Designing a business center like a giant white tent
Designing a business center like a giant white tent,
MAD has designed a convention center that looks like a “giant white tent” under the snowy mountains in Yabuli, China.
Design Features
The design, shaped into a curved shape, was recently completed and is currently in use.
Named Yabuli Entrepreneurs’ Congress, the 16,198 square meter project is located in Yabuli City,
Heilongjiang Province.
The area is a famous ski town, with the largest snow training center in China,
and the longest ski slope in the Alps in Asia.
The project was commissioned in 2017 by the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum (Yabuli CEF),
and spearheaded the project in late 2020.
The new Yabuli Entrepreneurs Convention Center has been designed to host the annual event of the China Entrepreneurs Forum (CEF)
as well as the Chinese Entrepreneurs Museum.
The center also hosts educational programs for entrepreneurs and companies,
which can accommodate large conferences, exhibitions, corporate training programs,
and think tanks simultaneously.
Design Location
Design shape
This allows for a seamless visual continuity between the curve on the facade and the interior walls.
MAD creates a central skylight that, in the upper part of the roof, floods the wood-clad lobby,
maintaining a strong presence within the central axis of the centre.
The organic structure of the building is also seen from the inside,
while the central staircase adds a sculptural presence.
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