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Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu

Silver Architecture · 2023

Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building

by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu

  • Silver A' Design Award 2023 in Architecture
  • CLIENT: New World Architecture Design Co.,Ltd.
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 13,978
  • Verification code 7A0B11395E · Verify this award
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About Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building

The conference center of the Global Industrial Internet Conference is located in Shenyang, a traditional heavy industry city which known as the Rust Belt in China. The building is a part of effort to revive the city. It mainly divided into two parts, the conference part and the exhibition part. The conference part is designed in a cylindrical shape, which has a similar volume and texture to the factory facilities that once existed in the area. The exhibition part with aluminum panel curtain wall creates technological appearance, which bring a new visual experience to the old industrial area.

About the Silver A' Design Award

Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.

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Unique Properties
An exhibition and conference building.
Different from other conference centers in China,it does not adopt a huge volume and a axisymmetric layout, but fully respects the local tradition, with soft curved shapes and building materials, it can continue the traditional memory, and be friendly to the public. It also provides sufficient outdoor space for citizens.It's a green building. The comprehensive energy consumption is reduced by 72% compared with regular buildings.
Dimensions & Packaging
Length 137m x Width 84m x Height 21m,
Building Area 17500sq.m,
Site Area: 25000sq.m.
Tags
Architecture,Conference,Exhibition,Urban Renewal,Tradition,Green Building.
Production Technology
Structure Type:
Reinforced concrete frame and Steel grid frame.
Facade Material:
Weathering steel plate,Aluminum plate curtain wall,Granite Curtain Wall.
Green Building Technologies:
High Performance thermal insulation,Energy-saving equipment,Photovoltaic power generation,Permeable pavement,Sunken grassland, Water recycling system.
Design Challenge
Respect local traditions and contexts while constructing a brand new large public building.
Inspiration
The design was inspired by an abandoned factory that existed near the site. The shape of the building has a certain similarity with the industrial equipment in the factory. The facade adopts weathering steel plates and aluminum plate curtain wall. We wish to carry out

urban renewal while maintaining the local industrial context, and create a good environment

for the local area with a brand new yet traditional building.
Project Duration
The project started in October 2020 finished in August 2021 in Shenyang.

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