The 5th Nansha Birdpark Bamboo Design & Construction Competition 2022 - Award Ceremony at PAM Centre

The 5th Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area-ASEAN International Colleges Design & Construction Competition 2022 - Malaysian Level Award Ceremony
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN International Colleges and Universities Construction Competition is hosted by School of Architecture of South China University of Technology and Nansha Bird Park in Guangzhou. It started in 1998 and is the largest Construction Competition in China. The competition is designed to exercise the hands-on ability of students majored in architecture and encourage them to build facilities in real life with original material, which will improve the practical experience of 1:1 scale bamboo construction.
The Malaysian level competition is part of the International competition which aimed to build an international platform for innovation and creativity with global influence. Through the combination of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao greater bay area and the talents of ASEAN universities, the competition explores a new mode of innovative collaboration, attracting all universities to exhibit the same understanding and deep cooperation between China and ASEAN under the “One Belt and One Road” initiative.
The annually held competition is hosted by Universiti Tunku Abd Rahman with the support of PAM, COSA (Centre Of Sustainable Architecture), Malaysian Bamboo Society and MASA
Theme：”源于传统技艺”Bamboo Art Space inspired by Traditional Art & Craft.
Malaysia and The Nusantara Region have a long history of traditional arts and crafts. Let us learn from traditional techniques and explore the possibilities. Learning from traditional skills. Cultural exchange between different regions.
Theme：半亭 “Half Pavilion”
《Half-pavilion》, the theme of this competition is to use the special architectural form of half-pavilion, a new exploration of bamboo structure based on weather resistance structural integration design, to create a new landscape of visible profile bamboo structure.
A new scene of bamboo structure that can be seen in section.
One side exposes the structural structure and is able to distinguish between inside and outside；
New exploration of structural integrated design based on weather resistance.
The design reflects an experimental exploration of weather resistance and structural integration.
The half pavilion exists as a special form of pavilion, and its application is the perfect interpretation of Chinese traditional philosophical thought of “harmony between the heaven and human” in the gardens, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient people. In the Chinese classical gardens, the particularity of the half pavilion gives viewers a sense of experience with thousands of pavilions. Every scene and every half pavilion have a new experience and aesthetic feeling. In addition to its own aesthetic value, the external shape of the half pavilion is also of exploratory significance in its integration with the surrounding environment, showing its concept of adapting to local conditions, harmony between the heaven and man, and interacting with the surrounding environment.
The Pavilion must be:
Weather Resistance
- Rainproof
- Shades
- Ventilation
- Anti-mildew
Structural Integration Design
- Detail exposure
- Consistent inside and out
- Remove decoration
- De-symbolize
New Exploration & Experimentation
- Creative Thinking
- Experimental
- Less Tricks
The Site
The venue for the bamboo structure building competition is located in: -
Nansha Bird Park, Guangzhou, China. Located in the southern-most tip of Guangzhou, Nansha Wetland Park is a great place to escape the city and embrace true nature. Known as “the kidney of Guangzhou”, Nansha Wetland Park is the city’s first wetland park and serves as a great respite for anyone wanting to escape the pressures of modern life. where there is the home for many waterfowls. In which, waterfowls are undoubtedly a beautiful landscape in the park, and exploring the design of the waterfowl watching platform by the water is the theme of this competition.
Juries
1. Sheng YuHong (Chairman of Yangcheng Design Alliance)
2. Ar Adrianta Aziz (Vice President of PAM 2022/2023)
3. Zhong GuanQiu (Lecturer South China University of Technology)
4. Ir Major (Ret) Ahmad Mazlan Othman (Malaysian Bamboo Society)
5. LAr Dr. Beh Jing Han (UTAR)
6. Ar Nuno Suares (University Of St Joseph)
7. Ar Dr. Eleena Jamil (Eleena Jamil Architect)
8. Dr. Charlie Q. L. Xue (City University Of Hong Kong)
9. Dr. Lim Poh Im (Chairperson of Centre of Sustainable Architecture, UTAR)
10. Miss Iris Hong-Yi Ying (Vice Chairman of Southeast Asia Designers Alliance)

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