Jiuquan Workers' Cultural Palace

Location: Gansu, China

Site Area: 5.75 ha

Building Area: 20,788 sqm

Client: Jiuquan Federation of Trade Unions



This project is located at the western end of the east-west axis in Jiuquan's city center, connecting the urban center with the magnificent natural wetlands. As the focal point where urban life and nature converge, our aim is to create a landmark that embodies both urban sophistication and green ecological features, providing multifunctional facilities with high public engagement. We strive to achieve a harmonious scale and innovative system that operates around the clock, as well as a fusion of culture, art, and sports that resonates with the characteristics of the times.



Jiuquan has historically been an important town along the Silk Road, boasting a unique and grand landscape of continuous mountain ranges, vast Gobi deserts, and interconnected basins in the northwest. The scenery ranges from snow-covered glaciers to verdant oasis plains, and even mirages in the desert and Gobi. The project's facade is designed around the theme of "Gobi Gem," highlighting cultural heritage, colors, and natural beauty. The inspiration for the building's mass and form comes from gems buried in the Gobi, exuding a sense of raw, natural power. A concise and delicate form achieves harmony between appearance and content, while a vibrant, thematic approach showcases the beauty of the building's structure. The combination of imitation stone curtain walls, glazed glass curtain walls, and solid walls creates a dynamic visual effect through contrasting textures and color schemes. Millennia-old geological textures and cultural colors from the western regions are projected onto the building's exterior.



Photovoltaic curtain walls are selectively used in parts of the facade to emphasize innovation, technology, and sustainability. The three-dimensional terrace landscaping with undulating greenery perfectly interprets a symphony of colors and textures interwoven by the Gobi, glaciers, and oases.