Nerve Lab. Experimental Sports Support Buildings on Double Happiness Island

Credits

Location: Double Happiness Island, Investment Promotion Bureau of Zhangzhou Development Zone, Longhai District, Zhangzhou City,Fujian Province, China

Status: Completed Aug. 2025

GFA: 219sqm

Client: China Merchants Zhangzhou Development Zone Co., Ltd.

Planning and landscape design: Yudao studio

Architectural & Interior Design Consultant: Studio 10

Principal-in-charge: Shi Zhou

Design Team: Chunhui Mo, Jingqi Qiu, Ziqi Wang, Yifan Hu, Yiman Liao, Jiaxiao Bao (Project Assistant), Thomas Jingwei Zhang, Ruiyu Zhang, Chunyu Li (Intern)

Construction Drawing Team: Epara Design Consultants(Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

Contractor: Fujian Xijing Municipal Public Works Construction Co., Ltd., Fujian Lutao

Municipal Public Works Engineering Co., Ltd.

Photos By: Chao Zhang

Studio 10 Wechat / SINA Weibo / Instagram: studio10design

项目信息

项目地址：福建省漳州市龙海区漳州招商局经济技术开发区双鱼岛

完工时间：2025年8月

面积：219平米

项目业主：招商局漳州开发区有限公司

总体规划及景观设计：Yudao studio昱道景观

建筑及室内方案设计：Studio 10

主管合伙人：周实

团队： 莫纯煇、邱婧祺、王子琪、胡一帆、廖漪曼、包嘉晓（项目助理）、Thomas Jingwei Zhang、张瑞羽、李春雨（实习）

施工图设计： 亿华尔设计顾问（厦门）有限公司

施工单位：福建西景市政园林建设有限公司、福建绿涛市政园林工程有限公司

摄影：张超

Studio 10微信/ Instagram: studio10design

Studio 10 has designed a set of experimental water sports support buildings for Nerve Lab on Double Happiness Island in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. The project is an integrated facility combining light cultural tourism, water sports, and community services, aiming to provide retail, casual dining, small-scale exhibitions, stepped public seating areas, and public restrooms for sports enthusiasts, visitors, and nearby residents.

Double Happiness Island was formed by filling reclaimed rock and earth excavated during local development and construction. It is located in the eastern waters of Zhangzhou Development Zone, facing Zhangzhou Port, downtown Xiamen, and Gulangyu Island to the north, and overlooking the Greater and Lesser Kinmen Islands and open waters to the east. The island is surrounded by sea on all sides and connected to the mainland only by a single road bridge. Its native landscape is dominated by waist-high silvergrass, interspersed with exposed granite bedrock. Apart from a pasture and a coastal campsite, most of the island remains undeveloped, presenting an unadorned sense of natural wilderness.

This site of "historically-blank land" poses both a design challenge and an opportunity to engage with regional traditions through a contemporary lens. On this man-made island—a testing ground for new spatial ideas—the design seeks to preserve the island's distinctive atmosphere of ease, informality, and even gentle desolation, while establishing a subtle dialogue with the deep-rooted architectural culture of southern Fujian(Minnan). It aims to deliver practical, accessible service spaces for athletes, tourists, and the surrounding community, fostering a deeper connection among people, the sea, and local heritage.

The building cluster is arranged along the inner bay waterfront, adjacent to the stand-up paddleboard dock and backed by the non-powered play area. The overall layout references the traditional Minnan settlement pattern of "qian cheng hou cuo" (courtyard in front, dwelling behind), opening toward the water to the south. Spaces are organized around a central entrance plaza and public stepped seating area (aka. The grand staircase) —functioning as a modern reinterpretation of the traditional "cheng(courtyard/semi-public space)"—with a two-story sports flagship store to the west, a single-story retail pavilion to the east, the non-powered play area to the north, and the waterfront dock to the south. The grand staircase serves as a place for spectating, waiting, and resting, and also offers the public a quiet platform for contemplation and pause by the sea.

The two-story sports flagship store, the central grand staircase, and the cylindrical spiral stairwell inserted between them are unified under a continuous large overhanging canopy. The single-story retail building to the east features its own independent canopy. Inspired by the distinctive "swallowtail ridge" of Minnan architecture, and echoing the curved，streamlined surfaces of the paddleboards displayed within the space, the canopies lift slightly at the corners, creating shaded, semi-outdoor gray spaces that provide shelter from island sun and rain; their varying cross-sections also facilitate structural cantilevering and allow soft natural light to penetrate deep.

The eastern retail shop is fitted with full-width foldable floor-to-ceiling glass doors that fully open, drawing sea breezes indoors and blurring the boundary between inside and outside. At the corner of the western flagship store is a double-height paddleboard display area; a cylindrical spiral stair nestled between the grand staircase and the building provides access to a second-floor outdoor viewing deck, an indoor gallery, and the upper platform of the grand staircase at mezzanine level. Auxiliary functions such as public restrooms, open washbasins, and storage are integrated into the low, dry base of the grand staircase, easily accessible from both the public plaza and the non-powered play area.

