It is therefore essential to integrate natural environmental resources. One of the most important tasks of sustainable architecture is to minimize energy consumption. ![]() The Swiss foundation known for its annual meetings in Davos also organizes Summer Davos, held every year in China. It was determined from the outset that the World Economic Forum will be Dalian International Conference Center’s main user. ![]() The main entrance is located on the seaside, highlighting the developing area of the city, including the neighboring cruise terminal. The smaller conference spaces are arranged like pearls around this core, providing very short connections between the different areas. This scheme is appropriate to broaden the range of options for the use of this space: from conventions, musicals and theater plays to classical operas, with very little additional investment. The main auditorium is additionally equipped with backstage areas like in traditional theatres and opera houses. The grand theater, comprising a stage tower and holding a capacity of 1,600 seats, and the directly adjacent flexible conference hall of 2,500 seats are positioned at the core of the building. With this arrangement, the main stage can be used both as a classical theater auditorium and a flexible multipurpose hall. The actual performance and conference spaces are situated at +15,30 m above the entrance hall. A differentiated accessibility according to the type of users is organized in the public hall at ground level. This arrangement also provides areas for informal meetings, relaxation and small talks before the conferences. ![]() The interior organization of the theater, the conference rooms and the circulations are comparable to an urban network of streets, plazas and identifiable “addresses” for better orientation. Its controlled supply allows for atmospheric variety inside the building, thereby assisting the visitors in their spatial orientation. Natural lighting in the circulation areas and most of the conference rooms contribute to creating an atmosphere. The Dalian International Conference Center combines functions within one hybrid building with synergetic effects of functionality and spatial richness: a conference center, theater and opera house, exhibition center, basement with parking, delivery, and disposal areas. The automatically-controlled daylight system enables to preserve atmospheric variety within the building, thus helping spatial orientation of the visitors. The various theaters and conference rooms are covered by a cone-shaped roofing screen. The cantilevering conference spaces emerging from the facade create a multifaceted volume differentiating itself from the close surroundings. Its footprint is arranged following the orientation of the two major urban axes joining in front of the building. As its focal point, the building became anchored in the mental landscape of the locals and international community alike. The urban design task of the Dalian International Conference Center was to create an instantly recognizable landmark and icon at the terminal point of the extension of the main city axis. New synergies are created “between the exterior skin, reacting to the climate, and the landscape surrounding it.” The inside pushes the skin outside. ![]() The slats opened in some of the public areas offer selective views of the city and the bay of Dalian. The perforated aluminum slats of the exterior shell provide daylight to the inside, and give the building its striking sculptural appearance. The formal language of the project merges and combines the rational structure and organization of the conference center typology, with the floating spaces of modernist architecture.ĭeveloped along the two main urban axes, the program defines the shape of the building, the inside literally pushing out and deforming the metallic skin of the building. The building has to reflect both the promising modern future of Dalian, and its tradition as an important seaport as well as an industrial, commercial, and tourist center in China’s northeastern province of Liaoning.
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