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UNIFUN Tianfu in Chengdu

24 Mar 2021

UNIFUN Tianfu

Architecture: CLOU ARCHITECTS

Location: Chengdu, China

The 42,500 square meters UNIFUN Tianfu Chengdu is an online and offline architecture with a multi-media facade system and a large area of outdoor social space. CLOU architects aim to integrate architectural form and digital promotion into a coherent whole.

Online and Offline Interaction
UNIFUN Tianfu Chengdu presents an aesthetic inspired by Rubik’s Cube. White pixel modules with red details and large multi-media façade systems create different spatial and visual effects with the passage of time.

During the daytime, the cuboid volumes blend into the orderly surroundings of the community and introduce a large area of outdoor terraces for locals to enjoy the street life. While at night, light penetrates through the openings of the aluminum panels’ joints, enriching the night cityscape with a sense of futurism. The architecture can be interpreted as an interface between the virtual and physical world.

Lighting System and Media Façade
Maison de la Publicité Project by Oscar Nitzchke with Hugo Herdeg is considered as a media architecture as early as 1936. The utility of lighting and photomontage transforms the building into a media device that brings a new understanding of façade into the architecture world. One of the important factors that affect the media facade is lighting technology, for instance, the visual of a regular facade can be varied by lighting to present a series of free-flowing patterns.

Different lighting effects can be continuously adjusted to change the facade of the building, and will also interact better with the multi-media screen. From light to shade, color, and graphics changes of the façade system, CLOU architects expect to achieve different visual effects for UNIFUN from the outside.

Promotion Canvas
The project seeks to integrate both online technology and commercial sensibilities into the architecture through modulated interactive façade systems. The digital canvas, as an upgrade of traditional façade advertising, could broadcast exciting and informative content in real-time such as branding images, online advertisement, social media activities, and offline event information.

Façade Gamification
In addition to the concept of “cube”, the façade was also inspired by animated game culture in the age of social media. The design features glass panels with LED curtains that could be developed into an architectural platform for digital context add-ons. Within this context, the aim here is to deliver an innovative design that responds to the exciting prospect of regional development while opening up the possibilities and extending the reach of architecture.

UNIFUN Tianfu in Chengdu – Building Information

Project Name: UNIFUN Tianfu Chengdu
Type: Community Mall
Client: China Overseas
Location: Xianghe San Street, Tianfu District, Chengdu, China 7
Construction Area: 42,316.9 sqm
Façade Design: CLOU architects
Design Team: Jan F. Clostermann, Lin Li, Wenlei Ma, Myungin Lee, Sebastian Loaiza, Na Zhao
LDI: Hong kong huayi design consultants (Shenzhen) LTD.
Façade Consultant: SuP Ingeneure GmbH Lighting Consultant: Beijing Pro Lighting Design Co. LTD.
Interior Design: Callison RTKL Photography: Arch-Exist

About CLOU ARCHITECTS
CLOU is an international design studio with award-winning expertise in architecture, interiors, and landscapes. Our extensive portfolio of built works encompasses mixed-use, retail, hospitality, education, and exhibition projects.

Founded by German architect Jan Clostermann, CLOU works closely with leading property developers and has delivered projects recognized for outside-the-box-thinking. CLOU is committed to tailoring each project to its unique challenges and local opportunities. We strive to realize projects that will positively influence the people involved in its process, the environment, and the communities who live and work there. The CLOU team is a community of talents from all over the world who enjoy working collaboratively and imaginatively on bespoke, and integrated design solutions. The word CLOU means the main attraction. Harnessing our technical expertise and attention to detail, we are devoted to seeking unexpected solutions and realizing each project’s potential to become a CLOU.

Photography: Arch-Exist

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