Haisheng Xu ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Volcano Visitor Center ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2026 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱠᱟᱥᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2026
Volcano Visitor Center ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ
Haisheng Xu ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ
ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Studio 0
ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ
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Volcano Visitor Center ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
ᱵᱷᱚᱞᱠᱮᱱᱚ ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱤᱥᱞᱮᱸᱰ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱭᱤᱥᱞᱮᱸᱰ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱩᱞᱟᱹᱣ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (ᱵᱷᱚᱞᱠᱮᱱᱚ) ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱛ ᱵᱤᱜᱽᱭᱟᱱ, ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱗,᱓᱐᱐ ᱵᱚᱨᱜᱚ ᱯᱷᱩᱴ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱩᱞᱟᱹᱣ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱛ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱛ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱟᱱ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱡᱚᱲᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ — ᱠᱚᱸᱠᱨᱤᱴ, ᱫᱷᱟᱛᱩ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ, ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹᱲ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱱᱟᱲᱦᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱢᱮᱴᱨᱤᱠ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱸᱠᱟ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱢᱮᱴᱨᱤ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱦᱚᱨ, ᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱟᱣ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ᱾
ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱱ
A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
Volcano Visitor Center ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Volcano Visitor Center ᱫᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ
ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
- ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
- Embedded within the volcanic terrain, the project dissolves the boundary between building and landscape, offering a continuous journey of light, earth, and horizon. By uniting subterranean shelter with sculpted roofscape, it transforms architecture into an environmental mediator that preserves the site while intensifying experience, inviting visitors to inhabit nature not as observers, but as participants in its elemental presence.
- ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
- 7,300 square feet.
- ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
- Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
- ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
- The building is intended to use local materials and minimize its impact on the existing landscape. The material palette is kept simple, consisting of concrete, metal, and glass, with a green roof designed to support local plants. Parametric design tools were used to create a dynamic form responding to the organic landscape while maintaining rational geometry and production control. View and lighting analyses were also used to verify the design outcomes.
- ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
- The creative challenge was to create a manmade form that responds to the existing landscape and site language without simply mimicking nature. The design philosophy explores how humans, while adapting to nature, interpret and reshape the surrounding environment to achieve a new balance that can sustain human life in a sustainable and long-lasting way.
- ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ
- The research focused on two main aspects. The first examined how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s landscape and human activities. It was particularly inspiring to understand how volcanoes and the hidden underground world provide fertile soil and geothermal heat for life, while many human activities and habitats are partially or fully embedded underground. The second aspect studied the geometries and forms generated by volcanic activities.
- ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
- Iceland’s settlement history is shaped by volcanic forces and the landscapes and energy they generate. The vast horizontal terrain fosters a close relationship between human life and the earth. Inspired by volcanic forms and the mystery of the underground, the design reinforces this connection by integrating surface and subterranean space. It invites visitors to reflect on nature as they experience the expansive horizon.
- ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
- 2025, Iceland
- ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
- The design serves as a tourist center introducing geological, historical, and cultural information about Icelandic volcanoes, showing how volcanic activities have shaped Iceland’s environmental and social landscapes. The concept originates from volcanic terrain, particularly exploring the interface between the ground surface and the underground. Around this interface, the building's circulation guides visitors to experience the horizon, the land, and nature.
- ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ
- Haisheng Xu
ᱥᱯᱚᱱᱥᱚᱨᱰ
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