项目名称：2025年大阪世博会中国馆

地点：大阪梦洲岛，日本

设计团队：本土设计研究中心

建筑面积：3509 m²

竣工时间：2025年

摄影：Li Ji, Arch-Exist

设计特色：

项目 - 本土设计研究中心在2025年大阪世博会上打造了3509平方米的中国馆，这是外国自建展馆中规模最大的项目之一。该建筑以"中国竹简"为设计概念，将竹子、汉字和古代卷轴等文化丰富的象征元素融入建筑设计中。通过现代数字时代的视角重新诠释古代信息载体竹简，展馆不仅讲述了中国数千年的历史，更展示了生态文明的发展进程，完美体现了"构建生命共同体：面向明日社会的绿色发展"这一主题。

该项目最独特的特色在于其对空间序列的精心编排。建筑师没有创造传统的展览大厅，而是运用竹简逐渐展开的空间母题，将狭长的场地转化为引人入胜的花园式展览路径。参观者在高度、光线和景观不断变化的蜿蜒空间中穿行，体验东方美学的精妙雅致。主题展览依次展开，创造出如同宏伟山水画卷般的动态旅程。

位于世博会场核心区域的中国馆南临主要道路，西邻中央景观区"静谧之森"。建筑的西立面设置了纤细的格栅帘幕，仿若竹制屏风。帘幕后方是竹林小径，远处树木轻柔摇摆。这种相互作用营造出东方园林氛围，使参观者能够透过层层面纱与"静谧之森"互动，体验东方哲学核心理念——人与自然的和谐共存。

"竹简"概念超越了单纯的立面设计，它塑造形式、暗示功能、定义材料、传达文化。在古代中国，竹简是极为重要的知识载体；在现代，它象征着传统与信息革命之间的桥梁。展馆的"中国竹简"从小尺度发展到纪念性尺度，从平面形式演变为立体形式，从字面表达转向抽象表现，从静态立面进化为沉浸式深度体验。这一发展历程映射了文明的进步，从传统文字信息传播过渡到现代电子数据传播，体现了从历史走向未来的旅程。

在材料选择上，展馆设计与建造优先考虑绿色可持续性。虽然由于当地法规和时间限制，原计划的现代竹结构改为钢结构，但竹材仍是主要外装材料，因其生长周期短、高碳吸收能力、生物降解性、柔韧性和低导热性而被选用。屋顶采用半透明聚碳酸酯板和膜状天花板，模拟宣纸效果，将自然光柔和地引入空间。竹墙间的缝隙允许微风和阳光渗透，促进展览与环境的互动，将建筑空间与主题内容融为一体。

作为临时性世博建筑，中国馆采用完全模块化的预制工法，确保了效率、质量以及会后拆卸和再利用的便利性。这种设计方法避免了高耗能的暗色展厅，提高了生态效率，体现了展馆从概念到建造全过程的可持续发展理念。

团队 - 本土设计研究中心成立于2014年2月19日，其前身是创建于2003年的崔恺工作室，由中国工程院院士、中国建筑设计研究院有限公司总建筑师崔恺主持。该中心代表着二十年建筑卓越成就，已确立其在情境响应式设计领域的先锋地位，强调将自然与文化遗产资源融入当代建筑解决方案。

经过二十年的实践，中心已完成200余个项目，其中建成作品超过100项，在多样化建筑类型中展现出卓越的适应性，包括博物馆、剧院、文化中心、图书馆、教育校园、历史建筑更新以及酒店、商务办公楼等公共建筑及公共景观。该中心在新型绿色建筑和城市更新方面有深入研究，同时对乡村振兴项目保持强烈关注。这些年来共获得地方、国家及国际建筑奖项100余项，在业界有着广泛的影响。

在崔恺院士的带领下，本土设计研究中心一直坚持立足本土的建筑创作道路，设计哲学以"扎根本土主义"为核心，从每个项目的特定环境中寻找自然和人文历史资源，在此基础上创作出有鲜明地域特色的建筑。这一方法论为中心赢得了100余项地区、国家和国际奖项，在建筑学术领域确立了重要影响力。

本土设计研究中心强调认真负责的服务意识，平等开放的交流氛围，务实严谨的工作态度，以及团结友爱的集体精神。中心每年都吸收青年的设计英才加入，也接待大量的优秀实习生，还为集团培养和输送了许多骨干人才。除了经常性的专业学习培训，还参加国内外学术论坛、展览、考察，出版作品专辑和发表学术论文等等，形成了一个有活力、有追求、享有良好声誉的设计团队。

目前本土设计研究中心拥有65名专业人员，组织架构包括一个研究室、三个设计工作室和一个行政办公室，持续吸引新兴人才，同时通过国际论坛、出版物和学术合作促进协作知识交流，保持其作为充满活力且备受尊敬的设计咨询机构的地位。中国馆项目充分展现了他们将文化概念转化为建筑体验的卓越能力。

Project Name: China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

Location: Yumeshima Island, Osaka, Japan

Design Team: Native Design Research Center

Building Area: 3,509 m²

Completion: 2025

Photography: Li Ji, Arch-Exist

Design Features:

Project - Native Design Research Center created the China Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka World Expo, covering 3,509 square meters as one of the largest foreign self-built pavilions at the event. Inspired by the concept of "Chinese Bamboo Scrolls," the architectural design integrates culturally rich symbols such as bamboo, Chinese characters, and ancient scrolls. By re-imagining bamboo slips—an ancient medium of information—through the lens of today's digital age, the pavilion narrates China's millennia-long history, showcases its ecological civilization advancements, and embodies the theme of "Building a Shared Future for Life: Green Development for Tomorrow's Society."

