[ Dellekamp arquitectos ] ORDOS 100 #16

Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos / Derek Dellekamp
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Project leader: Ignacio Mendez
Project team: Jachen Schleich, Pedro Sanchez, Paulina Goycolea
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

Concept

    * A container that holds everything with the simplicity of the single line that conforms an ellipse.

    * A clear object that shows the mass of the program as a statement of ownership to the site.

    * A free standing structure contained in a continuous form that allows free flow of the open space.

    * A monolith that clearly suggest the urban relevance of this lot as an entrance to the 100 Villa Compound.

    * A surface, uninterrupted, created by grey brick and curved glass that strongly defines the interior from the exterior while it projects framed reflections of the surroundings.

    * A cloister that opens strategically, looking for the right amount of sun, light and views.

    * A central gathering of service areas as well as vertical circulations.

    * A continues space to the inside that rhythmically compresses and opens.

    * A single window and door with a height of 2.00m with three sizes that have the same proportion as the three sides of a brick (1 x 2, 4 x 2, 8 x 2)

    * A single proportion for the pieces.

    * A unity repeated through space and time.