Designers: Zhu Jialin, Wu Wenyi | Fu Zhuoheng, Zhang Zhen, Wei Zhijiao | Wang Jun, Hu Zhigao, Yin Yujun, Li Qiang, Zhang Xinfeng | Liao Zhixiong, Lin Ting, Yu Xiaolan, Liu Jie
In China, the image of marriage registration office is closely linked with the Government. In reality, the Registry is an office of the civil affairs department, so it is normally perceived as a common and dull place, as part of the bureaucracy. This situation turns the supposedly romantic and exciting idea of marriage registration into a routine and boring experience. Nanshan Marriage Registration Center is a new architectural type, for which the architects hope to bring new life experiences to new couples, and to create a medium for information display, recording of newly registered couples, and also retain for the city a permanent memory of the journey of marriage.
The site of the project is in Lijing Park in Nanshan district, located in the Northeast corner of the park, approximately 100 meters long and 25 meters in width. The main building is placed in the northern side of the site, close to the street corner. A small pavilion on the southern side is connected with the main building by two bridges floating on a reflecting pool. The overall arrangement reveals this series of ceremonial spaces gradually. At the same time, it also makes the main building a symbolic civil landmark.
A key point of this design is to discover how to organize the personal ceremonial experience. A continuous spiral shows part of the process in the whole sequence—“arriving, approaching to the wedding hall with the focus of relatives, photographing, waiting, registering, ascending, overlooking, issuing, descending slope, passing the water pool, and reuniting with relatives”. For the design of the building, the whole volume is divided into smaller spaces to achieve relative privacy. The remainder of the whole building is full of a flow that creates a rich spatial effect. The building’s skin is separated into a double layer structure, with the first layer using a floral mesh aluminum to reveal the interior, and the second layer using glass walls to provide a weatherproof structure. The overall inside space and the outside facade are all white in order to show the saintly atmosphere of marriage registration.
Credits:
Project Location: Changxing Rd. & Nantou Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Project Period: 2008-2011 Project Status: Completed Site Area: 3,003㎡ Floor Area: 978㎡
Client: Public Works Bureau of Nanshan District, Construction Bureau of Nanshan District
Interior Design Collaborator: Guoqun Studio; Structure Collaborator: Guangzhou RBS Architecture Engineer Design Associates | Shenzhen Tianyu Dynamo-electric Engineering Design Firm
LDI Collaborator: Shenzhen Decoration and Construction Industrial co.,Ltd; Logo Collaborator: HuangYang Design; General Contractor: Shenzhen Decoration and Construction Industrial co.,Ltd, Guangdong 8th Construction Group co.,Ltd
Photographer: MengYan, Wu Qiwei
Awards:
2015 Honorable mention awards for Shenzhen Creative Design Award
2012 The SZ/HK Lifestyle Awards“Annual Humanistic Space Award”
2012 Shortlisted for the 3rd China Architecture Media Award, The Best Architecture Prize
2012 Shortlisted for the WA Chinese Architecture Award
Publications：
深圳当代建筑（2000-2015）2016 南山婚姻登记中心: 200-205
《In设计》，2014.11，“【公共空间在中国】Case Studies见证幸福的银铃，新时代婚姻登记中心”
Architecture Now! 9，德国，2013，p450-455，“Nanshan marriage registration center”
Perspective magazine，2013，“nanshan marriage registration center”
《艺术与设计》，2013.12，P111，“西岸与建筑双年展：以建筑之名，谋城市之路”
《住区》，2013，p19，“南山婚姻登记中心”
《走向公民建筑——第三届中国建筑传媒奖2011-2012》，2013.4，p54-59，“南山婚姻登记中心”
《西岸2013建筑与当代艺术双年展•建筑/艺术分册》，2013，p72-77/154-157
艺术与设计 CASE DA ABITARE，意大利，2012.5，p65-67，“幸福的仪式”
Frame，意大利，2012.2，“南山婚姻登记中心”
《阿拉丁 光 影 空间》，台湾，2012.6，“婚礼与光的初体验”
《时代建筑》，2012.7，p116-123，“城市礼仪空间的再生”
香港商报，香港，2012.4，“南山婚礼堂走进生活”
建筑学报，2012.3，“南山婚礼堂”p10-17
深圳特区报 2012.4，“好的设计应该能改善生活”
深圳特区报，2012.8，“南山婚姻登记中心”
南方都市报，2012.4，“婚姻登记处，这回长得有人味、有体温、有仪式感了”，SA36版
晶报，2012.4，“设计与生活论坛 让婚礼远离酒店”
新浪地产，2012.4，“首期‘设计与生活’公众论坛”
《外滩画报》，2012.7，p66-70，“非主流结婚登记处”
《2011中国建筑艺术年鉴》, 中国,“南山婚姻登记中心”
《建筑2012——当代中国建筑论坛作品集》大连理工大学出版社(DETAIL)，2012，“南山婚姻登记中心”
《UED》 2012，“南山婚姻登记中心”
《室内设计师》， 2012.9，“南山婚姻登记中心”p122-129
《panorama万象》，2012.6，p33-34，“新标志”
《时尚国际 创刊号》，2012.1，“南山婚姻登记中心”p158-163
《设计之都》，2012.6，“榇托婚姻的神圣”P74-83
《设计新潮》，2012.6，p92-97，“婚姻的殿堂”
Archdaily网站，美国，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Chinese-architects网站，美国，2012.5，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Onlydesigned.com网站，美国，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Dezeen网站，英国，2012.6，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Archiportale网站，西班牙，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Arcspace网站，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Designboom网站，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
ILikeArchitecture.net网站，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Morfae网站，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心”
Onlydesigned网站，2012.3，“南山婚姻登记中心
