Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi e Haisheng Xu

O le mamanu Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi e Haisheng Xu o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2026 A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Fausaga Fale.

ApamemeaFausaga Fale· 2026

Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi

na mamanuina e Haisheng Xu

Tagata Fa'atau: Studio 0

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Fausaga Fale

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Manumalo Fa'ailoga Fa'amaonia

Fa'amaonia le Tulaga o le Fa'ailoga mo #182286

Va'ai i le A' Design Award Fa'asalalauga Pailesi o le Fa'ailoga

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi

O le Volcano Visitor Center o se nofoaga autali mo tagata asiasi i Aisilani e faʻaalia ai faʻamatalaga faʻasaienisi o le eleele, faʻasolopito, ma le aganuu e uiga i mauga mu o Aisilani. E aofia ai le fale i le 7,300 sikuea futu ma ua faʻapipiʻiina i totonu o le laufanua mauga mu, e faʻatasia ai avanoa i lalo o le eleele ma se taualuga ua faʻatagatoina. E faigofie meafaitino na faʻaaogaina, e aofia ai le sima, uʻamea, ma le tioata, faʻatasi ai ma se taualuga lanu meamata na fuafuaina e lagolagoina ai laʻau o le atunuʻu. O meafaigaluega faʻataʻitaʻiga parametric na fausia ai le foliga piʻo aʻo faʻatumauina se geometry saʻo. O le ala feoaʻi e taʻitaʻia ai tagata asiasi e iloa le tafailagi, le laueleele, ma le natura.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Volcano Visitor Center Nofoaga Autali mo Tagata Asiasi e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 7,300 square feet.
Fa'ailoga: Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, Mobius,Parametric, Curvilinear
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: 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.
Umi o le Poloketi: 2025, Iceland
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Sui o le 'Au: Haisheng Xu