The project's most distinctive feature lies in its sophisticated spatial choreography. Rather than creating conventional exhibition halls, the architects employed a gradually unfolding spatial motif of bamboo scrolls, transforming the elongated site into a captivating, garden-like exhibition route. Visitors are guided through winding spaces that shift in height, light, and scenery, evoking the subtle elegance of Eastern aesthetics. Themed exhibitions unfold sequentially, creating a dynamic journey reminiscent of a majestic landscape scroll.

Located in the core area of the Expo site, the China Pavilion faces a major road to the south and neighbors the central landscape area, "Serene Forest," to the west. The pavilion's western facade features slender grille curtains resembling bamboo screens. Behind these curtains lie bamboo-lined paths, while beyond them, trees sway gently. This interplay creates an Eastern garden ambiance, allowing visitors to interact with the "Serene Forest" through the veiled layers, experiencing the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature central to Eastern philosophy.

The "bamboo scroll" concept transcends mere facade design—it shapes form, implies function, defines materials, and conveys culture. In ancient China, bamboo slips were vital carriers of knowledge; today, they symbolize a bridge between tradition and the information revolution. The pavilion's "Chinese Bamboo Scrolls" evolve from small to monumental scales, flat to three-dimensional forms, literal to abstract expressions, and static facades to immersive depths. This progression mirrors civilizational advancement, transitioning from transmitting traditional textual information to disseminating contemporary electronic data, embodying a journey from history to the future.

In terms of material selection, the pavilion's design and construction prioritize green sustainability. Initially planned as a modern bamboo structure using domestically produced bamboo scrimber, it shifted to steel due to local regulations and timeline constraints. However, bamboo remains the primary cladding material, chosen for its short growth cycle, high carbon absorption, biodegradability, flexibility, and low thermal conductivity. Translucent polycarbonate panels and membrane ceilings on the roof mimic rice paper, filtering natural light into the space. Gaps between bamboo walls allow breezes and sunlight to permeate, fostering interaction between exhibitions and the environment while merging architectural space with thematic content.

As a temporary Expo structure, the pavilion adopts fully modular and prefabricated construction, ensuring efficiency, quality, and ease of post-event dismantling and reuse. This approach avoids energy-heavy darkened halls and enhances eco-efficiency, demonstrating the pavilion's commitment to sustainable development throughout the entire process from concept to construction.

Design Team - Native Design Research Center was established on February 19, 2014, evolved from the original Cui Kai Studio founded in 2003, under the leadership of Academician Cui Kai, Chief Architect of China Architecture Design & Research Group. The center represents two decades of architectural excellence and has established its position as a pioneer in contextually-responsive design, emphasizing the integration of natural and cultural heritage resources into contemporary architectural solutions.

Over twenty years of practice, the center has delivered more than 200 projects with over 100 built works, demonstrating exceptional versatility across diverse typologies including museums, theaters, cultural centers, libraries, educational campuses, adaptive reuse projects, hospitality, and commercial developments. The center has conducted in-depth research in innovative green building design and urban regeneration, while maintaining strong commitment to rural revitalization projects. Over these years, it has garnered over 100 regional, national, and international architectural awards, establishing significant influence within the industry.

Under Academician Cui Kai's leadership, Native Design Research Center has consistently adhered to the path of locally-rooted architectural creation. The design philosophy centers on "rooted localism," extracting natural and cultural historical resources from each project's specific environment to create architecturally distinctive responses that embody regional character. This methodology has earned the center over 100 regional, national, and international awards, establishing important influence within architectural academia.

Native Design Research Center emphasizes responsible service consciousness, equal and open communication atmosphere, pragmatic and rigorous work attitude, and collective spirit of unity and friendship. The center annually attracts talented young designers, hosts numerous excellent interns, and has cultivated and contributed many key talents to the group. Beyond regular professional training, they participate in domestic and international academic forums, exhibitions, study tours, publish monographs, and academic papers, forming a dynamic, ambitious design team with excellent reputation.

Currently, Native Design Research Center operates with 65 professionals organized into one research laboratory, three design studios, and one administrative office, continuously attracting emerging talent while fostering collaborative knowledge exchange through international forums, publications, and academic partnerships, maintaining its position as a dynamic and respected design consultancy. The China Pavilion project fully demonstrates their exceptional ability to transform cultural concepts into architectural experiences.