Bamboo Branch Academy







Status: Built (2021)

Information:

  •       Project Location: Changning, Yibin, Sichuan
    Project Scale: 535 square meters
    Design Period: 2019 – 2020
    Client: Sichuan Zhongrui Jinye Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., Yibin Zhujin Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd.


  • Awards:

  • 2022 AD100 Young Special Jury Award
  • 2022 Grand Design Award - Gold Prize in Spatial Design Category
  • 2021 Architizer A+ Award (USA) - People's Choice Award
  • 2021 ArchDaily China Building of the Year Awards - Top 10
  • 2021 BLT Built Design Awards (Los Angeles, USA) - Leisure Architecture of the Year
  • 2021 IAA International Architecture Award - Winner in Retail/Showroom Category
  • 2021 IDA International Design Awards (USA) - Gold Prize in Renovated Architecture
  • 2021 Architecture MasterPrize (USA) - Honorable Mention in Leisure Architecture
  • 2020 LICC London International Creative Competition - Creative Award

Note:

  •      Regional culture and architectural purpose. "Bamboo Branch Academy" is located in Yongjiang Village, Zhuhai Town, Changning County, Yibin, Sichuan Province, near the famous Shunan Bamboo Sea Scenic Area. The project, situated in a small village in Huangjuetan, Yongjiang Village, is surrounded by bamboo forests, paddy fields, vegetable fields, and hills. The Yujiang River is babbling in the west and the south, and Shunan Bamboo Sea in the north rolls like a large green screen. "Bamboo Branch Academy" was developed as China implemented the "rural revitalization" strategy. Mentally, its architectural purpose is to "develop the bamboo industry in accordance with local conditions, and landscape Sichuan villages with bamboo forests" and "make bamboo of Yibin an ecological gateway to introduce southern Sichuan to the world." Physically, its architectural purpose is to build the Music Workshop under Bamboo, Paddy Field Academy, and Guild Hall for Buddhist Meditation.