Shui
Located in China in Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui ethnic minority. West-line studio’s goal with this building was to turn the Shui’s ritual elements and atmosphere into a public space. A thin bronze skin creates a contrast with the heavy concrete structure, breaking the sunlight to create a dramatic effect once inside. After visitors pass the open water square the Cultural Center presents a succession of three spaces, strongly characterized by pitched roofs, which evoke the Shui’s mountain pictogram.
Shui Cultural Center by Haobo Wei & Jingsong Xie was recognized as a creative example of architectural design by the A' Design Award. Shui Cultural Center won the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design in 2018. The A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design award which recognizes excellent design of skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions, religious structures, infrastructure designs, landscaping projects and more.
