CONCEPT: YIN YANG

IN CHINESE CULTURE, YIN AND YANG REPRESENT THE TWO OPPOSITE PRINCIPLES IN NATURE. YIN AND YANG ARE ACTUALLY BELIEVED TO FORM A WHOLE GREATER THAN EITHER SEPARATE PART; IN EFFECT, A DYNAMIC SYSTEM

BUILDINGS INSPIRED BY THE YIN YANG THE TIANJIN ECOCITY BY STEVEN HOLL
THE TIANJIN ECOCITY IS PURPORTED TO RELIEVE THE DENSE POPULATION IN BOHAI BAY, CHINA. DESIGNED TO BE THE NEW HOME FOR 350,000 INHABITANTS. STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS HAS BEEN TAPPED TO DESIGN THE FIRST TWO BUILDINGS FOR THE TIANJIN ECOCITY: THE MUSEUM OF ECOLOGY AND THE PLANNING EXHIBITION HALL. FOLLOWING THE CONCEPT OF YIN AND YANG, THESE TWO BUILDING IN THE TIANJIN ECOCITY WILL HAVE AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP. THE MUSEUM WILL HAVE AN ADDITIVE PRESENCE WHILE THE HALL WILL HAVE A ABDUCTED ONE. THE MUSEUM WILL BE ORGANIZED INTO THREE 'ECOLOGIES': EARTH TO EARTH, EARTH FOR HUMANS AND EARTH TO COSMOS. THE HALL WILL HAVE A MORE TRADITIONAL LAYOUT

RELATION TO SITE
CONSIDERING THE SITE TO BE THE PART OF NATURE AS A WHOLE AND NOT AS A PART OF ANY SEPERATE STATE OR COUNTRY, THE CONCEPT OF YIN YANG IS APPLIED

THE CHENGDU CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE

ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS RECENTLY UNVEILED THEIR DESIGN FOR THE LARGEST CULTURAL BUILDING IN CHINA. LOCATED IN SICHUAN PROVINCE, THE CHENGDU CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE THE CHENGDU CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED COLLECTION OF WORLD-CLASS ARTS, PERFORMANCE, LEISURE, AND CONGRESS VENUES. THE MODERN STRUCTURE WILL ACCOMMODATE EXHIBITION, CONFERENCE, AND LEARNING SPACES, AS WELL AS THREE AUDITORIUMS, AN ART MUSEUM, BARS, RESTAURANTS, AND SHOPS. THE LARGEST OF THE THREE HALLS, A MULTIFUNCTIONAL THEATRE, SEATS UP TO 2,000 PEOPLE.

ZONING

ITS AERODYNAMIC YIN-YANG SHAPE EVOKES TRADITIONAL CHINESE SYMBOLS.