2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Silver Winner

Qingyang Port Dev & Const Center (Kunshan)

Entrant

Shanghai JOIN Architectural Design Co., Ltd. & Kunshan Branch of Jiangsu Provincial Planning & Design Grp. & Suzhou Planning & Design Research Inst. Co., Ltd.

Category

Architectural Design - Renovation 

Client's Name

Qingyang Port Business District Development HQ

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

Qingyang Port Development and Construction Exhibition Center is located in the Qingyang Port area of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and is adapted from an old factory building and a community health service center. Constrained by an accelerated 30-day schedule and a total budget of RMB 4 million, the design employed a “minimum-intervention + parallel-construction” strategy. Retaining the existing structure, it integrates prefabricated components, modular exhibition systems, light-and-shadow composition, and green elements to achieve simultaneous upgrades in spatial function, visual identity, and ecological performance. The façades adopt a black-white-gray palette that fuses the Jiangnan water-town vernacular with Luis Barragán–inspired abstract geometric composition, using natural light to create a dynamic expression; locally embedded building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) units align energy generation with aesthetics. The study demonstrates that, under low-cost and short-timeline constraints, the project successfully accomplished a rapid transformation from a healthcare facility into an “urban living room,” showcasing a demonstrative model for renewing existing industrial buildings under “small-budget, fast-track” conditions.

Credits

Lead Architect/Designer
WUYANG HUI
Architect
XINYA LU
Architect
TING ZHANG
Architect
HANGMIN PAN
Architect
JIAHAO ZHANG
Architect
YONGXI WU
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