PWD

PWD is an international collaborative design office focused on architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban studies. It’s a product of its environment.

PWD is an international collaborative design office focused on architecture and urban studies. From small to large-scale projects our goal is to study and deliver a unique and intelligent result capable of expanding the possibilities and efficiencies in architecture. The practice gathers talented individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and a wide range of experience – as a result PWD operate

04/12/2020

PART 6: WAF⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
After we created a functional layout of the Anshun Golden Prickly Pear Winery, we introduced the concept of "public sightseeing circulation" to allow the tourists to view the entire production process without affecting the winery operations. The viewing platform protruding from the roof serves as the end point of the "public sightseeing circulation line". It can overlook the surrounding mountains and the pear grove in the distance. After completion, it become an important viewing point for the local pear blossoms. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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30/11/2020

PART 5: WAF
The large glass curtain wall facing the natural landscape uses the surrounding scenery as a natural background and is presented in the brewing workshop. We used a double-layer facade design to weaken the impact of a single building material on the natural environment. The light-coloured pear wood and dark-coloured slate can better blend into the mountain background.
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27/11/2020

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Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the site is rich in green vegetation, forming a progressive spatial hierarchical relationship between mountains, site, natural vegetation, pear planting area and traditional villages. We decided to design a simple building volume which can be better integrated into the large natural environment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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24/11/2020

PART 3: WAF⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In Anshun, Guizhou Province, Local people have used golden prickly pear for brewing for hundreds of years. The client’s biggest wish was to build a fruit winery to increase annual output, solve the growing problem of overproduction of golden prickly pear, and finally help the local low-income farmers to be out of poverty. Therefore, our biggest challenge was to meet the needs of the client, and to promote the development of economy and improve living conditions of the local people through our design. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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20/11/2020

PART 2: WAF
Our main challenge was creating a design that will influence the local community. We not only focused on the building itself, but we also put much emphasis on introducing interesting program to the site. We aimed at helping the locals expand the market and increase the general awareness of their product through. Therefore, we introduced other business types and attractive activities within the function-enriched building, while meeting production needs.
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12/11/2020

PART 1: WAF⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Anshun Golden Prickly Pear Winery is an important project for us, because of its high social and economic value for the local community. On one hand, the building needed to be functional, as a wine production base. On the other hand, it needed to be attractive for tourists. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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13/10/2020

PART 3: GO2
The building complex became a local landmark recognizable by its highly integrated, modular façade. We used blocks of different proportions, colors, and made of different materials to make the overall experience of space more dynamic and exciting.

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01/10/2020

Wishing everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

25/09/2020

PART 2: GO2
The main challenge was to design a commercial complex in a way that would allow us to maximize usage of differences in elevation while minimizing the unnecessary excavation, thus preserving the site’s natural conditions. With our design, we always aim at getting the most out of the site’s natural conditions and using them as an advantage, rather than an obstacle. In this project, we created a building complex which structure follows the dynamic shape of the terraces on the site.
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17/09/2020

PART 1: DALI
The topography of the site of Dali Creative Area naturally inspires us to create a flexible and adaptable layout that perfectly complements Yunnan’s natural environment, keeping versatility and customer experience in mind. To guarantee a minimum impact on the natural resources, we arranged the park using interconnected axis.

16/09/2020

PART 1: GO2
Guizhou Modoo Mall was completed in 2018. In this project, site’s natural conditions were a challenge. But we also saw them as a great opportunity to create something unique, not another standard shopping mall. We used the changing elevation to enhance and diversify people’s experience of the space, and controlled the relationship between the skyline and the terrain to create a great visual experience from all angles.
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