Architecture Asia Special Issue - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020

HONORABLE
MENTION
B-5
Qingdao Citizen
Fitness Center
Specialized Buildings
Architect:
GAO Qinghui / Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd. of
Southeast University
Location:
Qingdao, China
The design starts from the perspective of protecting wetlands with the aim of constructing
a coastal wetland public venue. The concentrated layout of the fitness center to retain wetland
resources conveys a fresh, simple, elegant, and poetic impression of light construction.
It reflects the characteristics of Yin and Yang, and virtue within the traditional Chinese Taoist
culture that originated in Mount Laoshan in Qingdao, constituting a cultural symbol that the
public can recognize. It strictly controls the scale of each region, taking the spectator experience
as the core value, maximizing audience identification and accessibility, and reducing
construction and post-operation costs.
JURY CITATION: The project is nicely done with its fine details, structures, and envelopes. For a
gymnasium, since very few innovations can be applied in the arrangement of functional space,
the attractions will always be put on its envelopes and forms. The project combines the structure
with its forms, in which the beauty of mechanics makes the whole fitness center looks as light
as a feather.
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