The Vessel

The Vessel China International Wine Culture Museum

In July 2020, QUAD studio was one of twelve International Design Firms invited to submit a proposal for an International Competition for the China International Famous Wine Culture Museum where QUAD studio was among the top 5 finalist.

Location: Yibin,PRC

Area: 24,940 sqm

Client: Yibin Science and Education Industry Investment Group Co., Ltd.

Architectural, Landscape and Interior Design: QUAD studio

Chinese Wine Culture Consultant: TTS

Lighting Consultant : Tungsten Studio

Organizers: Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Yibin City, Yibin Bureau of Industry and Civil-Military Integration, Yibin University Town Science and Technology City Construction Service Bureau, Yibin Urban and Rural Planning Institute

QUAD studio Design Team: Wai Tang, Kelvin Chu, Sean Leung, Diane Zhou, Adrian Pang, Peter Scott, Jack Zeng , Veronica Wong, Yolanda Xian, Paggie Yip, Sin Yee Wong, Ashley To, Wesley Fung, Sufat Su, Francisco Barrera

All Images by : SAN and QUAD

Baijiu in China
The secrets of Baijiu in China are hidden in unique Mountains, Water, Soil, Air and Grains

Baijiu has a brewing history over 5000 years; it is the soul food and the essence of drinking culture to Chinese. To China, a place which has abundant of resources, the difference between regions, resources and dining are significant. That also creates a variety of Baijiu that have unique flavors. Nowadays, many Baijiu have become a signature identity to cities.

Chinese Baijiu has a long history that the whole manufacturing process is unique. It has integrated the experience and wisdom from the ancient times which differs from the the western distilled liquor. The process includes the Yingyang, Taichu and Trigram theories of I Ching. Different liquor from different regions are like different people from different regions. The difference of water and soil create different characteristics and thus different styles of liquor.

Global Vision + Chinese Culture + Local Culture

Constructing a flawless experience of Chinese Baijiu

- is the experience space for blood, reasons, relationships, culture, ancestry and traditions of City of Liquor in China

- is the natural brewing art culture of self-recovering, self-circulation and back-to-the-nature

- is the fermentation of self-circulation, instead of development that only focuses on interests

- is the exhibition centre of material culture and non-material culture

- injects vitality of diamond production zones in Yibin, is the connection between City of Liquor in China to the world

The Vessel

After crossing the high mountains and low valleys, the paddy fields and wilderness came to the southwest of Sichuan.

Here, the mother river, the Yangtze, 6,300 kilometers long with 5,000 years of Chinese culture, originated from the confluence of the Jinsha and the Minjiang rivers. Our ancestors saw that the three rivers merged here, and were extraordinary. A city, named Rongzhou was built here, also known as Yibin.
Yibin is both a wine capital and a literary resort. There is no other choice for building a Baijiu Culture Museum.

China has Baijiu, which predates civilization and has existed for five thousand years, Baijiu is not just a gift for joy and fun, but a medium of harmony between man and nature, a philosophy that embraces the world.
Since the sun and the moon are round, the wine vessel is round, the ripples are round, the wheel of time is round. Round is the edge, and the source of all.

Wine, people, life, and the nature are all connected through this circle.

Sky : VesselThe main hall is located above the mountainside of Xishan, the azure swirl cup produced by Ru, the first porcelain kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, became the inspiration of the new landmark.
 
 The Baijiu Museum reflects the beautiful proportions of the cup enforcing the connection between Yibin and the Song Dynasty, as well as the great poets of the era such as Huang Tingjian and Fan Chengjie.
Ground : CellarWith its circular geometry, the visitor center at the base of the mountain is elegant and calm, the walls are solid with a mixed of light and dark stone.
 
 It is simple and solemn, the composition of the architecture is clear, with a strong sense of literature and art, making Yibin a cultural icon.
Mountain : NatureThe Yangtze River to the south, and Guandou Mountain to the north create the landscape axis of the site.
 
 A series of water features connect the Baijiu museum site with the larger University precinct, and the natural park lands of Yibin.

Visitors Circulation
Visitors enter the museum via the main forecourt in the north east corner of the site. Here they enter the building on ground floor before ascending a curved staircase to the first exhibition space. A large escalator takes visitors from the first floor exhibitions to the exhibition halls housed in the main building atop the hill.

 A spiral ramp circulating the central void takes visitors from the third floor exhibitions to those housed on the fourth floor and continues to the restaurants and tasting rooms on the roof terrace.
 A sky bridge connects the third floor with the top of the adjacent hill and landscape paths below.
 A VIP entry on the second floor is accessed via the upper ground landscaped forecourt.

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