![Vanke Triple V / Ministry of Design - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5005/a3bf/28ba/0d07/7900/0f67/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414535510)
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Interior Designers: Ministry of Design
- Area: 750 m²
- Year: 2011
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Photographs:CI&A Photography – Edward Hendricks
Text description provided by the architects. Designed as a permanent show gallery and tourist information center for China’s largest developer Vanke, MOD’s dramatic design for the TRIPLE V GALLERY has become an icon along the Dong Jiang Bay coastline.
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Despite its obvious sculptural qualities, the building’s DNA evolved rationally from a careful analysis of key contextual & programmatic perimeters – resulting in the TRIPLE V GALLERY’S triangulated floor plan as well as the 3 soaring edges that have come to define its form.
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The client’s program called for 3 main spaces: a tourist information center, a show gallery & a lounge for discussion.
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Requiring their own entrances, the tourist center and the show gallery are orientated to separate existing pedestrian pathways and can be operated independently.
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An extension of the show gallery, the lounge area is where discussions are conducted. This space takes advantage of the panoramic views of the coastline and comprises a sculptural bar counter.
![Vanke Triple V / Ministry of Design - Chair, Column, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5005/a3d0/28ba/0d07/7900/0f6d/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414535546)
Tectonically, the building responds to the coastal setting and is finished in weather sensitive corten steel panels on its exterior and timber strips on the interior walls and ceiling for a more natural feel.