AIRICE Future Agriculture Cultural Tourism Town / PMT Partners
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Text description of the architects. AIRICE Future Agriculture Cultural Tourism Town is a vision of future agriculture based on 5G technology, big data, artificial intelligence, UAVs and other technical front-end support. It is also a pilot project to demonstrate agricultural cultural tourism, which combines ecotourism, industrial demonstrations and promotion of technology models. At the beginning of the acceptance of the order to design the project, the concept of a “Future ALL” was therefore proposed, which reflects the futuristic in all connections, including: Future Agriculture, Future Landscape & Future Life. The aim is to show the effects of the latest technologies on the world of material production.
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Therefore, at the site of automated material production, a number of constructions are placed on the key nodes of the main tour route. Not only do these simple shapes reflect the geometry in the farm, but they also embody the function of visiting places and resting, showing an unknown force, a force beyond the reach of humans.
From the beginning of the entrance gate, the regular tourist path runs along the farmland pattern formed according to the automated production mode, expanding and connecting a number of landscape nodes. The path system and the landscape nodes are implemented in phases according to the overall plan. The scene depicted from the aerial perspective is the completed part of the first phase, and the creation of the subsequent contents is carried out according to the general plan.
Master plan
The design of the construction forms the original design concept through the poetic idea of words and images, attempting to examine the possible relationship between material production and consumption and the status of a spiritual core in the field of extreme technological production. These constructions reflect the imagination about technology, the future and the unknown.
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The main entrance gate adopts a steel structure with a variable cross-section to create a shape that grows upwards, and a 30 meter long, optically closed pedestrian corridor that lets in the sunshine. The intersection of the column and the diagrammatic rib represents a stable mechanical form. As the main gate, its elongated appearance is strongly indicative and symbolizes the vigorous growth of all creatures in the prosperous season. As it traverses, the closed vision and framed scene end up internally converging, creating a feeling of the ritual of cruising and moving forward to the other end.
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The ratio of the width of the columns to the spacing is exactly one to one. As you walk through them, your view can be completely restricted between the two rows of pillars, while the light on either side can gently bleed out in the gap, and your gaze is directed to the beautiful distant landscape that makes the viewer look forward move.
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Deviating from the local materials and construction methods used in conventional rural projects, “external” funds were used in the design of this project. Through the use of modern industrial materials, a large number of highly reflective mirrored stainless steels and with the floating construction feel of the hidden structure or cantilever, the poetry of the futuristic is presented.
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The circular construction with a diameter of 24 meters is both a The cloister and altar float over the fields like something that has fallen from heaven. Due to its concise shape, it embodies the interpretation of multiple meanings that cross past and present. These elements create a feeling for the apparently known and the paradoxical “unknown” secret.
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Due to the reflection of stainless steel, the cubic construction with blurred outlines and boundaries fits into the surroundings. Apparently it can trick people into walking through the distinctive circular hole in the middle, crossing an invisible wall, and entering another room.
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The mirror surface at the edge of the circular hole can create an artificial halo by reflecting the afterglow at sunset. The formation of the halo requires a certain time of year and a certain angle of incidence of sunlight. It is through these conscious attitudes that the various forces out of reach are linked together. In the wilderness of production, people have learned the technique of growing rice, but all they can do is wait patiently for the sun to fall in the circle, spill to the earth and feed life.
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At the top of the pavilion is an inverted cone that collects rainwater like a funnel on a tea table with a smaller inverted cone on the floor. Three small posts are anchored tangentially to the rounded edges and the use of stainless steel hides them so that the top of the funnel appears “floating”. This design and attitude contains the meaning of “appreciation”. In contrast to most buildings, rainwater is not “excluded” here, but held in the palm of your hand. The stainless steel material on top of the pavilion allows the viewer to see the surrounding fields when looking up.
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