The buildings are primarily constructed in raw concrete, emphasizing a rugged and understated texture that echoes the island's primal geological character. At key structural elements and circulation spaces, however, colored glazed tiles are introduced. The choice of colors and patterns draws inspiration from traditional materials and craftsmanship found in local Minnan residences, serving as a response to the region's historic use of encaustic ceramic tiles. Specifically, the stairwells are clad in glazed tiles ranging from deep to light grayish green. At the corner of the anchor retail space, a setback column—drawing geometric inspiration from traditional local brick pagodas—is constructed with yellow-white glazed tiles; each setback level features a distinct tile pattern, while the base naturally functions as a bench. At the corner of the grand staircase, a hollow monumental column supports an expansive cantilevered canopy and is wrapped in medium-yellow glazed tiles. Meanwhile, the service core of the eastern retail pavilion—housing the kitchen and cashier area—is finished with blue-and-white patterned tiles. Beyond their cultural and aesthetic references, the intentional variation in tile colors and patterns also serves a practical purpose: on an island lacking conventional street frontages, these chromatic and ornamental cues of the material help users establish orientation, enhancing spatial legibility and reinforcing wayfinding logic.

Studio 10 为位于福建漳州开发区双鱼岛的咏气演化所设计了一组实验性水上运动配套建筑。该项目是一处融合轻文旅、水上运动与社区服务功能的综合设施，旨在为运动爱好者、游客及周边居民提供零售、轻餐饮、小型展览、休憩阶梯与公共卫生间等服务。

双鱼岛由当地开发建设过程中产生的土方山石堆填而成，地处漳州开发区东端海域，北望漳州港、厦门市区与鼓浪屿，东眺大小金门及开阔水域。岛屿四面环海，仅通过一座公路桥与陆地相连。岛上原生环境以齐人高的芒草为主，间有裸露的花岗岩基底，除散落的牧场与滨海营地外，大部分区域尚未开发，呈现一种未经雕饰的自然荒野感。

这片“无历史的空白之地”，既构成设计的挑战，也提供了以当代方式介入地域传统的可能。在一座人工岛屿的实验场中，设计尝试保留海岛特有的松弛、散漫甚至略带“荒凉”氛围，同时建立与闽南地区深厚地域文化传统的隐性对话，并为运动人群、游客及周边社区提供切实可用的服务空间，建立人、海与地方传统的深层连结。

建筑群沿内湾水岸布局，紧邻桨板码头，背靠无动力儿童乐园，整体布局参照闽南传统聚落“前埕后厝”的围合式格局，南侧向水面打开，围绕类似“埕”的中央入口广场和公共大台阶组织空间，西侧为二层的运动主力店、东侧为单层零售单体、北侧背靠无动力乐园，南侧则为滨水码头。大台阶既是观赛、等候与休憩的场所，也为公众提供一处可放空、可停留的滨海平台。

西侧的双层运动主力店与中央大台阶以及嵌入其间的圆筒形旋转楼梯间由一片连续的大挑檐覆盖并连为一体；东侧的单层零售建筑也设有独立的挑檐屋面；受到闽南民居特有的“燕尾脊”屋顶启发，也与桨板流线形曲面呼应，挑檐在转角处微微上翘的，形成遮阳避雨的灰空间，其变截面几何形态也更利于结构悬挑，并引导柔和的自然光深入内部区域。

东侧零售单元设有可整面完全开启的落地玻璃门，将海风引入室内，模糊内外边界；西侧主力店转角处设有二层通高的桨板展示区，由嵌入大楼梯与主力店间的圆筒形旋转楼梯可上至夹层的大台阶顶层平台、二层室外观景平台及室内展廊。公共卫生间、开放洗手池与仓库等辅助功能均整合于大台阶底部无水景视野的低矮空间，方便从公共广场及无动力乐园抵达。

建筑主体采用素混凝土，强调粗犷、朴素的质感，呼应岛屿原始的地貌特征，而关键结构构件与交通空间则引入彩色釉面瓷砖材料。花砖的色彩、纹样选择受到当地民居传统材料和工艺启发，是对闽南民居釉面花砖这一装饰传统做出回应：楼梯间覆以深、浅灰绿色釉面瓷砖；主力店转角的退台式角柱受到当地宗祠建筑砖塔形制启发，采用黄白色瓷砖砌筑，每层退台采用不同的拼花纹样，底层柱础则自然形成座凳；大台阶角部的空心巨柱支撑起舒展的挑檐屋面，以中黄色瓷砖包裹；东侧零售单体厨房与收银区所处的核心筒则饰以蓝白拼花瓷砖。此外，花砖的色彩和拼花有意识变化区分，也有助于使用者在缺乏街道界面的海岛上建立方位感，强化空间识别性与导向逻辑。