Sino-French Science Park Church | Shanghai Dachuan Architects

In the context of France and China established diplomatic relations,a Sino French agricultural science and technology park will be built in Chengdu.It concentrates southern way of life，restores the southern art scene，creates a foreign cultural experience. Think of southern France, you will think of Provence, a purple lavender field, the light of Impressionism illuminates the history of art from here. Impressionism is regarded as a period of Renaissance, The breakthrough of traditional realism is characterized by freehand brushwork. Starting from Langxiang Church, the usual pattern of Catholic churches was also broken, Implicit spirit in a peculiar distorted form. It is a ideographic architecture. It has a great influence on the development of modern architecture in the West.

With an inner understanding of the French spirit, with a deep understanding of French architectural art, how can we build this church? It does not stick to the traditional form to express the freedom, romance and diversity inherent spirit of this land. Break through traditional patterns, break through traditional materials, break through traditional structures, and break through traditional ways of construction, Pure white and the free interlacing of light and shadow.

The image of the church is drawn from the traditional Western church. When the sun comes down, the church was run through a beam of light,and turned into a beam of light. This white beam of light forms a church that can be penetrated by light. Light is always an indispensable element of the church. This most natural and pure material has become the soul of our church.

In order to express this purity, it is also necessary to think creatively in structural design. It's a wonderful idea to let the structure disappear. The simplest form, all needs the complex thought process to realize. From the bar of circular section to the square section of 40mm side diameter, a beam of longitudinal light sensor extending upward. A suspended dome was built inside the church. The element represents an anti-mechanical symbol that is suspended in the air, while the load-bearing structure is better concealed.

The main structure frame is a thin - walled steel frame, the grid density is 240mm x 240mm. The thick wall aluminum square pass is used to form stable structure support, while the non-landing aluminum square pass is thin wall. Light suspension via pull rod. The entire architecture integrates the structure with the skin, and the internal and external Spaces are interwoven.

The choice of materials becomes especially important in the two months between the idea being proposed and the construction. In order to express pure, the requirements of details become very high, can not have a weld, can afford to close the exquisite. One of our most common, but easily overlooked, high-quality materials became the only building material for the church: aluminum fangtong. Aluminum square pass design unique, light seismic, and corrosion resistant, green and environmentally friendly.

In the case of limited cost and construction period, the designer paid great attention to ecological quality from the very beginning. The church is made entirely of aluminum square, without any welds. The convenient construction process and simple materials not only save time and cost, but also give the highest quality and the best sense of appreciation. Even the night scene is not light overflows, creating an advanced sense of inner light penetration.

The thought at the end of the plan is actually simple based on two elements. First, it expresses the pure ethereal spirit with the rhythm of poles and beautiful changes of light, which is more consistent with the divinity of church. Second, its silhouette conveys the intention of a church, which is more modern. Therefore, in the creation of architectural poetry, there is also abstract logic in emotion. Beauty, form and soul exist together to form a complete poem.

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在中法友好建交的背景之下，将在成都建造一个中法农业科技园，浓缩南法生活方式，还原南法艺术场景，打造具有异国文化体验。想到南法，就会想到普罗旺斯，一片紫色的薰衣草地，印象派的光从这里照亮艺术史。印象主义被视为对文艺复兴时期，传统写实的突破，带着写意的特征，而从朗香教堂开始，历来的天主教堂惯用的模式也被突破，以一种奇特的歪曲的造型隐寓超常的精神，是一个表意性建筑，对西方“现代建筑”的发展产生了重大的影响。

带着对法国精神的内在理解，带着对法国建筑艺术的深刻感悟，我们该如何去表达这座教堂呢？不拘泥于传统的形式，表达这块土地上的自由、浪漫、多元的内在精神！突破传统形制，突破传统材料，突破传统结构，突破传统的构建方式，纯粹的白色与光影的自由交织。

教堂的形象取自于传统西方教堂的样式，当阳光照射下来，被一束束光线贯穿而过，又幻化成了一道道光束，这一道道白色的“光束”又组成了一座可以被光穿透的教堂。光永远是教堂不可缺少的元素，这种最自然最纯净的材质成为了我们这座教堂的灵魂所在。

为了表达这种纯粹，在结构设计上也颇需要巧思。让结构的消失，是很美妙的想法，往往最简单的形式，都需要复杂的思考过程去实现。从圆截面的杆件推敲至40mm边径方截面，一束束向上延伸的纵向光线感单元，在教堂室内营造了一个悬空的穹顶，元素呈现反力学的象征被悬挂于空中，而负担承重的结构被较好的隐藏了。

主体结构框架为薄壁钢架，网格密度为240mm×240mm，以厚壁落地铝方通形成稳定结构支撑，不落地铝方通为薄壁，通过拉杆轻质悬挂。整个架构，将结构与表皮融为一体，内外空间交织贯通。

从提出创意到落地建成，不过两个月的时间，材料的选择变得尤为重要。为了表达纯粹，细节的要求变得十分高，不能有焊缝，禁得起近距离的考究！一种我们常见却很容易被忽略的优质材料，成为构建这个教堂的唯一材料——铝方通。铝方通设计独特，质轻抗震，并且耐腐蚀，绿色环保。

在造价和工期都有限的情况下，作为设计者一开始就对生态质量十分重视，教堂完全由铝方通打造，未有任何焊缝。便捷的施工过程和简单的用材，不仅节约时间和造价成本，还赋予了最高的质量和最佳的观赏感，即使夜景也是光线不外溢，营造高级感内透光。

写在方案最后的感思，此方案其实简单的就基于两点要素。第一，它用杆件的韵律与光的美妙变幻去表达纯粹空灵，更符合教堂的神性；第二，它的轮廓印象派地表达了一座教堂的意向，更具有现代性。所以，在建筑诗歌的创作中，在情感性中同样具有抽象的逻辑性。美、形式与灵魂同时存在，才能组成一首完整的诗。

Architecture Firm: Shanghai Dachuan Architects     

Partners: Wisto Landscape

Photography: Arch-Exist Photography

Website: http://www.arch-exist.com/