Jinjiang Expo Plaza

Project Name: Jinjiang Expo Plaza
Location: Jinjiang, China
Project leaders: Yu Haiwei
Staff (design): Xie Yue, Liu YanYan, Chen Ning
Staff (execution): Xie Yue, Liu YanYan, Chen Ning, Zhang Yuming
Partner Practice: Atelier 11
Client: Jinjiang Municipal People’s Government
Construction Period: 2005–2007
Area: 100000m²

Jinjiang Expo Plaza locates in the exhibition zone according to the Jinjiang western main city planning,  with a total floor area of 100,000 square meters. The plan  seeks to create a viable link for the economic development of Jinjiang. Combined with terrain,  five exhibition hall are arranged in a line, with elevation rising one by one and the site is biult into terraces. In order to avoid too huge building mass, the main functions:  conference and exhibition are designed into seperate bodies and connected through the main entrance plaza. At the same time, the main entrance plaza could be a emporary exhibition space during exhibition, while serve as a  public leisure and entertainment plaza to maintain vitality during non-exhibition. In the center of the plaza,  banyan-like structure both plays a role as the storm shelter and as a sign of the local characteristics in eastsouth of China, catholicity and  diversity .