Flourishing Grandbuy

Flourishing Grandbuy is the renovation of a department store on a well known pedestrian street in Guangzhou, China. The store consists of two buildings constructed at different times, which caused a spatial misalignment and a divided shopping route. The renovation introduces a central axis and a core atrium, new escalators and a sightseeing elevator, and a redesigned east entrance clad in light aluminium panels cast in the shape of local roof tiles and lit by colour LED units. The result connects the two buildings into one clear and accessible route.

Flourishing Grandbuy Renovation of a Department Store by Hu Chen was highlighted as an innovative illustration of architectural design by the A' Design Award & Competition. Flourishing Grandbuy Renovation of a Department Store earned the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design in 2023. The A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design award that honors outstanding design of residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries, retail stores, showrooms, exhibition spaces and more.

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