have been well received in terms of operational efficiency.
While focusing on the study of the efficiency of oversized buildings, he also conducted research on the miniaturization of residential units. From the perspective of ergonomics, Meng researched and designed the "miniature multi-functional building unit" with reasonably minimized space, which provides people with a kind of building unit that can satisfy their indoor living and activities in a relatively miniaturized space, and greatly improves the efficiency of the use of the unit of residential area, and it also obtains national patents because of its special value and policy significance. It has also been awarded a national patent for its special value and policy significance.
On this basis, Meng Jianmin held the standardized design research and published the standardized product gallery, which covers 22 series***213 types of house types, with the copyright registration number: 2010-L-029548. Meng also served as the person in charge of the standardization and serialization of Shenzhen's guaranteed residential housing, and systematically researched the " Industrialization, BIM application, green building, cost control" and other issues, has successfully passed the expert verification and finalization.
3. Paying attention to the "humanistic" elements of architecture
Meng Jianmin pays attention to the local history, humanities, climate, cultural lineage and other factors in his architectural creations, and at the same time, he fully utilizes and gives full play to the characteristics of the new modern materials and structures, exploring the road of modern architecture that is both nationalized and humanized. Meng created his works in the Anhui region, refined and preserved the enclosing space and architectural language of Huizhou architecture, and gradually formed a creative style characterized by the regional characteristics of Anhui. Representative works of cultural architecture designed by Meng include: Hefei Battle of the Yangtze River Memorial Hall, Wenzhou Puming Zen Temple, Shenzhen Christian Church, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Office Building, Beichuan Earthquake Resistance Memorial Park Program, China Garden Museum Program, and so on.
In the field of medical architectural design, Meng advocates the design concept of "all-round care" as one of the humanistic elements of the original design theory, i.e., in the design process, not only should we carry out the care of patients, but also should take into account the care of medical workers, logistic service groups, visiting, accompanying and other types of groups. Based on Meng's experience in designing more than 30 hospitals in the last decade, he has published The Creation and Practice of New Medical Architecture.