* FORMAKERS

* Company:

FORMAKERS

* I'm also a:

Owner/principal

Description:

FORMAKERS will take advantage of the "digital fabrication REvolution". We publish projects of urban design/ architectural research/ fashion design/ 3d print/ parametric design / architecture model /photography and much more.FORMAKERS invites architects, designers, artists, students, scientists and individuals of all backgrounds to explore, research and investigate new design paradigms and urban visions.







14OCT 2012

DALIAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER / COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

Posted in Architecture - Cultural by * FORMAKERS

Dalian International Conference Center building currently in construction in the Chinese city of Dalian by Coop Himmelb(l)au, the new project will house a conference center, theater and opera house, exhibition area, parking, delivery and disposal.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Designed to “both reflect the promising modern future of Dalian and its tradition as an important port, trade, industry and tourism city” the Dalian Conference Center is associative in its architectural concept rather than pictographic, taking on the softness of form as though eroded by forces of the sea.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU


© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
The design incorporates a public zone with shopping at ground level and a 1,900 seat theatre and 2,500 capacity conference space situated 15m above the entrance hall as floating spaces.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
“With the Dalian International Conference Center, a hybrid city within a building will emerge,” reads the design statement.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
For the technical infrastructure of the building this means, that we have to consider a huge amount of people circulating inside the building at the same time, expecting high standards in circulation and comfort as well as a state of the art building concerning high flexibility, and low energy consumption and use of other resources.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
” In a country with a population of approximately 1.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU


© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
33 billion, Coop Himmelb(l)au’s two projects offer associatively scaled architecture and importantly, cultural spaces to enjoy the fruits of Chinese productivity.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
.

© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU


Client:
Dalian Municipal People's Government, P.R. China


Design team:
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal: Wolf D. Prix
Project Partner: Paul Kath (until 2010), Wolfgang Reicht
Project Architect: Wolfgang Reicht
Design Architect: Alexander Ott
Design Team: Quirin Krumbholz, Eva Wolf, Victoria Coaloa
Project Team: Nico Boyer, Liisi Salumaa, Anja Sorger, Vanessa Castro Vélez, Lei Feng, Reinhard Hacker, Jan Brosch, Veronika Janovska, Manfred Yuen, Matthias Niemeyer, Matt Kirkham, Peter Rose, Markus Wings, Ariane Marx, Wendy Fok, Reinhard Platzl, Debora Creel, Hui-Cheng, Jessie Chen, Simon Diesendruck, Yue Chen, Thomas Hindelang, Pola Dietrich, Moritz Keitel, Ian Robertson, Keigo Fukugaki, Gaspar Gonzalez Melero, Giacomo Tinari


Status:
Work in progress


Website:
http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/






© COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU © COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

Comments

No comments