Wang Shu’nun tasarımındaki ışık ve
alan yaratımı SHU’NUN modern mimariye
yakınlığını ortaya koyuyor.
The creation of light and space in
Wang Shu’s Academy design shows his
affinity to modern architecture.
Lv Hengzhong
Established in 1928, the China Academy of Art is the
first comprehensive art academy in China committed to
integrating eastern and western art in its curriculum, while
creating contemporary art according to the principles of
Chinese culture. The new Xiangshan Campus is located in
the outskirts of Hangzhou.
Phase I of the new campus was designed in collaboration
with Lu Wenyu and it is situated towards the north of the
knoll of the Xianshan whereas Phase II is situated towards
the south.
The architecture of Phase II, exhibits a different character
from that of Phase I. The building was approached apart
from the context of landscape such that architecture itself
becomes the landscape; individual parts are no longer
restricted to the whole and the intersection of these parts is
made more interesting with unexpected twists at the turn of
a corner.
There are blocks of pure concrete walls with irregular cutout
openings, which draw attention to the materiality of the
architecture. There are also the simple whitewashed plaster
blocks with their rectilinear windows and ‘flying’ corridors
of ‘weaved’ timber strips in steel frames, creating a rhythm
that adds excitement to the simple form. A rich collection of
recycled old bricks, six million roof tiles of twenty different
dimensions from demolished houses and wood, stone, glass
manifest themselves on the walls of the blocks. A simple
block is topped with a dark grey traditional clay tile roof.
This traditional character is achieved through the series
of sun-shading devices in the form of cantilevered steelframed structures with clay roof tiles and bamboo underlay.
The materials of the architecture are given another layer
of richness, as some facades of the teaching blocks are
cladded entirely by timber.
The design of the Xiangshan campus is not a simple return
to tradition, but a blend of traditional Chinese features with
industrial methodology, thinking and construction methods.
MART-NİSAN / MARCH-APRIL 2012 • NATURA 109