Xi’an Greenland Energy Art Center, Xianyang City Building Project, Chinese Architecture Images
Xi’an Greenland Energy Art Center in Shaanxi Province
8 Sep 2020
Xi’an Greenland Energy Art Center
Location: Xixian New Area, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China
Design: Lacime Architects

The Xi’an Greenland Energy Art Center project is designed to reveal the essence of surrounding context by changing forms. The building is seen as a dialogue with surrounding environment. Such environment refers to both current physical environment and historical unity.

From the perspective of urban development, Xi?an, an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, is experiencing constant changes by breaking traditional enclosed city wall and rebuilding new order of urban development.
The project is located at the rapidly-growing Xixian New Area of Xi?an. The land sits near the major axis of Xixian and lies at the central node of the Energy Park?s major axis. With a narrow and long rectangular form, the site is close to roads on both sides and urban greenbelt in the east. Meanwhile, the building and environment fit harmoniously with each other, which dovetails with the major axis of Xixian, stimulates the vitality of historical space and becomes a ?city parlor? for citizens.

Architectural form and composition

Interwoven and superposed geometric objects of Malevich?s abstract art are used along with the rectangular site to become a form consisting of three interwoven an...