Located in the hilly terrain of southwest
Wuhan suburbs sits the Qianzishan Waste-to-Energy Power Plant. In this project,
the architects engaged the entire design process with a unique perspective,
exploring and presenting new possibilities for industrial architecture.
Machines form the core of industrial
architecture. Their functional precision, efficiency, rationality, and logic
collectively manifest human intelligence, creating a unique aesthetic
experience. Guided by this ¡®machine aesthetics¡¯ philosophy, we reinterpreted
the plant's machinery as refined ¡®artworks¡¯. Inspired by the suspense of an ¡®art
unveiling ceremony¡¯¡ªwhen anticipation and excitement peak¡ªthe architectural
form captures this climactic moment.
The upper facade adopts a soft, dynamic
form resembling a lifted ¡®curtain¡¯, revealing the internal machinery as ¡®exhibits¡¯
through transparent glass walls to visiting publics. The ¡®curtain¡¯ employs a bold
fixed glazing system, cascading downward through six stepped layers.
Horizontally overlapping scale-like glass panels create fabric-like folds. The ¡®scales¡¯
use pale green fritted glass with dot-matrix mirror coatings, superimposing
strong and weak reflections to project surroundings onto the facade with a ¡®screen-printed¡¯
texture, generating psychedelic light interplay.
Location: Wuhan, Hubei, China
GFA: 54,000 sqm
Client: Wuhan Qianzishan
Energy Co., Ltd
Design Team: Yongzheng Li, Qizhi Li, Falu Wang, Wenbo He,
Yanfeng Lyu
LDI:
CCEPC
Project Date: 07/2019 ¨C 05/2025