Prize(s) Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination
Lighting Design/Product Company Zhejiang Province Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co.,Ltd.(ZIAD)
Lead Designers Weikai Zhu
Other Designer's names Jun Zheng,Peng Zhou,Xin Ye,Qi Lu,Jia Chen,Hongliang Wang,Linyue Shen
Architecture Company Zhejiang Province Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co.,Ltd.(ZIAD)
Completion Date 2023.12.25
Project Location Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Entry DescriptionSpanning 165,000? along Quzhou's South Lake, this architectural ensemble reinterprets Confucian cosmology through cutting-edge lighting technology. The dual inclined volumes—evoking both ceremonial bows and ancient bamboo scrolls—are clad in 30,000 parametrically-designed perforated aluminum panels. These dynamic canvases transition seamlessly: daylight reveals a rippling Qianjiang River illusion through gradient apertures, while 8,000 programmable LEDs transform the façade into a celestial library after dark, projecting Analects excerpts as constellations over the lake.
The 18m hydraulic theater forms the luminous core, its 5m³/s water curtain merging holography with Song Dynasty poetry, where Xin Qiji's verses materialize within mist-shrouded landscapes. Three subterranean cultural vessels complete the narrative: AR-enhanced museum galleries resurrect the Kong Clan's southern lineage, 128 prismatic glass bricks in the spiral exhibition hall choreograph light according to "Heaven-Round-Earth-Square" philosophy, while the land-art zone mediates between contemporary creation and terroir memory.
Sustainability ApproachBy encoding rammed-earth textures into parametric metalwork and translating classical texts into luminous code, the project achieves a 43% energy reduction versus conventional systems. Nightly thermal imaging confirms its success: crowds linger 2.3x longer under the algorithmic starlight, witnessing how steel and photons can recompose a city's cultural DNA.
